Kory Mohr, WISP Directory
Mon, 13 Sep 2004 06:45:15 -0700
Ken DiPietro said: > > 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.
Thx for the clarification, Ken. That helps. > > 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. It would defeat the purpose of Part 15 and, ultimately, free trade, IMHO. If a provider wishes to secure rights to spectrum, they should be a license if one is available, perhaps MMDS or LMDS. -- WISP Directory: http://www.wispdirectory.com WISP/Hotspot Industry News & Info: http://www.wispdirectory.com/blog/ _______________________________________________ WISP Directory WiFi Hotspot Discussion mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.wispdirectory.com/