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Article #6041Re: Is this legislation for real?
From: Phil Karn
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1992 05:26
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1992 05:26
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In article <1992Sep6.070933.16476@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> whs70@dancer.uucp (22501-sohl) writes: >The last version of this I saw (it was part of the FCC funding bill >for 1992) did not have a Total ban that included existing equipment, >BUT it did set a future date (6 months I think) after which >manufacturers would have to have eliminated any cellular frequency >coverage from any receiver they manufactured. There was no exception >for test equipment, etc. What's really silly about this is that by the time the ban starts taking effect (if indeed it has any effect at all), the easiest and most direct way to intercept the next generation of digital cellular telephones won't be to use a conventional scanner, it'll be to modify a digital cellular telephone. And these will, of course, be quite widely available. Phil
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Newsgroups: sci.electronics,rec.radio.amateur.policy,alt.folklore.urban Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!network.ucsd.edu!qualcom.qualcomm.com!servo.qualcomm.com!karn From: karn@servo.qualcomm.com (Phil Karn) Subject: Re: Is this legislation for real? Message-ID: <1992Sep7.052641.16383@qualcomm.com> Sender: news@qualcomm.com Nntp-Posting-Host: servo.qualcomm.com Organization: Qualcomm, Inc References: <1992Sep5.044504.20441@athena.cs.uga.edu> <1992Sep6.070933.16476@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> Distribution: usa Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 05:26:41 GMT Lines: 16