The law of unintended consequences can be a bitch. When you meddle with the natural order of things, imbalances inevitably occur. Regulators (because that’s what they do) observe the imbalances and add more meddling regulations in an attempt to counteract them...
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncidR8&e=1&cidR8&u=/ap/ 20021226/ap_on_hi_te/fcc_hacker Ex-Computer Hacker Granted Radio License Thu Dec 26, 5:21 PM ET Add Technology – AP to My Yahoo! By DAVID HO, Associated Press Writer...
What if we had our own spectrum and every new cellular phone added to that network increased its capacity, rather than diminished it? If 802.11 is any benchmark, grass roots decentralized technologies can grow quickly, especially when you take the Service Provider OUT...
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/oct2002/anth-o24.shtml One year since the anthrax attacks on the US Congress By Patrick Martin 24 October 2002 The Bush administration and the American media have passed by the anniversary of the anthrax attacks on leading...
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/06/magazine/06NYDC.html October 6, 2002 The De Facto Capital By FRANK RICH The New York Times They got it right the first time. New York was the capital of the nation at its birth. The first presidential inauguration, in 1789,...