Verizon Appeals Against Open Access
Verizon claims that Open Access rules for the 700 MHz auction violate their constitutional rights. I don’t know which amendment gave them the right to lock cell phones, but I am pretty sure that the 13th overturned it. John Paczkowski at All Things Digital and Bryan Gardiner at Wired.com sum up how most people feel about this. Google comments on their public policy blog.
Rather than write yet another essay on the importance of open access for wireless, here’s a video of my testimony to the FCC on July 31, the day the Commission voted in favor of the rules for the auction.