LR commenter ‘JIB’ starts site dedicated to wireless
Steve Safran March 29th, 2007
Those of you who follow LR regularly know that I have sparred from time to time with the mysterious “JIB.” We usually tangle over matters relating to the FCC. I have invited him through the years to write a guest column at LR - provided he do so under his real name, which I have never known - until now. I just got an email from J. Israel Balderas, who tells me he is “JIB.” (Reprinted with permission):
Steve,
You may know me from LR postings submitted by JIB. You always encouraged me to put my writing skills to good use. I took your advice and rather than just write down a blog, I decided to start my own communications company and built a wireless & mobility news website.
Dude, I just asked you for an opposing viewpoint. You started a whole company? That’s taking a debate seriously. Israel has also started SPECTRUMocracy, a site for wireless and mobility news. Balderas’s bio lists him as a 15-year news veteran, an attorney and a former advisor to the FCC. That would explain his interest in having FCC debates, and why he got the better of me (some of the time). I welcome the LR Contributor Formerly Known as JIB to the web, and I encourage the rest of you to start something great, too.
7 Comments Add your own
1. invitedmedia | March 30th, 2007 at 5:11 am
“Dude, I just asked you for an opposing viewpoint. You started a whole company?”
that’s funny.
consider that a “JIB JAB”?
2. J. Israel Balderas (formerly known as "JIB) | March 30th, 2007 at 7:30 am
Thanks Steve for your comments and posting (you too Cory, since we exchanged barbs on communication policy one in a while).
This goes to show that the LR vision of evangelizing about freedom through technology is catching on. I look forward to many of you getting your wireless and mobility news from spectrumocracy right after you get your news about TV and the Net from LR.
You’ve created a new monster Dr. Steve Frankenstein…
3. David Johnson | March 30th, 2007 at 7:53 am
wow. how’re you going to count this feather in your cap of online spawning, saf? i am hoping you file it under “dude.”
welcome to the party, JIB. you’re living the mantra.
4. Dimitrios | August 19th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
Nice
5. Aris | August 19th, 2007 at 11:50 pm
Sorry
6. Christodoulos | January 7th, 2008 at 9:56 am
Cool…
7. Nick | February 6th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
interesting
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