You make some good points. It does make sense to have one standard for
the nation instead of 50 for radio, tv, cell phones, etc. I do have to
signal does not reach beyond Arizona. If someone wants to establish a
> While it has been used wrongly in some ways, that doesn't mean your
> interpretation is correct. In fact it makes no mention excluding the
> rights solely to taxation/tariffs. In the case of something like Radio
> waves that don't pay attention to political borders, it makes sense
> for them to be regulated at the Federal level rather than the State.
> Unless, you'd rather have to find a router for your network that only
> worked in AZ...
>>
>> Commerce clause has been false interpreted to extend Federal
>> authority. It was put in place to ensure there were no trade tariffs
>> between states. Not to regulate commerce as large.
>>
>> ------------------------
>> Keith Smith
>>
>> --- On *Sat, 2/16/13, Kevin Brown /<kevinbrownbdc@gmail.com>/* wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: Kevin Brown <kevinbrownbdc@gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: OT: Re: Starting Today, It's Illegal to Unlock Your
>> Cellphone
>> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>
>> Date: Saturday, February 16, 2013, 2:07 PM
>>
>> The FCC exists under the Commerce clause of the US Constitution.
>> > Are cellular phones one of the numerated power of the Federal
>> Government?
>> >
>> >
>> > ------------------------
>> > Keith Smith
>> >
>> > --- On *Sat, 2/16/13, ChasM Marshall /<chasm750@hotmail.com
>> </mc/compose?to=chasm750@hotmail.com>>/* wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > From: ChasM Marshall <chasm750@hotmail.com
>> </mc/compose?to=chasm750@hotmail.com>>
>> > Subject: RE: OT: Re: Starting Today, It's Illegal to Unlock
>> Your
>> > Cellphone
>> > To: "plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org
>> </mc/compose?to=plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>"
>> > <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org
>> </mc/compose?to=plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>>
>> > Date: Saturday, February 16, 2013, 1:42 PM
>> >
>> > What am I doing?
>> > Well, I've NEVER bought a cell phone. Carriers don't appear
>> to be
>> > regulated.
>> > I've waited half my life just to see "Do Not Call" enforced
>> at a
>> > Federal level.
>> >
>> >
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 06:02:51 -0700
>> > To: plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org
>> </mc/compose?to=plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>
>> > From: l.tuttle@cox.net </mc/compose?to=l.tuttle@cox.net>
>> > Subject: OT: Re: Starting Today, It's Illegal to Unlock Your
>> Cellphone
>> >
>> > Yes, I agree. The question is, "What are you doing about
>> it?" An
>> > inch at a time.....
>> >
>> > At 11:00 AM 1/26/2013, Derek Trotter wrote:
>> >
>> > I can't argue Keith. This is no longer a free country.
>> It's
>> > not even a republic. It's a bureaucracy. People who are
>> > unelected and unaccountable to the people are now
>> making the
>> > laws and changing them anytime they feel like it.
>> >
>> > On 01/26/2013 08:28 AM, keith smith wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > I know some of you do not agree with my limited
>> government
>> > position, however this is what a run away government
>> > does. We pay for our phones with those two year
>> > contracts. Our rates would be lower if they did not
>> > "subsidize" our phones. These phones are our
>> property.
>> >
>> > Hold onto your seat. This is just an example of how
>> a run
>> > away government is going to treat it's people.
>> >
>> > This is not freedom, this is bondage.
>> >
>> > Th article says in part:
>> >
>> > The worst-case scenario for an individual or civil
>> offense
>> > could be as much as a $2,500 fine. As for those
>> planning
>> > to profit off of the act or a criminal offense --
>> such as
>> > a cellphone reseller -- the fine could be as high as
>> > $500,000 and include prison time.
>> >
>> >
>> http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/now-illegal-unlock-cellphone/story?id=18319518
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ------------------------
>> > Keith Smith
>> >
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