Kory Mohr, WISP Directory wrote:
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 am equating the university as the upstream provider, which they are
reselling to the students. I realize this is a bit of a stretch but the
fact is that the students are paying for the connection (even if it is
indirectly) and they are within the university's TOS (as in they are not
reselling it) yet the university feels it has the authority to challenge
the unlicensed rules we all live by. If they don't like the Part-15
rules they should have opted for a licensed network where they wouldn't
have this problem - at a much higher price.
However, if the university can issue a policy that the 2.4GHz band is
off-limits I can see the city of Philadelphia also claiming the same
thing for the good of their network. And if I were a WISP in either area
I wouldn't be happy with anyone thinking they own all of our spectrum.
They way it works is we all agree to put up with interference when we
deploy unlicensed. I do not what to see that changed.
Byron L. Bacher, Unwired Access wrote:
Well my thought process is because it is a University providing the
bandwidth it is a very different situation than a WISP or a Hot Spot
operator. I look at it similar to a corporation and its employees running
rogue APs.
Interesting perspective.
However, I would be very interested in your response to my comments
above. Why should a university (or any other entity) be allowed to
change the rules we all knowingly agreed to when we installed Part-15
devices?
Respectfully,
Ken DiPietro
New-ISP
NextGenCommunications
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