I am sorry, no where in the world, there is a rule that any entity providing Guest WIFI access has to provide 'neutral conduit' to the internet...
As service providers, we cannot arbitrarily exercise our ability to block stuff, however we have the right to do exactly what our customers ask for. Of Course YMMV. ____ It is highly debatable as to what is the right thing to do... put in best practices to protect a client network (at the request of the client), or to turn your back and say .. we are going to do nothing to protect the network irrespective of what is going across it. On this topic, my personal feeling is to each their own... We choose to protect. ------- Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet & Telecom 7266 SW 48 Street Miami, FL 33155 Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net > From: "Ken Hohhof" <af...@kwisp.com> > To: af@afmug.com > Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 10:31:04 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Take down notices/Copyright infringement notices.. > Here in the U.S., I believe the FCC Open Internet Order exempts premises like > Starbucks (I forget the terminology they used) from rules applied to “BIAS > providers”. > From: Eric Kuhnke > Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 7:54 PM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Take down notices/Copyright infringement notices.. > When you start blocking particular applications you are no longer a neutral > conduit. None of the most popular free wifi providers in Canada block > bittorrent. Starbucks, Blenz Coffee, McDonalds, Tim Horton's. > On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 5:45 PM, Faisal Imtiaz < fai...@snappytelecom.net > > wrote: >> So do we.... for those customer, we talk to them (folks in charge) and based >> on >> their consent put a block for all p2p and file-sharing applications. >> ---- >> Legal issue aside, p2p / filesharing systems create a 'drain' on guest wifi >> systems as such it is better to excercise the right to block them.. (this >> right >> belongs to our customers). >> No one is interested in taking the calculated risk of inviting any additional >> actions or creating a situation that may cause more grief than it is >> worth.... >> In reality there is a nuisance factor that has to be taken into account. >> ------- >> Faisal Imtiaz >> Snappy Internet & Telecom >> 7266 SW 48 Street >> Miami, FL 33155 >> Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 >> Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net >>> From: "Eric Kuhnke" < eric.kuh...@gmail.com > >>> To: af@afmug.com >>> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 8:05:00 PM >>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Take down notices/Copyright infringement notices.. >>> Same here. Coffee shops, public places with free WiFi. >>> On Oct 13, 2015 5:03 PM, "Seth Mattinen" < se...@rollernet.us > wrote: >>>> On 10/13/15 16:49, Faisal Imtiaz wrote: >>>>> This is very good, however I believe you need to add what action you are >>>>> asking your customer to take... >>>>> It is appropriate to ask your customer to:- >>>>> 'Please remove the copyright contents, as identified by the notice from >>>>> any or all public/file sharing applications'. >>>> I've got a customer with a large guest wifi system (1,600 hotel rooms). By >>>> the >>>> time these notices come across the offender and their laptop has long since >>>> left the property. >>>> ~Seth
