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I guess my question is: as an amateur radio enthusiast, why should I tolerate a special exception for THESE people to broadcast data if I can't even do somethin

I guess my question is: as an amateur radio enthusiast, why should I tolerate a special exception for THESE people to broadcast data if I can't even do something as simple as coordinate club meeting addresses in private over the airwaves? Even if I saw HFT as a valuable thing (I don't), it's unfair to create a new exemption for these people just because they have money. And if you suggest that he government shouldn't be involved, then keep in mind the only practical force stopping someone from jamming these transmissions is the exact same government bandwidth allocation guidelines. This should not be understood as an infight by HFTs. It should be understood as the radio waves of the world being a public, shared resource and folks asking, "Are we changing these rules now?" If so, it should be done equitably.

anon9001 6y ago
> why should I tolerate a special exception for THESE people to broadcast data The problem is it's not about you or me tolerating the special exception or not. It's about recourse, and we have none. > a new exemption for these people just because they have money The people with money can donate to all the politicians and make them aware of their needs, in exchange for the donations continuing. That's their recourse. > This should not be understood as an infight by HFTs. But that's exactly what it is. Multiple entities with money lobbying the same government for favorable results.
- kd0amg 6y ago
  Yes, the active parties in the fight are two HFTs jockeying for latency advantage, but the scope of the fight goes beyond HFT: they are fighting over use of a scarce public resource.
smkellat 6y ago
As Glenn Hauser, Kim Andrew Elliott, and others have asked it comes down to the big question of what regs exactly authorize this. There really isn’t any ambiguity in the relevant rules to sneak this in under.

anon9001 6y ago

> why should I tolerate a special exception for THESE people to broadcast data The problem is it's not about you or me tolerating the special exception or not. It's about recourse, and we have none. > a new exemption for these people just because they have money The people with money can donate to all the politicians and make them aware of their needs, in exchange for the donations continuing. That's their recourse. > This should not be understood as an infight by HFTs. But that's exactly what it is. Multiple entities with money lobbying the same government for favorable results.

kd0amg 6y ago
Yes, the active parties in the fight are two HFTs jockeying for latency advantage, but the scope of the fight goes beyond HFT: they are fighting over use of a scarce public resource.

smkellat 6y ago

As Glenn Hauser, Kim Andrew Elliott, and others have asked it comes down to the big question of what regs exactly authorize this. There really isn’t any ambiguity in the relevant rules to sneak this in under.