[TrunkCom] Nextel Digital systems

[Brian J Cathcart]

On Fri, 12 Apr 2002 19:53:32 EDT MILLINNIUMCLEAN@aol.com writes:
>  Thats the answer. If a scanner maker puts Nextels Encryption Key in 
> their scanner then that would be illegal and Nextel could sue them.
But, 
> if the scanner companies could come up with a way around that
encryption 
> system, by using something that is not under Nextel's patent, then the
system 
> could be cracked. It will take time to do it.

Nextel does not use encryption, so this is not the issue that scanner
makers are up against.  Keep in mind that digital does not necessarily
mean encryption; digital can be encryption or modulation.

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