cghh
join:2001-01-15
Milpitas, CA | Back when it was first announced... I guess they have now decided that there indeed are some legal issues with selling an unlicensed cellular transmitter, and are resolving the issue by affiliating with a licensed provider. |
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 vpokoPremium
join:2003-07-03
Boston, MA | said by cghh:I guess they have now decided that there indeed are some legal issues with selling an unlicensed cellular transmitter, and are resolving the issue by affiliating with a licensed provider. If the device is low-power enough not to cause interference with licensed users, why couldn't it operate under part 15? I'm not challenging what you said, I'm genuinely curious. |
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| said by vpoko:said by cghh:I guess they have now decided that there indeed are some legal issues with selling an unlicensed cellular transmitter, and are resolving the issue by affiliating with a licensed provider. If the device is low-power enough not to cause interference with licensed users, why couldn't it operate under part 15? I'm not challenging what you said, I'm genuinely curious. If it used that little power it would be like a 10' Bluetooth range. Some MJ users who travel a lot might like that, so they don't have to carry a headset.
MJ indicated it would be a whole-house femtocell. In that case, I think it's unavoidable that it would interfere, such as neighbors of an apartment-dwelling user. Or, the person who takes it to a public place like Starbucks or an airport?
Personally, I think everyone's wrong assuming it's a legitimate, imminent product. I don't think we'll ever see it. Dan has a history of talking about products that never appear.
I even question why a major wireless carrier would affiliate themselves with MJ. What would be the upside for the carrier? Introducing their customers to, and legitimizing MJ? Stigmatizing themselves by associating with a company that has developed a bad reputation with questionable business practices?
Something about that doesn't add up for me. It sounded somewhat realistic that MJ would release a femtocell for its infomercial "wow" factor (the clips showing average people using their cell phones to "jam it to" cellular companies). I think his idea was shot down due to threat of FCC enforcement to protect licensed spectrum. Now he's just trying to talk around it by saying it's still in the works. |
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