The Feds Vacate Airwaves

dada21 writes to tell us UPI is reporting that the government is getting ready to spend $936 million to move its radio communication to an obscure segment of the spectrum to make room for next-generation mobile tech. From the article: "'With 90 megahertz of additional spectrum, today's cellular carriers will be tomorrow's next-generation broadband providers,' Michael D. Gallagher, assistant secretary of commerce for communications and information, said in a statement."

It's a good start.

[Anonymous Coward]

Now if only they would vacate the country...

Re:It's a good start.

[User 956]

Now if only they would vacate the country...

they're working on that one. Unfortunately, it will probably be after they've spent all the money [yahoo.com].

Re:value

[dada21]

Doh. Go figure, I submit TFA and I didn't even read it correctly :)

This is wonderful news

[hellfire]

Now that 90 Mhz of spectrum which wasn't interfering with anything anyway is no longer interfering with the cell phone spectrum which wasn't being interfered with, perhaps we can write more laws reducing interference in things previously not interfered with? Oh wait... we already have the PATRIOT act.

Does this mean...

[Anonymous Coward]

Does this mean that tinfoil will no longer be effective?

Re:It's a good start.

[Belseth]

Come on, get in the spirit of the madness. For the cost of printing six trillion in hundreds we can be out of debt. If we print a couple of trillion extra we can go on a spending spree. It's the " I can't be broke I got more checks" theory of economics.

Re:Where are they going to?

[Anonymous Coward]

that would be a state secret -- which makes you a terrorist for asking.

Re:Where are they going to?

[teklob]

If they told you it wouldn't exactly be obscure, now would it?

Re:Why Sell It?

[Profane MuthaFucka]

I'm broadcasting at 1500 watts on that band right now. You see, I am opening and closing my microwave oven door in a pattern that makes a message using morse code. Can you hear me now?