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- From: karn@servo.qualcomm.com (Phil Karn)
- Subject: Re: Is this legislation for real?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep7.052641.16383@qualcomm.com>
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- References: <1992Sep5.044504.20441@athena.cs.uga.edu> <1992Sep6.070933.16476@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
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- Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 05:26:41 GMT
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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
-