In 1985, the FCC made the unprecedented move of opening up the 900 MHz and 2.4 and 5.0 GHz spectrum, the so called garbage bands, for unlicensed use to the public. At the time, it was only great news for radio nerds– but it was to set the stage for a revolution in networking– the advent of wireless local networks.
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