Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Mexico Says Wait a Minute to IBOC

[DXERak@xxxxxxx]

I find the next item in the RW article to be just as  interesting:



“When will the rules kick in?” 

If I had a nickel  for each time I’ve been asked when the IBOC Second Report 
& Order text will  be published in the Federal Register, I could buy a few 
more VW Beetles and  drive my choice of color each day. 

People want to know because the new  FCC rules won’t take effect until 30 
days after publication, and that still  hasn’t happened. 

The vote on the rules occurred in March and the text  came out in May. 
Usually items are published in the register within a month or  so. Granted, this is 
a complicated item with lots of details, but it seems to be  taking longer 
than usual. It’s not clear why; sources have pointed out that  Martin runs his 
ship differently than his predecessor, and items seem to be  taking longer than 
they used to be finalized. From my observations, the  commissioners have said 
they consider the broadband rollout their priority;  that, plus 
congressionally-mandated deadlines related to the DTV rollout, have  center stage, not an 
un-mandated digital radio rollout. 

I asked Ibiquity  whether the Mexico border discussion mentioned above has 
anything to do with why  the IBOC rules haven’t yet appeared; the company had no 
comment on that.  



I was talking to Scott Fybush on Friday night, and he pointed out that the  
Mexican objections *may* have something to do with why we have not seen these  
rules hit the Federal Register yet. As the RW article points out, "The FCC  
handles coordination with the State Department, so perhaps the timing isn’t all  
up to the FCC." If these indeed become international treaty issues, they come 
 under the  sphere of the State Department, and the State Department has a  
different agenda and different sense of urgency from that of the FCC.
73     Bill Dvorak     Madison  WI



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