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AM  [Click to Enlarge] A semi-current look at the spectrum
allocations in the U.S.  (Source: U.S. FCC) Spectrum demands are
rapidly rising, but its as hard as ever to find free spectrum
While it's easy to put the blame regarding slower than expected
progress in the realm of wireless communications on the
telecoms, they aren't the only problem.  Next generation 4G
networks are incredibly spectrum hungry, and even the biggest
players like Verizon and AT&T are racing to find spectrum   As a
result, their 4G efforts (LTE, WiMAX) are falling far short of
promised speeds -- or worse yet, some are giving up and billing
even slower HSPA+ networks as "4G" (testing has shown HSPA+ to
be nearly twice as slow as current LTE, despite T-Mobile's
claims and "demos").  The U.S. Federal Communications
Commission, the organization tasked with regulating our nation's
communications under the federal Communications Act of
1934 (amended by Telecom Act of 1996) [PDF]