[616] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
schools, radio links
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian Lloyd)
Tue Apr 23 17:06:43 1991
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 91 14:01:12 PDT
From: Brian Lloyd <brian@napa.telebit.COM>
To: bill@tuatara.uofs.edu
Cc: SEAN@dranet.dra.com, com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: Bill Gunshannon's message of Tue, 23 Apr 91 15:11:16 EDT <9104231911.AA05728@tuatara.uofs.edu>
Reply-To: brian@napa.telebit.COM
Radio links are unlikely to become available to schools in quantity.
Frequency allocation is scarce and the available technology is
expensive. Plan on spending several thousand dollars for RF links
with limited range.
I suspect when you speak of inexpensive radio links you have amateur
packet radio in mind. I am a ham and have been engaged in packet
radio virtually since its inception. I know that inexpensive packet
radio is possible but the regulatory issues make it pretty difficult.
Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN Telebit Corporation
Network Systems Architect 1315 Chesapeake Terrace
brian@napa.telebit.com Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1100
voice (408) 745-3103 FAX (408) 734-3333
