[BC] CAP converter sharing?

[Cowboy]

On Friday 15 June 2012 09:22:07 am Gary Peterson wrote:
> This begs the question - could Kyle's gaggle of
> LPFM stations share one ISP account?  How about
> sharing the same router?  How about sharing the
> same CAP converter, if they all have their own
> encoder/decoders?  To me, the point in the entire
> system at which some legal "sharing" of facilities
> occurs, is a grey area. 

 Indeed !
 While I don't know, ( probably because I'm not an attorney )
 it seems to me that it's a "transfer of control" issue.
 If another owner controls some part of the air path, and
 especially something "critical" like required EAS, it could
 be construed as an "illegal" transfer of control.

> I would want an opinion 
> from the Commission or legal council.  But, that's
> just me.

 I might want one from council, but absolutely not from
 the Commission.
 An opinion of council is a legal defense in a disagreement
 with the Commission, but an opinion of the Commission 
 carries ( in practice ) the weight of another unfunded mandate.

 I'm afraid that in your example, each and every licensee could
 be required to have "their own" redundant redundancies, at
 a relatively great expense for no practical purpose.
 It could unwind into a can of worms that would disallow the
 common backbone, and require each to have a dedicated path
 all the way to the government servers, and no one ( except
 tax spending bureaucrats ) would want that.
 Common sense says it wouldn't, but common sense has no
 place in anything government these days.

-- 
Cowboy