FCC (Financially Corrupt Commission)

The FCC against its own better judgment voted to allow the production and use of consumer devices operating on the same RF spectrum as wireless microphones.  The deep pockets of the major tech companies proved to be irresistible to the lame duck appointees.  The FCC’s own engineers published results of field tests showing a 100% failure rate of the proposed devices ability to detect occupied frequencies.  Google, Microsoft, Dell and Motorola convinced the FCC that it is vital to get internet access to extreme rural areas and poverty stricken areas of major cities to accommodate a demographic that doesn’t even own PCs of any sort nor do they have the money to purchase them.

The FCC despite conducting it’s own tests and seeing first hand the catastrophic failures has succeeding in ignoring the effect this will have on tiny little performance areas such as Las Vegas, Nashville, Broadway, NFL stadiums, NBA arenas, MLB parks, college sports venues, every news broadcast station, every remote radio broadcast, hundreds of thousands churches, hundreds of thousands school auditoriums and gymnasiums, bars and nightclubs, and on…and on…and on…and on…..

Google went so far as to assemble a false consumer interest group that was head up by Google employees as well as telecommunication lobbyists.  Adding to the irony is the fact that while influencing the FCC under false pretense Sergey and Larry page were obtuse enough to plead their case and fight the fight splayed out across the internet wearing or holding a wireless mic in virtually every public appearance and/or hearing.  

There are literally more text messages sent every day than there are people in the world.  Imagine just that traffic alone bombarding your wireless microphones on the same frequency spectrum that you’ve been using trouble free for twenty years.  The truly sad thing about this entire debacle is that the wireless mic manufacturers themselves were investing resources in developing means of letting these consumer devices continue on a forward path without it becoming a problem for all parties involved.  Their proposed solutions weren’t any more expensive or difficult to employ however they actually worked.  So if the manufacturers would have simply agreed to and adopted a couple of measures into their products to prevent interference as opposed to their own which simply didn’t work this whole problem could have been avoided.  Even Motorola was in the process of develop GPS assisted measures to satisfy the needs of both parties but why continue pouring money and resources into preventative measures that the FCC now says you need not worry about.

You might want to be prepared with a phone number and email to the FCC chief Kevin Martin when you have to tell your customers that the thousands of dollars in wireless mics they just purchased are no longer any good!  So for your convenience I’ve included the information below.

Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street SW
Washington, DC 20554

Kevin Martin; Chairman
Room: 8-B201  •  Phone: 202.418.1000
KJMWEB@fcc.gov

Michael Copps; Commissioner
Room: 8-B115  •  Phone: 202.418.2000  
Michael.Copps@fcc.gov

Jonathan Adelstein; commissioner
Room: 8-A302  •  Phone: 202.418.2300  
Jonathan.Adelstein@fcc.gov

Deborah Taylor Tate; commissioner
Room: 8-A204  •  Phone: 202.418.2500
dtaylortateweb@fcc.gov

Robert McDowell; commissioner
Room: 8-C302  •  Phone: 202.418.2200
Robert.McDowell@fcc.gov


by Jason Levert