Tech Liberation Front sent a link to a must-read blog, Spectrum Talk. It's written by Michael Marcus, who was an engineer at the FCC for quite a while. This guy made your toys possible. He was a veteran of the FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology, aka the guys who approve that nifty device giving off radiation in your pocket after they make sure it won't make other stuff go haywire. Here's his "official" bio:
Michael Marcus is a native of Boston and received S.B. and Sc.D. degrees in electrical engineering from MIT. Working at FCC from 1979-2004, he focused on developing policies for cutting edge radio technologies such as spread spectrum/CDMA and millimeterwaves. The rules for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and most of the cordless phones sold in the US are one outcome of his early leadership. He had several key roles in the FCC's Spectrum Policy Task Force. Upon retiring from FCC in 2004, he became an independent consultant in radio technology and spectrum policy. Initially based in Paris, France, he is now based in the Washington, DC area and is serving clients throughout the world. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and has been active in the Federal Communications Bar Association
So, yeah. He's the man. A quick look at his blog yields a total gold mine of informed opinion on pretty much any FCC topic we've covered here. So, yeah. One more source to check against, but a good one.
Michael, you rule..
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