> Protecting the electromagnetic spectrum will need to be considered of paramount importance (as our communications infrastructure depends on protecting it).
I wouldn't be that sure.
Yes, there is a lot of garbage and congestion on the spectrum, but thanks to new approaches to (forward) error correction, higher quality RF parts and especially the explosion of compute power, we can achieve ridiculous communication quality. And it's not new either - GPS is orders of magnitude below the noise floor, and yet, we got "smart collars" for cats and even birds capable of decoding that signal.
Pretty much the only ones who actually have a problem with all the garbage are hams, and to a lesser extent air traffic control (for them, it's mostly people with garbage handheld radios, and dumb pilots not switching from ATC to onboard communications).
I wouldn't be that sure.
Yes, there is a lot of garbage and congestion on the spectrum, but thanks to new approaches to (forward) error correction, higher quality RF parts and especially the explosion of compute power, we can achieve ridiculous communication quality. And it's not new either - GPS is orders of magnitude below the noise floor, and yet, we got "smart collars" for cats and even birds capable of decoding that signal.
Pretty much the only ones who actually have a problem with all the garbage are hams, and to a lesser extent air traffic control (for them, it's mostly people with garbage handheld radios, and dumb pilots not switching from ATC to onboard communications).