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Re: [WISPDir-Hotspots] Univ of Texas and their"hotspot-ban" coverage...

Kory Mohr, WISP Directory
Mon, 13 Sep 2004 06:26:42 -0700

Ken DiPietro said:
> Byron,
>
> While I agree with your assessment (and as providers we all need to
> remain in control of our networks) we also need to remember that by
> creating an opportunity for anyone to usurp the FCC's authority is
> creating a very slippery slope.
>
> Logically speaking, this type of action left unchecked might make it so
> that any of our upstream providers could also be able to tell us what we
> can and cannot do with our distribution.

Ouch.  If I understand what you're saying, Ken, are you suggesting that a
provider, university, whatever entity providing the bandwidth doesn't have
the final say on what is being done with that bandwidth?  If so, will
provider TOS' fly out the window?

>
> I strongly believe we need the FCC to remain the end authority in
> spectrum use.

Definitely.

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