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Helena, MT
reply to meowmeow

Re: i would like to see special 'non commercial' spectrum

P.S. just to be clear on some reasons WHY this a horrible idea:

1. There only are 3 non-overlapping channels (1,5,9,13) and 13 is illegal in the US (thus 1, 6, 11 are usually used to get a bit more guard space for legacy 802.11b). If you made even ONE CHANNEL (say from 7-12) non commercial, you'd leave Americans with only TWO CHANNELS to use in large office buildings, schools, etc. That would be HORRIBLE. THREE IS BAD ENOUGH.

2. Since you'd have to prove non-commercial use, there'd probably be a license fee.

3. The law woud be blatantly ignored anyways.