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Shipping: UPS Ground vs. FedEx Ground
Scott Dorsey wrote:
Chuck Harris wrote: Of course, UPS only asked for the bandwidth. It was the FCC and congress that gave them what they asked for. What UPS wanted to do was perfectly valid, and a good idea too. If there is any blame to pass out, it rightfully belongs to the FCC and congress. This is true. It's easier to boycott UPS than the FCC and congress, though. Being easier doesn't make it more effective. Would you boycott Chevrolet because someone robbed your favorite bank and used a Chevy as a get-away car? UPS thought they needed some spectrum, and they asked for it. FCC didn't see significant usage of the 220 band, and offered it up. FCC could just as easily have offered up a small chunk of some microwave band. All votes are equal in value, but not all voters. Some just vote what the newspapers, and the parties say they should, others write letters, make phone calls, create blogs, ... They get more political power than the usual voter. If you want to get the spectrum back, start lobbying for it. Come up with a reason why hams should have it back... We probably won't get it back, on account of ham radio being among the "walking-dead". (and yes, I am a ham, so I get to make observations like that.) Is there anyone who hasn't ultimately benefited from the ability to track their packages? UPS forged the way, but all shippers now provide the capability. It just happened that the existing cell phone infrastructure was a more practical way of providing the tracking service than was building an entirely new infrastructure on 220MHz... something that, in hindsight, the FCC should have realized. Also true. However, I have many more unkind things to say about the spectrum management folks at the FCC. And the enforcement guys all seem to be doing nothing other than busting FM pirates and breast-showing broadcasters, while badly-maintained cable TV networks across the country spew trash all over the VHF bands and touch lamps that blatantly violate Part 15 are available at every Wal-Mart. They don't violate part 15! They are perfectly in complience. The violation comes when the user doesn't prevent his device from interferring with any service. It was idiotic of the Congress, and the FCC to allow that wording, but they did...and we didn't hold them to task for it. -Chuck |
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