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FCC's new regulations on 5Ghz Wifi

DISCUSSION Xose Vazquez Perez 2 participants 3 messages Aug 14, 2015 – Sep 4, 2015

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Quoted 11 lines · Xose Vazquez Perez

Hi,

The FCC wants to require manufacturers to lock down devices with radio (wifi, bluetooth, etc) with DRM.

More info:
http://wiki.prplfoundation.org/wiki/Complying_with_FCC_rules_on_Wifi
http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Save_WiFi

FCC Wifi Regulation List:
http://lists.prplfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fcc

That's not all:

In Europe, it has been ratified in 2014 - but nobody noticed it:

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:32014L0053

German version:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX%3A32014L0053&from=EN

Regards,
Andreas

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Quoted 13 lines · Andreas Hartmann
Quoted 11 lines · Xose Vazquez Perez

Hi,

The FCC wants to require manufacturers to lock down devices with radio (wifi, bluetooth, etc) with DRM.

More info:
http://wiki.prplfoundation.org/wiki/Complying_with_FCC_rules_on_Wifi
http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Save_WiFi

FCC Wifi Regulation List:
http://lists.prplfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fcc

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That's not all:

In Europe, it has been ratified in 2014 - but nobody noticed it:

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:32014L0053

German version:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX%3A32014L0053&from=EN

Forgot to say: New products sold in EU must be compliant as per June 2016.

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Regards,
Andreas