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On the other hand: regulation is what made reliable and uninterrupted radio communication possible. Radio is not the internet: if I transmit with 100kW on 1234k
by hanslub42 5y ago
On the other hand: regulation is what made reliable and uninterrupted radio communication possible. Radio is not the internet: if I transmit with 100kW on 1234kHz I make that frequency unusable for anyone else in a wide neighbourhood. Bandwidth is a lot scarcer than IPv6 or even IPv4 addresses. The Radio Act of 1912 - the very first "radio law" - was a response to the confusion on the airwaves that contributed to the Titanic disaster (see https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Navigation/Community/Arcadia-and-THP-Blog/April-2018/How-Amateur-Radio-Sunk-the-Titanic https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Navigation/Community/Arcad...)