From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ccr.org (static-96-255-157-131.washdc.fios.verizon.net [96.255.157.131]) by huchra.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF58221F843 for ; Sat, 3 Oct 2015 11:11:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: by ccr.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 64B5F119C52; Sat, 3 Oct 2015 14:11:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ccr.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccr.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63EF2119C19 for ; Sat, 3 Oct 2015 14:11:35 -0400 (EDT) To: cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net In-reply-to: References: Comments: In-reply-to cerowrt-devel-request@lists.bufferbloat.net message dated "Fri, 25 Sep 2015 14:40:27 -0700." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.4; nmh 1.2; GNU Emacs 24.2.1 Date: Sat, 03 Oct 2015 14:11:35 -0400 Message-ID: <17654.1443895895@ccr.org> From: Mike O'Dell Subject: Re: [Cerowrt-devel] Cerowrt-devel Digest, Vol 46, Issue 17 X-BeenThere: cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Development issues regarding the cerowrt test router project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Oct 2015 18:11:59 -0000 the wifi bands are not *currently* under the official control of the cellular operators, but they are pushing very very hard to make that the case, and the lockdown of wifi hardware is part and parcel of the promotion of that effort. none of this is an accident. toll-free access to spectrum of any kind has a very, very limited lifetime. The only reason the ham bands don't have a bullseye on them is because of international allocations and the fact that most of them are not interesting to the cellular guys. the one band that *is* interesting, in the 60GHz area, *is* actively being pursued by the cellular guys because it is useful for backhaul and recent developments in GaN semiconductor technology have made hardware for that area dramatically less expensive. -mo