Meh, it was a broad declarative. I was rolling up the current state of affairs vis-a-vis US communications infrastructure and practices.

But basically I'm referring to the inertia (not to mention irony) of protecting an existing revenue stream at the expense of advancing your next likely source of revenue. Shortsightedly stupid, yes, but we do it-- and the FCC has been supporting that... along with allowing increasing consolidation among service and media providers. It's hard for wifi and wimax to gain a foothold in the US while we are still so beholden to "legacy" tech. However, I see radio bandwidth as an area of The Commons and think that, instead of auctioning it off and rationing it out, this is one area where the federal government should manage the communications spectrum much more than it does. That includes providing at least some of the funding and tax incentives for new infrastructure.

See, I knew breaking that down would be messy. I'm rambling...