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> It is not legal to operate a remote transmitter site without full telemetry coming back to a human Have you ever worked for a smaller company? Compliance is

> It is not legal to operate a remote transmitter site without full telemetry coming back to a human Have you ever worked for a smaller company? Compliance is a thing you do on paper, that has very little to do with the real world.

quesera 3y ago
I have, but never for a company that didn't care whether their signal was propagating. Nor for a company that didn't have some level of fear of being fined by the FCC for non-compliance. Things may be different in small-market rural! But the economics of "not knowing" that your station is off-air are impossible.
TeMPOraL 3y ago
Which is why I trust corporations more than small businesses. Big companies can't cut corners in quite the same way as tiny shops, nor can they directly violate health&safety regulations, creating health risk for customers, without fear of consequences.
- WarOnPrivacy 3y ago
  > Big companies can't cut corners in quite the same way as tiny shops, Big companies have their own distinct ways, true. They have massive resources to deploy against regulation and oversight. By forestalling accountability or insuring it results in disproportionately small fines, they can insure non-compliance is strongly profitable. This satisfies the interests that matter most to a public corp, execs and investors. > Big companies can't ... directly violate health&safety regulations, creating health risk for customers, without fear of consequences. This is a bold declaration.
  - thanksgiving 3y ago
    At least I would not knowingly commit crimes so the private equity makes some tens of thousands of dollars and I get a “meets expectations” and 2% annual raise at best if doing so could put me at risk of going to prison.
    - WarOnPrivacy 3y ago
      > if doing so could put me at risk of going to prison The percentage of execs who are convicted - or even tried (for crimes that would gain most of us a harsh penalty) is so low it's striking when it happens. When you have corporate-sized resources (that can outweigh the even the government's) to prevent accountability, those odds tend to be strongly in your favor.

quesera 3y ago

I have, but never for a company that didn't care whether their signal was propagating. Nor for a company that didn't have some level of fear of being fined by the FCC for non-compliance. Things may be different in small-market rural! But the economics of "not knowing" that your station is off-air are impossible.

TeMPOraL 3y ago

Which is why I trust corporations more than small businesses. Big companies can't cut corners in quite the same way as tiny shops, nor can they directly violate health&safety regulations, creating health risk for customers, without fear of consequences.

WarOnPrivacy 3y ago
> Big companies can't cut corners in quite the same way as tiny shops, Big companies have their own distinct ways, true. They have massive resources to deploy against regulation and oversight. By forestalling accountability or insuring it results in disproportionately small fines, they can insure non-compliance is strongly profitable. This satisfies the interests that matter most to a public corp, execs and investors. > Big companies can't ... directly violate health&safety regulations, creating health risk for customers, without fear of consequences. This is a bold declaration.
- thanksgiving 3y ago
  At least I would not knowingly commit crimes so the private equity makes some tens of thousands of dollars and I get a “meets expectations” and 2% annual raise at best if doing so could put me at risk of going to prison.
  - WarOnPrivacy 3y ago
    > if doing so could put me at risk of going to prison The percentage of execs who are convicted - or even tried (for crimes that would gain most of us a harsh penalty) is so low it's striking when it happens. When you have corporate-sized resources (that can outweigh the even the government's) to prevent accountability, those odds tend to be strongly in your favor.