FCC Rule Cuts Bandwidth For 72-Mile 802.11b

Posted by CmdrTaco on Saturday December 21, 2002 @09:32AM from the slowing-down-the-bits-and-bites dept.

sonamchauhan writes "This Computerworld article reported a 72-mile 802.11b wireless link (discussed in this Slashdot story). Now a Computerworld followup story is reporting the link power has been reduced by 75% to comply with FCC regulations for the 2.4-GHz band -- reducing the link's throughput from 1 Mbps to 300 Kbps. The owner is reported saying that: "any violation of the power limits was unintentional and resulted from the fact that the personnel working [on it] primarily have expertise in computers and not radio technology.""

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Re:Why. by Spruitje · 2002-12-21 12:28 · Score: 1, Troll

That is a very poor analogy since in the vast majority of the US mainland it is perfectly legal to carry a gun.

And which proves that banning guns also brings down crime rates.
There are around 2 million people in prison in the US (on a population of around 265 million).
Compare this to for instance to the Netherlands with 16 million people and only around 40.000 people in prison and it's very easy to see that due to the fact that it is legal to carry a gun in the US also means that there is more crime and thus more people in prison.
It so simple...