FW: [MLB-WIRELESS] FW: [Syd-Wireless] Wireless illegal?

[Chris Bellmont]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: syd-wireless-admin at lists.sydneywireless.com
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> admin at lists.sydneywireless.com] On Behalf Of Ryan Verner
> Sent: Tuesday, 6 August 2002 10:12 PM
> To: syd-wireless at lists.sydneywireless.com
> Subject: [Syd-Wireless] Wireless illegal?
>
> G'day.
>
> Today at work my boss was told by someone at AirNet in Adelaide
> (www.airnet.com.au) that community wireless networks are essentially
> illegal, his basis behind this being that you're not allowed to
transmit
> radio waves over someone elses land.


What a load of codswallop.Does this mean that we as CB and amatuer radio
operaters are not allowed to use our radios anymore...?



>
> Reading up on their site, they're basically offering 'services to
> community
> wireless networks' which they claim makes things legal because they
hold a
> carrier's license - the catch being you have to pay them to use this,
just
> like a normal ISP.  Sigh.
>
> They're either genuinely trying to help wireless networks, or using
the
> tactic to scare people into using them.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> - Ryan
>
> (On the upside, they seem to offer great dialup/ADSL services...)
>
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