<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 3:44 PM, Stephen H. Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wa8lmf2@aol.com">wa8lmf2@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">Ben Jackson wrote:<br>
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Stephen H. Smith wrote:<br>
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The story linked in the Slashdot.Org url below says the French equivalent of the FCC is trying to ban D-Star because it uses a proprietary codec and connects to the Internet. Is APRS next????<br>
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Thankfully, APRS is AX.25 which is an open standard and unencumbered by patents, so at least we don't have to worry about /that/<br>
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But APRS (oh my god!!!) connects to the Internet........<div class="im"><br>
<br></div></blockquote></div><br>Yeah, but not like the DD on 1.2GHz d-star does. It basically allows you
to surf the internet at early DSL speeds ( approx 1Mbs ). We can't have hams accessing the internet when there are wireless carriers out that that can charge for the same service... <br>
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Randy<br>
WF5X<br>