IP: Mad as hell Hughes -- FCC Proposes Primary Status for Amateur Service at 2.4 GHz

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne@warpspeed.com>


[Note:  This comment comes from reader Dave Hughes.  DLH]

At 13:33 -0700 5/9/02, Dave Hughes wrote:
>From: "Dave Hughes" <dave@oldcolo.com>
>To: <dewayne@warpspeed.com>
>Subject: RE: [Dewayne-Net] FCC Proposes Primary Status for Amateur
>Service at 2.4 GHz
>Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 13:33:15 -0700
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>
>Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 1:55 PM
>To: Dewayne-Net Technology List
>Subject: [Dewayne-Net] FCC Proposes Primary Status for Amateur Service
>at 2.4 GHz
>
>This afternoon the FCC announced that it has initiated a rulemaking
>in which it proposes to, among other things, upgrade the existing
>secondary amateur radio service allocation in the 2400-2402 MHz band
>to primary status and add a primary allocation for the
>amateur-satellite service in this band.  The FCC is also proposing to
>allocate the 135.7-137.8 kHz and 5250-5400 kHz bands to the amateur
>radio service on a secondary basis.  More details to follow once the
>full text of the rulemaking is released.
>    The item is Docket ET 02-98.  It will be interesting to see
>how the WiFi community reacts to this.  <g>
>
>-- Dewayne
>
>What the hell is this? A DIRECT attempt by the FCC to squash the 802.11b
>growth and use? They know perfectly damn well what that will do - cast
>doubt and uncertainty among users and profit or non-profit (educational)
>ISPs.
>Why don't they just issue a Report and Order removing all 2.4ghz
>frequencies from Part 15, and quit the fun and games and their attempts
>to mask their true intentions? Kill license exempt broadband is their
>TRUE goal. Anybody that doubts that is a fool.
>
>Keep us informed as to when, where THIS item will be heard before the
>Commissioners. I will make plans to appear in person and testify. And
>wouldn't mind being dragged out of the hearing by guards after burning
>their ears. At least the reporters there will move these items from the
>arcane technical gobbledygook to the seriously political pages.
>
>Dave 'Mad as Hell' Hughes
>dave@oldcolo.com



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