[637] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Perhaps dismissal of packet radio in the classroom is unwarranted
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (francis%zaphod@gargoyle.uchicago.e)
Thu Apr 25 22:02:42 1991
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 91 20:24:42 CDT
From: francis%zaphod@gargoyle.uchicago.edu
To: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: "Martin Lee Schoffstall"'s message of Wed, 24 Apr 91 17:06:13 -0400 <9104242106.AA16132@psi.com>
Martin Lee Schoffstall <schoff@psi.com> writes:
[GE wanted to run Ethernet signals over a UHF channel]
>spectrum in the upstate NY area). As I remember, this all died on the
>vine due to the FCC feeling that it would disrupt TV (a free good)
>signals, the fact that some local broadcasters got wind of this didn't
>help at all....
Was there any reasoning behind the FCC's belief? Sounds pretty
unlikely (after all, it shouldn't matter *what* you run over a
channel, so long as it isn't too loud, right?).
Why'd the broadcasters care? GE's setup wasn't going to compete for TV
viewers (except in the sense that any activity besides TV competes for
the time spent on it).
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