> Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 08:13:01 -0500 > From: "Victor L. Boersma" <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Change in FCC Level Level Requirements > To: "INTERNET:[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Reply-to: [email protected]
> > Wow, someone had a bad weekend..... > > > > It would take six years for some companies to get round to thinking > > about broadband radio, and then another six to see whether the memory > > loss suffered by their staff was due to their mobile phones or the > > microwaves from their desk. > > > > As for the internet being banned....isn't there way too much money to > > be made by commerce for that to happen? > > > > > Tongue in cheek true, but we already seem to have an agreement that xDSL > will have passed by that time and it isn't even up and running yet. > Given the rate at which I have to replace not so cheap programmes because > I cannot read any longer the messages that people send me, using the > latests fads, I doubt that cost will be the inhibitor for new ideas. > > MSWord 6 does everything I need. I only need MSWord 97 because I get > messages in that language, from people who really don't need it either. > So true...... > My 6 months old IBM Aptiva is outdated but I am told not to buy anything > before next summer when everything it does, will be put on a single chip > that will be available for about $250. >From the chip vendor, $1500 to you and £1500 to me.... > > The PCs with the whirley bird antenna and modems have been at trade shows > for the last two years. Agreed, but selling radio to customers fearsome of shrinking their brain might be difficult....especially if too many more satellites stop working and they can't buy petrol or hire videos on their credit card > > No, my friend, I had an excellent week-end and the world is still turning > around as it should. It is just that we have to get out of the mind set > that a new product has a life time of more than a year. Hence my somewhat > provocative statement. One year.....way too long, surely? <Tongue firmly in cheek> > > The implications this short lifecycle has on "approvals" are enormous and I > don't know how regulatory systems are going to keep up with it. They can't, and anarchy will prevail......unless of course one company or a small group of companies is responsible for innovation. > > I agree that banning the internet does not appear to be a viable solution, > certainly not where governments are vying with each other to make their > nations the "most connected" nation in the world through incentives or lack > of disincentives. Agreed..... > > That probably means that they'll endeavour to download more regulatory > practices on the private sector, cause they can't cope, or give up on > trying to regulate the phenomenon hoping it will regulate itself. > > Agreed again....until someone in authority is given a good reason to impose draconian legislation in order to raise his profile to his electorate. Best Regards Gary Gorton Senior Telecommunications Engineer --------------------------------------------------- TUV Product Service 12, Marshall Road Hillmead, Swindon Wiltshire UK SN5 9FZ T. +44-(0)1793-871990 F. +44-(0)1793-872990 W. http://www.tuvps.co.uk ---------------------------------------------------
