Byron L. Bacher, Unwired Access
Mon, 13 Sep 2004 06:47:38 -0700
My understanding of the situation is kids plugging a router and then an AP of their connection being provided to them by the University. The University there losing control (depending on how things are done) of who has access to their network and their bandwidth.
If that is the actual case then I don't think they are so much trying to regulate unlicensed spectrum but are regulating who gets access or not. Byron L. Bacher | E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: byronbach YAHOO: byronbacher ICQ: 246543093 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken DiPietro Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 7:39 AM To: WiFi Hotspot Discussion List Subject: Re: [WISPDir-Hotspots] Univ of Texas andtheir"hotspot-ban" coverage... 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 _______________________________________________ WISP Directory WiFi Hotspot Discussion mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.wispdirectory.com/ _______________________________________________ WISP Directory WiFi Hotspot Discussion mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.wispdirectory.com/