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To: foundation who wrote (30246)	12/20/2002 9:38:09 AM
From: Peter Ecclesine	Respond to of 196632

Hi Benjamin, Somebody's English is not so good. The Pentagon is objecting to WiFi at 5.3GHz, where Radar 'K' is used, and at 5.47-5.725GHz where Radar 'O' is used. Sometime today ETSI BRAN will send it's position on outdoor 5GHz to JTP5G, and after an early January meeting, the European position on the matter will be cast. Until then, its all posturing. After then, its the WRC 2003. petere

To: foundation who wrote (30246)	12/20/2002 9:58:20 AM
From: waitwatchwander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196632

Cunning US Senate's Wi-Fi plan could founder on incompatibility theinquirer.net Alarm bells ring -- literally By Tony Dennis: Friday 13 December 2002, 10:54 TWO US SENATORS -- George Allen (Virginia) and Barbara Boxer (California) -– are to introduce a Bill into the US Congress which would require the FCC (the USA's regulatory body) to provide Wi-Fi with more spectrum. The two senators are apparently of the opinion that Wi-Fi (802.11b & 802.11a) could "break the logjam" that's holding back the USA from being a truly broadband society. The trouble is that Wi-Fi utilises parts of the radio spectrum which belong to the ISM (Industrial Scientific and Medical) bands – which have been agreed on an international basis to be totally unlicensed. Hence a whole heap of devices – from automatic garage doors to door bells – actually utilise the 2.4 GHz frequencies which Wi-Fi employs. Worse still for the two senators, Bluetooth -- the wireless cable replacement standard – also uses 2.4 GHz and in some circumstances can clash with Wi-Fi. While the Allen-Boxer initiative might be a worthy cause it is almost certainly impractical. How can you give more spectrum to Wi-Fi without creating a non-standard (e.g. USA only) version of Wi-Fi? Wouldn't the senators be better off pressuring the FCC to clear up the mess over Auction 35 and get somebody to start using the PCS1900 spectrum which failed operators NextWave and Urban Comm have left vacant?