In message <[email protected]>, dated Wed, 16 Sep
2015, Ed Price <[email protected]> writes:
To paraphrase Monrad and John: "The only justification for regulations is
consumer complaints."
There is a legal principle, 'Cui bono?' ('In whose interest?') that
challenges laws that are of no practical use or advantage. So emissions
that do not cause interference and susceptibility that is never
challenged should not be regulated.
Does anyone have any experience in filing a consumer complaint with their
applicable national agency? Was it easy to find the place to enter your
complaint? Did you get the impression the agency was simply trying to get
you to go away? Did you feel as though your input was going to a
null-bucket? Did you receive any follow-up? Was the process something
reasonable for an average consumer?
It's deliberately not made easy because history showed that a large
proportion of complaints were spurious and even lunatic. It's also
costly to investigate claims.
In short, does "no complaints" really indicate no problems?
While official information is not in the public domain, CISPR/H is said
to look at the levels of complaints when determining whether existing
emission requirements should be changed and where to set new
requirements as the exploited EM spectrum expands upwards in frequency.
Considerable weight is probably given to complaints from the emergency
services, because of their importance and because they are probably
well-founded, not lunatic.
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OOO - Own Opinions Only. With best wishes. See www.jmwa.demon.co.uk
When I turn my back on the sun, it's to look for a rainbow
John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK
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