Comments on: Unwire the Regulators http://cafehayek.com/2009/07/unwire-the-regulators.html where orders emerge Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:06:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Rationalitate http://cafehayek.com/2009/07/unwire-the-regulators.html/comment-page-1#comment-175131 Rationalitate Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:08:00 +0000 http://70.32.86.159/2009/07/unwire-the-regulators.html#comment-175131 Amen to that! This is how I feel every time I hear some "libertarian"/conservative railing against mass transit and in favor of roads. As if those were built by the free market, and mass transit systems were built by the government... (In reality, it's the complete opposite. Most intraurban mass transit systems in the US were built by private corporations, whereas 99% of the roads were built by the government.) Amen to that! This is how I feel every time I hear some “libertarian”/conservative railing against mass transit and in favor of roads. As if those were built by the free market, and mass transit systems were built by the government…

(In reality, it’s the complete opposite. Most intraurban mass transit systems in the US were built by private corporations, whereas 99% of the roads were built by the government.)

]]> By: Rationalitate http://cafehayek.com/2009/07/unwire-the-regulators.html/comment-page-1#comment-175128 Rationalitate Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:06:00 +0000 http://70.32.86.159/2009/07/unwire-the-regulators.html#comment-175128 You shouldn't be so condescending - it makes you look very silly when you're proven wrong. I'd recommend <a href="http://werbach.com/docs/new_wireless_paradigm.htm" rel="nofollow">this article</a> which explains what exactly interference is and why it's not as cut-and-dry as the FCC makes it out to be. Or, if you're in a hurry and would rather not read that long thing (though I highly recommend it), I excerpted what I felt were the most important parts <a href="http://rationalitate.blogspot.com/2008/11/obama-possibly.html" rel="nofollow">in my blog</a> You shouldn’t be so condescending – it makes you look very silly when you’re proven wrong. I’d recommend this article which explains what exactly interference is and why it’s not as cut-and-dry as the FCC makes it out to be. Or, if you’re in a hurry and would rather not read that long thing (though I highly recommend it), I excerpted what I felt were the most important parts in my blog

]]> By: Rationalitate http://cafehayek.com/2009/07/unwire-the-regulators.html/comment-page-1#comment-175126 Rationalitate Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:02:00 +0000 http://70.32.86.159/2009/07/unwire-the-regulators.html#comment-175126 I don't have time to listen to the whole podcast, but in this episode: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2009/06/helprin_on_copy.html ...he seemed very sympathetic to the author's ideas, didn't really press him on his very pro-IP stance on copyright, and I'm pretty sure at one point likened those who believe in the abolition of copyright to those who support Barack Obama (which I presume is the Russ Roberts equivalent of Sean Hannity yelling "socialist!" at one of his guests). I'd very much like to be proven wrong, though... I don’t have time to listen to the whole podcast, but in this episode:

http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2009/06/helprin_on_copy.html

…he seemed very sympathetic to the author’s ideas, didn’t really press him on his very pro-IP stance on copyright, and I’m pretty sure at one point likened those who believe in the abolition of copyright to those who support Barack Obama (which I presume is the Russ Roberts equivalent of Sean Hannity yelling “socialist!” at one of his guests). I’d very much like to be proven wrong, though…

]]> By: David http://cafehayek.com/2009/07/unwire-the-regulators.html/comment-page-1#comment-175083 David Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:09:00 +0000 http://70.32.86.159/2009/07/unwire-the-regulators.html#comment-175083 I believe Professor Roberts has recently stated on this very blog in an Econtalk alert that he currently leans toward the abolition of IP rights. I don't mean to put words in his mouth- if this isn't the case someone feel free to correct me. I believe Professor Roberts has recently stated on this very blog in an Econtalk alert that he currently leans toward the abolition of IP rights.

I don’t mean to put words in his mouth- if this isn’t the case someone feel free to correct me.

]]> By: Nathan Scott http://cafehayek.com/2009/07/unwire-the-regulators.html/comment-page-1#comment-175051 Nathan Scott Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:16:00 +0000 http://70.32.86.159/2009/07/unwire-the-regulators.html#comment-175051 If someone wants to dump enough resources into the electromagnetic spectrum to dominate it (nearly impossible), that's a completely valid means of gaining market share. Stronger radio signals and lower profit margins would be the chief result. It is in this companies interest to have a wide range of stations on the market so people don't simply turn to alternatives like satellite or ipods. I don't see the inherent "chaos" you seem so scared of. What about the chaos in food distribution? As an Electrical Engineer, I've taken signals processing, and AM and FM are only on the edge of what's possible with radio transmission. Ever more ranges and types of frequencies make it impossible for one company to broadcast over every form of signal. Radio has come a long way since 1959, and it would be moving a lot faster without government regulation. We have real world examples of this. Somalia, a nation with no government, has the most developed cell phone network in Africa. Why? It's not in the interest of business there to interfere with each other, and to purposely do so would cost more resources than ever would be economically viable. If someone wants to dump enough resources into the electromagnetic spectrum to dominate it (nearly impossible), that’s a completely valid means of gaining market share. Stronger radio signals and lower profit margins would be the chief result. It is in this companies interest to have a wide range of stations on the market so people don’t simply turn to alternatives like satellite or ipods. I don’t see the inherent “chaos” you seem so scared of. What about the chaos in food distribution?

As an Electrical Engineer, I’ve taken signals processing, and AM and FM are only on the edge of what’s possible with radio transmission. Ever more ranges and types of frequencies make it impossible for one company to broadcast over every form of signal. Radio has come a long way since 1959, and it would be moving a lot faster without government regulation.

We have real world examples of this. Somalia, a nation with no government, has the most developed cell phone network in Africa. Why? It’s not in the interest of business there to interfere with each other, and to purposely do so would cost more resources than ever would be economically viable.

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