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

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.

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