Published last month, but in case anyone interested missed it: "NTC Mulls Opening Up Wi-Fi Spectrum" http://itmatters.com.ph/news/news_05022003a.html
I guess the only concrete (if you could call it that) indication of NTC policy in the article is: "Currently, NTC's policy addresses interference on a case to case basis. Specifically, the agency allows the use of Wi-Fi devices as long as they do not interfere with Meralco's equipment." Which means that highly directional (very narrow beamwidth) antennas should have low probability of interfering with Meralco, right. Anyone know what Meralco's radiation is --- are they highly directional, or do they cover Manila with omnis? Do all channels 1-11 interfere equally with Meralco, or do some interfere less than others? No word about what the NTC is "mulling" for outside Manila, and no update on the "free licensing scheme for users...outside Metro Manila" that Commissioner Rio said the NTC "is currently implementing" in May 2002. http://itmatters.com.ph/news/news_05172002a.html Is Commissioner Borje committed to continuing to implement this free licensing scheme outside Manila, and abolishing the annual fee of (e.g.) 44,000 pesos per 22 MHz channel for a point-to-point link? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
