No matter what they do, they are simply unable to create new frequencies. There are only so many frequencies available.
True enough.
So, they have to limit and control those frequencies, otherwise the next time you turn on your cell phone, you might end up getting nothing but an old "I Love Lucy" show, or end up having to help a Jetliner land at a landing strip 60 miles from your home.
I don't follow you. With or without regulation, nobody would create a device which requires use of a frequency which would not be usable.
Without the government regulating and controlling the airwaves, what kind of Electro-Magnetic Interference is tolerable from your computer and other things. Many, if not most, of the communications devices that we take for granted would simply not exist.
Unless they use too much current, and hence too much power, there is a distinct limit on the electromagnetic interference caused.
Everyday that I can turn on my car radio, make a cell phone call. Heck, even connect to the internet and post a message here on Slashdot, is another day that I should thank the FCC and the people that made the FCC possible.
And who, pray tell, is that? The ignorant masses who believe that external control is necessary?
BS about how "Market Forces" and other blah-blah crud would simply be much better than government regulations regarding communications, would have left us with a wasteland of commmunications devices that simply wouldn't be able to communicate.
This statement is complete BS. "Market forces" would not allow "communications devices that simply wouldn't be able to communicate", since nobody would buy such a thing.
The world would certainly be a different place without the regulation of the airwaves.
Of course, because then the airwaves would be accessible to average people on their own terms, and not controlled by an ever-decreasing number of corporate and government interests. Who knows, we might even have a true free press!
I have to admit that I am unable to claim being an expert when it comes to radio signals and wireless communications, but from my limited readings, it is very easy to interfere with the radio signals that are in use in most devices.
Yes, it is easy to interfere with radio signals. The question is, why would you? And, if you are someone who would, would simple regulations stop you?
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No matter what they do, they are simply unable to create new frequencies. There are only so many frequencies available.
True enough.
So, they have to limit and control those frequencies, otherwise the next time you turn on your cell phone, you might end up getting nothing but an old "I Love Lucy" show, or end up having to help a Jetliner land at a landing strip 60 miles from your home.
I don't follow you. With or without regulation, nobody would create a device which requires use of a frequency which would not be usable.
Without the government regulating and controlling the airwaves, what kind of Electro-Magnetic Interference is tolerable from your computer and other things. Many, if not most, of the communications devices that we take for granted would simply not exist.
Unless they use too much current, and hence too much power, there is a distinct limit on the electromagnetic interference caused.
Everyday that I can turn on my car radio, make a cell phone call. Heck, even connect to the internet and post a message here on Slashdot, is another day that I should thank the FCC and the people that made the FCC possible.
And who, pray tell, is that? The ignorant masses who believe that external control is necessary?
BS about how "Market Forces" and other blah-blah crud would simply be much better than government regulations regarding communications, would have left us with a wasteland of commmunications devices that simply wouldn't be able to communicate.
This statement is complete BS. "Market forces" would not allow "communications devices that simply wouldn't be able to communicate", since nobody would buy such a thing.
The world would certainly be a different place without the regulation of the airwaves.
Of course, because then the airwaves would be accessible to average people on their own terms, and not controlled by an ever-decreasing number of corporate and government interests. Who knows, we might even have a true free press!
I have to admit that I am unable to claim being an expert when it comes to radio signals and wireless communications, but from my limited readings, it is very easy to interfere with the radio signals that are in use in most devices.
Yes, it is easy to interfere with radio signals. The question is, why would you? And, if you are someone who would, would simple regulations stop you?