I read the FAQ...I still don't see where 'open spectrum' deals with the spectral equivalent of 'SPAM'. It would seem that if I wanted to build a nice high powered spark-gap transmitter as a fun project that would be OK wihtin the proposal. For that matter, presumably any corporation that wanted to set up a wide-band high-power transmitter could do so without any recourse from those who were shut down by it. Ultimately the open spectrum stuff seems to result in some form of anarchy...at best you'll have to personally sue anyone who is locally causing problems. The proposal seems to assume that everyone will work together and that there will be no selfish folks out there. Seems to go against my understanding of human nature...If I find that a cheap high-powered transmitter on the public bands can setup a nice link to my friends to play Quake over, what prevents me from slamming large portions of the spectrum (possibly with out-of-band noise as well)?