That's because those darn radio waves won't cooperate. When I was a
> 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
> wonder why the FCC should have any involvement in a radio station whose
> signal does not reach beyond Arizona. If someone wants to establish a
> radio station in Ajo and only cover Ajo, why should they have to get
> permission from some bureaucrat in Washington?
>
> On 02/16/2013 11:25 PM, Kevin Brown wrote:
>
>> 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<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 <chasm750@hotmail.com>>>/*
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > From: ChasM Marshall <chasm750@hotmail.com
>>> </mc/compose?to=chasm750@**hotmail.com <chasm750@hotmail.com>>>
>>> > Subject: RE: OT: Re: Starting Today, It's Illegal to Unlock
>>> Your
>>> > Cellphone
>>> > To: "plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.**org<plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>
>>> </mc/compose?to=plug-discuss@**lists.phxlinux.org<plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>
>>> >"
>>> > <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.**org<plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>
>>> </mc/compose?to=plug-discuss@**lists.phxlinux.org<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<plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>
>>> </mc/compose?to=plug-discuss@**lists.phxlinux.org<plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>
>>> >
>>> > From: l.tuttle@cox.net </mc/compose?to=l.tuttle@cox.**net<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<http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/now-illegal-unlock-cellphone/story?id=18319518>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > ------------------------
>>> > Keith Smith
>>> >
>>> >
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