[philper]

I'm glad that the FCC is concerned enough to be talking about this
issue, but what I'm hearing doesn't help me make any plans at all.
The TV Ch 2-14 isn't a help because currently no wireless units made
for professional use in the USA work on those freqs. The idea of the
registry could help theatres and churches possibly (if the technology
works and cheating on power levels of the white space devices isn't
allowed), but helps film/video etc users not at all. I don't
understand, yet, how the freq. sensing aspect of the individual white-
space device type phone etc would work in practice under real world
conditions. At this point I figure I'm going to be screwed by this
change somehow, so I'd like the rules to be set so we can see how
things are going to work and what the new technical challenges for
users will be more exactly, and sooner rather than later.

There was a comment earlier in this thread about heightened FCC
enforcement in the the above-700MHz bands after Feb 19. Does that
mean we'll have heightened enforcement all over the spectrum, or just
above 700MHz? What form will this enforcement take--should we expect
lots of roving FCC compliance vans on our streets after Feb 19?
Did the FCC get additional budget from congress to hire more
enforcement agents to do this work, since it will be in addition to
all the enforcement the FCC is already doing?

Philip Perkins