| gabriel rosenkoetter on Fri, 17 May 2002 16:20:50 -0400 |
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On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 02:44:13PM -0400, Kevin Brosius wrote: > Argh, should have know gr would call me on that... Well, I mostly just thought "anything associated with 2.4 GHz is a free for all", but I haven't paid much attention to the details of FCC licensing ever, really. (So it was a legitimate question, not intended to be calling you out. :^>) > But seriously, is that your only argument? Where's your data? I should > have said: Also, note that the (portion of the) 2.4G band (used by > ricochet) is licensed spectrum. > > Better? Much. I still say I didn't know that portions of that band were specifically licensed, but all that means is that I didn't know it. > I don't have the ricochet frequencies readily available, but I can dig > them up at home. However, it appears that the unlicensed portion of the > 2.4G band is only ~85MHz. In that band, certain types of transmission > (DSSS and 'DSSS-like' techniques) are allowed at specified power > levels. That portion is used by unlicensed phones and networking gear. Got it. > The Metricom 2.4G band license was supposed to be auctioned along with > everything else when ricochet went under. I don't recall if Aerie > acquired it or not. I think there was something in one or several online news sources fairly recently about that auction, but I've got no memory of what it said. :^> -- gabriel rosenkoetter gr@eclipsed.net Attachment:
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