I don't think this is an issue since it is not governed by Part-97 at that point and traffic could transit the network to end points, just as traffic passes over telephone or Internet circuits.
John D. Hays
Edmonds, WA
Edmonds, WA
K7VE
John,
Some other aspects:
- If it were to convert to non-amateur (RF) space, could it even still be used for amateur radio communication? I suspect there would be issues due to the need for no encryption, etc in order to remain “ham compliant”.