In article 4a51c82c.1482187937@localhost, Don Pearce
scribeth thus
On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:56:17 +0100, tony sayer
wrote:

No clout, I'm afraid. The numbers are just too small. Ofcom doesn't
understand that for each mic in use there are thousands of people
enjoying the result. They just count the units.


They may not have that sort of "clout", but theatre is an important
industry. I would have expected the big London theatres to put up more of a
fight with Ofcom. ISTM that this case is a good example of how the current
fashion for treating spectrum allocation as a matter of market forces is
failing society generally.

Dead right, but market forces are the only language Ofcom understands
(or rather pays lip service to). They sacked all their RF engineers
years ago, and have no notion of the nature of the resource they are
managing.

d

Actually they have now realised that they are short, and have some new
ones in training!...

I wonder what the training comprises...? I think that anyone who works
for a regulator should have a great deal of experience at the sharp
end, designing networks, deploying links, hanging off tall buildings
aligning dishes etc. I have a nasty feeling the "training" will
consist mainly of learning to drive computer tools like Seamcat.

d

No!, they don't do anything like aligning dishes, remember that Ofcom is
for regulation and enforcement.....
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Tony Sayer