Will You Help Us Save WiFi?

Go to www.savewifi.org - it's cached. I think Slashdot linked to the libreplanet.org server! Errg which is causing problems again. Josh @ the FSF is going to get someone to setup something on FSF.org (which can handle the loads apparently) or another server... shortly... I hope.

well giving up dose not help
so we have to try anyway

The FCC might do what it wants to do regardless of our actions, but it won't be because corporations are dictating this. The corporations generally *don't* want more regulation unless it benefits them. I'm having a hard to pointing fingers at anybody or industry. What corporation(s) would feel free software is a threat? Maybe Microsoft or Intel, but its far from being the likely culprit at this point. The best I could come up with is Intel has some new hardware tech that they can license out to others. However the rules passed and being proposed don't require this hardware tech or any hardware component. That would be a future rule not yet proposed. Adding signature checking to the firmware would be adequate to solve the current problem- so long as it prevents the replacement of the firmware (thinking routers, unsure how you could even begin to do this with a desktop/laptop, but none-the-less, you could certainly do it in some fashion).

I think we have to assume this is for the moment an over-reaction to airports complaints on interferences with doppler radar systems. The issue is that of a few abusers and this would be a quick fix. They've completely overlooked at the moment the huge collateral damage that would occur. However it's going to be an uphill battle to fix this as some of the rules have already passed and coming into effect now. The current action against the proposed rules is our (the community, savewifi.org, etc) step one of a multiple step road map to fix the problem.