The FCC specifically exempted university dormitories from the OTARD rules. I believe we can prohibit the installation of antennas in dorm rooms, but not family housing apartments.
https://www.fcc.gov/guides/over-air-reception-devices-rule http://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1998/fcc98273.pdf https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/EPO0414.pdf On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 8:11 AM, Frank Sweetser <f...@wpi.edu> wrote: > If we were to impose that on student residents, why couldn't Marriott do > the same to hotel and conference guests? > > On January 28, 2015 11:05:53 AM EST, Hunter Fuller <hf0...@uah.edu> wrote: >> >> You can't deauth the users, but you can make one of the requirements >> for living in the dorms "don't put up a hotspot." (I assume this is >> where most of us see problems.) >> >> -- >> Hunter Fuller >> Network Engineer >> VBRH M-9B >> +1 256 824 5331 >> >> Office of Information Technology >> The University of Alabama in Huntsville >> Systems and Infrastructure >> >> I am part of the UAH Safe Zone LGBTQIA support network: >> http://www.uah.edu/student-affairs/safe-zone >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 10:03 AM, Chuck Anderson <c...@wpi.edu> wrote: >> >>> What if our users see this news and start pushing back on bringing >>> their own Wi-Fi to campus? If we have to allow it, and the WLAN >>> becomes unusable due to all the overlappi! >>> ng >>> channel 2 and channel 5 >>> devices etc., what do we tell our users and the administration? >>> "Sorry, the FCC says we can't force these users to abstain from using >>> their own Wi-Fi devices, even if they interfere". That's the problem >>> with FCC Part 15--“must accept interference from other sources”. The >>> best we can do is nicely ask them to change channels... >>> >> ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
