Wireless Stuff (Regulation)

[Travis Roy]

http://www.80211-planet.com/columns/article.php/1135751

The interesting part:

"Most WISP operators look at the back of a piece of equipment, see the FCC
label and say, 'all right, looks good, I'll buy it,' and put it in their
network," Anderson said. "What many don't realize is that the system, in its
entirety, even down to the length of cable and the addition of a pigtail,
has to be certified. Anything that changes the characteristics of the radio
has to be certified."

Another interesting thing about Part 15 devices is that even if you have a
fully certified system, if it causes interference with somebody else then
you have to remove it or turn down it's power.

Mike's been looking into getting his Signull stuff certified, one place
wanted $5000, the cheapest place he found was $750. So he spends almost a
grand to get certified but bad placement of a wireless access point for a
free/pay WISP could end up flushed down the toilet.

Question is, does anybody here see a point in getting stuff certified at all
(besides that it's a selling point for Mike's equipment)? If you don't cause
interference with anybody else and you're uncertified then you probably
won't be noticed anyway.

Also, does anybody see an advantage for anybody making wireless networking
equipment and getting certified since the whole system has to end up being
re-certified anyway?