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...found solace in small adjustments. Cell-phone sales jumped, both among first-time buyers and current customers wanting extras for their spouses and kids. The FCC told TV stations they didn't need to test their emergency broadcast systems for a while, for fear of spooking people. Candlelight vigils brought people out of their homes to the town square, then a plane rumbled overhead. Inhale, look up, follow the lights till they disappear, exhale and return to the prayers. It's hard to have the perfect autumn wedding when all the out-of-town guests call to cancel. Life insurance...
...Would the regulators go for it? Bush?s FCC is willing to listen to reasons why cable dominance could be good for bringing more customers into the world of broadband, an industry that desperately needs them, and AOL could certainly promise that. But the prospect of a far-and-away dominant cable company - and one that already owns a hefty share of the all content under the sun - could be daunting to any regulator worried about the possibility of monopolistic pricing in a deregulated industry. And the way the Bush trustbusters haven?t quite let go of the Microsoft case...
...fact that regulators aren't likely to stand in the way of a merger between No. 1 cable guy AT&T and No. 3 Comcast - FCC rules limiting the size of cable companies are falling fast in the Bush regime - may bring other suitors to Armstrong's door, helping him drive the price up. But the best thing about a Washington-blessed Comcast-AT&T Broadband marriage is the company it creates: the largest cable and Internet-access company in the world, managed by Comcast's proven money-makers and boasting not only tens of millions of subscribers but dominant...
...wireless wonder emits. After dozens of phone calls to government regulators and engineers, I discovered that the boxes give off what's called effective isotropic radiated power, some of it traveling in the same frequency range that microwave ovens operate. Depending on a number of complex technical considerations, the FCC allows Metricom's transceivers to emit anywhere from 1 to 6 watts of EIRP. Radiated power--words that make me want to duck for cover--drops off precipitously with distance, so that at 20 ft. (about how far my bed is from the lamppost), 6 watts is negligible. "It falls...
...most folks, that's reassurance enough. Not for me. After all, I never asked to live in a wireless world. While Metricom says its emissions fall below the FCC guidelines, no one knows the long-term effects of even the lowest levels of radiated power generated 24/7. Metricom's website states that "reports are inconclusive that wireless radio frequencies pose significant health risks to users." Moreover, Metricom's radios operate in two license-free frequency bands. That means, according to Howard Epstein, head of Consolidated Spectrum Services in Atkinson, N.H., that once the boxes are up, "neither the government...