Ok here¡¯s my opinion but please think before/instead of a knee jerk reply ... I think the licences could be administered by the RSGB on behalf of OFCOM for a fee of around ?25, an additional fee can then?
be paid should you want RSGB membership, with a discount should you not require AdCom!
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On 13 Nov 2019, at 15:31, John G4SWX via Groups.Io <john.regnault@...> wrote:
?> The current situation does not work well at all. I cannot think of a single reason that would make anybody think so.
As I said you are ONLY looking at things from the amateur viewpoint. I can see that from the Ofcom side things are currently fairly smooth and cheap.
>Without paying something, we cannot hold OFCOM to account for the poor job that they do.
Yet again, a completely misguided amateur viewpoint. Even if the amateur licence was ?25 p.a. I would doubt if Ofcom would be inclined to do an awful lot more than they currently do to support amateur radio! Amateur radio issues would still sit close to the bottom of a large number of other radio services. We would also have far fewer licenced amateurs and correspondingly less clout!
> They cannot even get the ADSL providers to notch out the amateur bands which would be quite easy to do.
Yet another?opinion that?arises from amateurs learning a little and not understanding the whole complex situation!!!
> the ability is already in the specification and can be easily done
No, no and no again!!!! The fact that something is in an VDSL specification?or even in the VDSL chipset does not mean that the DSLAM manufacturer has implemented in their products and even if they have it might not well be in the specification of the DSLAM management system put in place by the VDSL provider. Even if this was all in place, why should a VDSL provider reduce the possible downstream/upstream capabilities of their service to all customers just to satisfy a limited number of radio amateurs? If it could be implemented on a case by case basis why should VDSL customers suffer a reduced service just because they lived close to a radio amateur. You also need to understand that the greater Ofcom has high level targets for ADSL coverage and speed.
I am not saying that the VDSL situation is good for amateur radio but just saying Ofcom should do something is just plain unhelpful.
John G4SWX
