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Re:ARRL Hails FCC Action to Remove Symbol Rate Restrictions by peddling-brink on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @12:51AM (#38273734)
What percentage of the Internet, and the devices that connect to it, is devoted to ads, spam, malicious traffic, and the prevention of malicious traffic?

I’d rather not have the ham bands reduced to more of the same.

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Re:ARRL Hails FCC Action to Remove Symbol Rate Restrictions by charcircuit on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @02:08AM (#38274088)
Why are ads lumped in? Typically they are only a fraction of the content they are sponsoring and they provide a service to consumers by connecting them to businesses they may find value in.

Nothing stops spammers from spamming on HAM right now and it's 1 to many which makes it more effective.

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Re:ARRL Hails FCC Action to Remove Symbol Rate Restrictions by Johnythree on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @07:31PM (#38284406)
> Nothing stops spammers from spamming on HAM right now

Except the existing regulations, which is why spamming is relatively rare on Amateur radio.

Occasional infringement does occur, but it is relatively easy to track down and deal with.

And of course this is is the whole point of this thread.

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Re:ARRL Hails FCC Action to Remove Symbol Rate Restrictions by charcircuit on Thursday November 16, 2023 @04:19AM (#38287317)
The existing regulations would still exist if encryption was allowed. Spammers still are incentivized to not encrypt their spam to maximize the number of listeners that exist.
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