I think Josh is right. This is public airspace. FCC's decision seems to enforce this. Everyone has the right to use it, as everyone has the right to use the highway, and thus traffic jams we get.
- Pete Hoffswell - Network Manager [email protected] http://www.davenport.edu On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 4:39 PM, Brian Helman <[email protected]> wrote: > I just saw this on CNN and jumped on the list to post. Using your own AP > is against the AUP everyone signs at our institution. Now I wonder if that > clause is invalid. > > -Brian > > > Sent from my Galaxy S4. Tiny keyboards=typing mistakes. Verify anything > sent. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Frank Sweetser <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" < > [email protected]> > Sent: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 3:55 PM > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] It would seem FCC just declared WLAN > quarantine features illegal > > I think a good chunk of the use is even more insidious than that. I've > been > in a position where I've offered university guests access to our wifi. A > number of these users - smart, highly technical IT professionals - instead > just said "Nah, I'll just use my hotspot." > > I suspect it's a combination of two things. First, "I paid for it, so I > have > to use it to get my money's worth". Second, "I'd have to think about how > to > set up a new wifi, or I can just turn on my hotspot by rote memory." > > In both cases, the cost (or lack thereof) and quality of any host offered > wifi > doesn't even factor into the decision at all. > > Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution > that > Manager of Network Operations | is simple, elegant, and wrong. > Worcester Polytechnic Institute | - HL Mencken > > On 10/3/2014 3:21 PM, Philippe Hanset wrote: > > Everything would be so much simpler if locations would provide Wi-Fi for > free > > or at a reasonable price. > > When a technology is used by everyone (e.g. Electricity) like Wi-Fi, > just > > include it in the cost of doing business. > > Stop charging users for Wi-Fi, especially when the room is already at > > $200+/night. People will bring their own Mi-Fi or smartphone-hotspot, > > and bypass the silly cost model! > > > > At Educause this week the Vendor-floor was plagued with hundreds of > Mi-Fi and > > private Wi-Fi. > > The event was charging upward of $150/day for Wi-Fi to exhibitors. So, > many of > > them had their own solutions! > > > > Humans are resourceful...and if you piss them off they will read the law > and > > call the FCC (or they pirate your network ;-) > > > > Philippe > > > > Philippe Hanset > > www.eduroam.us <http://www.eduroam.us> > > > > > > > > On Oct 3, 2014, at 2:22 PM, Lee H Badman <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > >> > >> What do you all think of this? > >> > http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/10/after-blocking-personal-hotspot-at-hotel-marriott-to-pay-fcc-600000/ > > >> > >> - Lee Badman > > > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > > > ********** > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent > Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
