High Speed Internet costs (was: Email hosting)

[Michael O'Donnell]

>First off, the government owns the airwaves, and charges high prices
>to purchase rights to them.  Or, if you prefer, you can have everyone
>operate in an unlicensed band (like the 802.11b stuff), and deal with
>the inevitable chaos that will result once serious usage picks up.

This article has always depressed me because it paints such
an attractive picture of the way things *could* be...

  http://www.gildertech.com/public/telecosm_series/airways.html

 [ Discussion of spread spectrum tech vs. FCC's spectrum auctions ]