Re: [SLUG] bandwidth co-op... really!
This is a legal landmine.. especially if it is for commercial purposes... you may need a carrier license. If in doubt, ask the ACA.. they'll know how to shaft^H^H^H^H^Hhelp you. Welcome to the Overregulated Country. www.aca.gov.au and also the Telecommunications Act.. thousands of pages of crap. Good luck. //umar. I know this is off topic but it comes up now and then... and yet I can't find an email on it in the archive :-( Is anyone familiar with the legal issues with sharing a regular (not cable where special conditions are written in) internet connection over say a wireless link? Is there a resource on the web? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] bandwidth co-op... really!
Welcome to the Overregulated Country. www.aca.gov.au and also the Telecommunications Act.. thousands of pages of crap. A good link for all things legal is Austlii http://www.austlii.edu.au/ Hope that helps,, dave -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] bandwidth co-op... really!
JUst stick a firewall in, and they won't know...:-) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] bandwidth co-op... really!
JUst stick a firewall in, and they won't know...:-) Ahhh.. if you mean encrypt the data.. then that's illegal. If you look hard enough at the legislation, you'll see that even amateur radio links (i.e. packet radio etc) aren't allowed to be encrypted. Please fork out $100k+ for an application for a carrier license and feed the "needy" bloated fsckers^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hgovernment. *blech* I hope someone will point out that I'm wrong.. but I wanted to use packet radio to get some data down to Melbourne from Sydney and I had a chat with a few people and they said "encryption = evil, you will get shafted on your amateur license". In fact, strictly legally speaking, your ISP can't offer you a point to point 2.4Gz spread spectrum link even if you're across the road from them, unless they have a carrier license of sorts. (This was discussed at length on "OZ-ISP" some months ago.. so if you're interested, have a poke through the archives..) "...for we are young and free..." - bollocks. //umar. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] bandwidth co-op... really!
It's my understanding that 2.4Ghz below a certain power level is completely unrestricted. (http://www.air.net.au) and links thereof. This power level certainly could be applied to line of sight links of a few kilometers. I'd be interested in evidence to the contrary. If you're carrying third party/commercial data however, everything changes.. I can't give you a URL or anything, but have a poke through the OZ-ISP archives - there was a huge argument after a "networking vendor" spam-faxed all ISPs with "become a WISP (Wireless ISP)" garbage. IIRC, the outcome was that it was a "no no" for ISPs without a carrier-license.. //umar. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] bandwidth co-op... really!
Hi all, I know this is off topic but it comes up now and then... and yet I can't find an email on it in the archive :-( Is anyone familiar with the legal issues with sharing a regular (not cable where special conditions are written in) internet connection over say a wireless link? Is there a resource on the web? -- Andrew Dorrell -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
