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Re:Ask HN: Can FRS/GRMS Radio Be Used for a LAN? by deanfranks on Sunday October 15, 2017 @11:10PM (#15480598)
If you are looking for speeds on the order of 0.0024 Mbps (2400 baud) then maybe. You could use amateur radio packet radio gateways and radio modems and set something up.

You could do it legally (in the US) by paying a token amount and getting a part 90 business license or possibly by using MURS frequencies instead of FRS/GMRS.

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Re:Ask HN: Can FRS/GRMS Radio Be Used for a LAN? by closeparen on Monday October 16, 2017 @04:27AM (#15481687)
>paying a token amount and getting a part 90 business license

The spectrum is reserved for actual business use; "amateur radio, but with encryption" is not on the list of eligible use cases for a business band license [0]. If you're willing to break the law, wouldn't it be simpler to go ahead and transmit encrypted on the amateur spectrum than to submit a fraudulent application for a business band license?

[0] https://www.fcc.gov/wireless/bureau-divisions/mobility-divis...

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Re:Ask HN: Can FRS/GRMS Radio Be Used for a LAN? by syedkarim on Monday October 16, 2017 @12:41AM (#15480865)
I don't think there is enough channel bandwidth on those bands to support wifi.
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