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Re:ARRL Hails FCC Action to Remove Symbol Rate Restrictions by ianburrell on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @08:20PM (#38272203)
The 2m/70cm bands wouldn't be that useful for data. They are 4MHz and 30MHz (in US) wide. By comparison, Wifi is 20MHz, LTE is 1.4-20 MHz. The bandwidth wouldn't be that high for general use.

One place that extra space would be useful is for digital walkie-talkies, as an expansion of FRS.

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