🚀 go-pugleaf

But, you've missed the point.  Most of the populace does'nt give a
rats eye about packet communication.  They don't have computers any
more significant than a video game.  What they do care about is TV,
telephones, and to a lesser extent public service (Fire, Police, ...)
uses of the spectrum.  To be able to talk on a CB or the fact that
some ham is talking to Africa is of little concern to them.

As an aside, I'm wondering how well Land Mobile is really doing if you
don't count Cellular Phones (one normally doesn't but someone mentioned
the loss of the short end of the UHF-TV spectrum).  Back before it was
technically illegal to listen in on the calls, it was amazing how much
of the traffic was actually contracters and such that would normally have
been a big business band user.  These guys have really been fleeing the
high-priced commercial radios for the cheaper and more versatile telephone.
The monthly charges to the phone company probably are no worse than the
operational expense of a wide area mobile radio system.

Maybe we should be arguing for the demise of Land Mobile expansion than
taking away TV outlets available to each and every member of the public.

-Ron