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From: bro@eunomia.rice.edu (Douglas Monk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: FCC and the Atari
Summary: not excuse, explanation
Message-ID: <1991Feb13.222808.20360@rice.edu>
Date: 13 Feb 91 22:28:08 GMT
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In article <1991Feb12.153835.10822@ataritx.uucp> dwh@ataritx.UUCP (Dave Hanna) writes:
>In article <1991Feb11.061309.6487@ns.network.com> logajan@ns.network.com (John Logajan) writes:
[... Comparing RFI certification in Europe and Canada with USA : ... ]
>|there was more paperwork involved in the USA.
>|
>|So my question -- is this constant delay for FCC approval a bogus
>|excuse?

Having read several case histories of the US methods and requirements,
a) the paperwork *is* almost enough to explain the differences...  
b) there are some bizarre requirements which prevent applicants from
successfully pre-testing their machines, requiring time-consuming
rejection and reapplication. (E.g. the FCC can hang *anything* off the
ports - at random?) It would be interesting to read similar accounts
of the process from these other countries.

Doug Monk (bro@rice.edu)

Disclaimer: These views are mine, not necessarily my organization's.