oh, I wasn't complaining. I was showcasing people's ignorance. Perhaps I should have put in more than just a link. ;-)
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------- From: "Jack Unger" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 12:01 PM To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WISPA] FCC's Warrentless Household Searches Alarm Experts > FROM THE FCC WEBSITE: > > About the FCC > > The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent United > States government agency. The FCC was established by the Communications > Act of 1934 and is charged with regulating interstate and international > communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable. The > FCC's jurisdiction covers the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and > U.S. possessions. > > _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ > > In other words - > > The FCC has the power to shut down illegal transmitters. It's their job. > It's that simple. > > For example, if someone is transmitting on a Fire Department frequency > and jamming the Fire Department's radio system, FCC engineers respond, > they locate the source of the jamming and take the jamming transmitter > off the air. Same thing if someone is jamming an airport control tower > frequency, or any other frequency. > > This principle applies to ANY transmitter including licensed > transmitters, unlicensed transmitters and any transmitters, including > those in wireless routers. > > > > > > Mike Hammett wrote: >> http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/05/fcc-raid/ >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> >> > > -- > Jack Unger - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. > Author - "Deploying License-Free Wireless WANs" > Serving the Broadband Wireless Industry Since 1993 > www.ask-wi.com 818-227-4220 [email protected] > Twitter - "wireless_jack" > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
