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Shut down FCC. That's all it would take. Sure, your FM radio would stop working, but that's a small sacrifice to make, to get actual competition in something as
by GW150914 8y ago
Shut down FCC. That's all it would take.
Sure, your FM radio would stop working, but that's a small sacrifice to make, to get actual competition in something as important as telecommunications.
Good idea, I was just thinking that I hate how emergency services can talk to each other, and my cellphone works. People are so damned soft, they should have to release a homing pigeon if they want to call 911! Sure, a few people might die and life will be a dark and terrible nightmare of RF interference, radio astronomy will end, and modern civilization will grind to a halt, but that’s a small price to pay for my libertarian wet dream.
- jessaustin 8y agoFCC is uniquely bad among USA government regulatory agencies. I'm fine with EPA, FTC, OSHA, FAA, etc. All of those place reasonable limits on human action. They don't say, "this market will be 40% VZN and 45% ATT!" Any number of other agencies could keep the emergency services bands online. Most of the actual regulation of how devices radiate signals is already controlled by voluntary associations of manufacturers. Please don't discuss your wet dreams in this forum.