Price of the Fee

摘要

Congress has begun the process of authorizing the FCC to compensate broadcasters for relinquishing spectrum to wirelessrnbroadband. If that were to be an entirely voluntary process, there is some upside for broadcasters, as this magazine has reported. But a bill introduced last week outlined something that would put a thumb on the scale toward making it less than voluntary: a spectrum fee.rnThe momentum to reclaim broadcast and other spectrum has been building, driven by the White Houses official stamp of approval several weeks ago, and by an FCC report released last week stating that broadband was not being deployed on a timely basis.