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rhino369 on Oct 2, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: “Not” Neutrality?

You've seen rapid progress at 2.4gh and 5ghz because the FCC keeps power limits really low. If I were allowed to blast my signal all over my town, we'd all be interfering with each other left and right.

jessaustin on Oct 2, 2014 [–]

We keep hearing that, but when the FCC and similar entities have actually tested it they've found it not to be the case. It's not the 1930s anymore.

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