Not completely true. Though the FCC haven't really taken any regulatory measures yet either.
Good. But, its only talk. Lots of bureaucratic nothingness. No action. I'll be happy to give Pai (and/or his designee) a tour of the RFI in my house, neighborhood and the area. Open invitation to the FCC, provided the actually do something and not just another "fact finding" boondoggle.
Killing off IoT before it gets started? For security, that would be great. Those things...
Meanwhile trying to find a solution when he goes back to DC, is he joking? Why do licensees pay a lot of money for licenses? In part for protection from unauthorized transmissions, allegedly. If Uncle Charlie won't do what he's supposed to do and protect the licensees, then do away with license and let it be a free for all. It already is a free for all for the "low power" stuff. NAB wants receivers to have some minimum specs? How about enforcing the existing Part 15 emission standards across the board instead to get rid of the RFI emitters? Will it cause prices to go up? Maybe, but allowing more & more of these things will only make it worse.
Was listening to MW today and right at 2320 UTC, right on schedule, some local noise maker comes on and splatters the MW band from the low part to around the middle with some sort of data every 8 kHz. Its been doing that for 10+ years. Never have been able to track it down.
Power outages, then its great. Silent as can be on the bands, just as when I moved in back in 2001 (it was very, very quiet back then). During power outages, I try to sneak in some DX, although then I lose my computers & SDRs, so I have to do it old school with the ICF-2010. Fansome would be proud. Only one knob, but sooooooooo many buttons.
Tried to listen to 16m SWBC band today, but something has a repetitive pulse. I scanned the HF band and the amateur bands are notched out. Imagine that.