Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!wuarchive!udel!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!o.gp.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!wb1j+ From: wb1j+@andrew.cmu.edu (William M. Bumgarner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Apple's FCC request Message-ID: Date: 10 Apr 91 22:36:11 GMT References: <79.next.net@pro-angmar>, Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 35 In-Reply-To: Excerpts From Captions of netnews.comp.sys.next: 10-Apr-91 Re: Apple's FCC request cnh5730@maraba.tamu.edu (763) >In article <79.next.net@pro-angmar> awillis@pro-angmar.UUCP (Albert Willis) w >rites: > To all Users of Personal Computers: > > Apple Computer recently asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) >to > allocate frequencies so computer users will be able to transmit and receive > information among personal computers (particularly portable and > notebook-style computers), using radio (instead of cables) in a > local radius of about 50 meters indoors. > >!!!__APRIL FOOLS__!!! 9 days late, for sure!!! Be the first on your >block to write a letter to the chairman of the FCC telling him you're >a ding-bat. What do you mean "!!!__APRIL FOOLS__!!!"? This was in Wall Street Journal in early March... The article mentioned that while Apple was looking to the FCC to okay such a thing, it wasn't for exclusive use-- it looks as if Apple wants to push this as a new standard for nets. RISKS: The risks of this are fairly obvious-- someone w/a laptop and a receiver w/a hacked together packet filter could have a blast.... b.bum b.bumgarner | Disclaimer: All opinions expressed are my own. wb1j+@andrew.cmu.edu | I officially don't represent anyone unless I NeXT Campus Consultant | explicity say I am doing so. So there. "I ride tandem with the random/Things don't run the way I planned them.."