FCC Regulation (fwd)

[Tony Iannotti]

This has got to be a hoax, right? The airwaves/ham radio license model 
really doesn't work in this area! I'd think it was pretty funny, if I 
didn't have niggling supicion that it might be possible for a gummint 
mind to think it could work. 5Mhz speed limit? Nominal charge for 
slowdown crystals? !!! 
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On Fri, 26 Aug 1994, Al Billings wrote:

> Forwarded from the com-priv mailing list:
> 
> typing skills examination and achieve no less than 40 words per
> minute to obtain a (temporary) novice license. This must be
> raised to 80 words per minute before a regular-status license
> will be  issued. Novices will restricted to operating networked
> computers having speeds of less than 5 Mhz or operation of SLIP
> or dial-up connections of no greater than 2400 baud. (It is
> rumored that the FCC will make 5 Mhz replacement crystals
> available at a nominal charge to temporarily slow computers of
> novice operators).