READ THIS: RE: [MLB-WIRELESS] grumpy people - get a move on

[adamneat]

Kim,

agreed on the ACA comment.

I was having a conversation with Ryan from this list earlier today and the
suggestion was made to put up a 'about us' addition to the Melbourne
Wireless web site which outlines in clear terms what Melbourne Wireless is
and what it is not.

This will help steer certain organisations (and people!!) away from accusing
of attempting to offer free wireless net access, etc.

WRT to the number of carriers, last time I checked there were something like
26 but that was about 12 months ago (prior to global market slump, one tel
collapse, etc). You can goto the ACA web site (www.aca.gov.au) and there is
a licenses area there that lists the registered carriers.

Cheers

adam


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kim Hawtin [mailto:kim at aldigital.co.uk]
>Sent: Monday, 14 January 2002 10:38 AM
>To: melbwireless at melbwireless.dyndns.org
>Subject: Re: READ THIS: RE: [MLB-WIRELESS] grumpy people - get
>a move on
>
>
>On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 10:17:03AM +1100, adamneat wrote:
>> I know of one Telco that is keeping a close eye on the scene and has
>> contacted the ACA on many occasions regarding this [list(s)].
>
>i worked for a fairly large local rural ISP in queensland only a
>little while ago. the ISP participated in the networking the nation
>program. several other large and small ISPs were up in arms.
>
>one telco who shall remain nameless badgered our helpdesk for a while
>trying to do a bit of social engineering and find out things like
>how many customers we had, what our usage was, etc...
>
>> The ACA are monitoring through updates from that / those
>organisations.
>
>i believe that these sorts of organisations field complaints then
>start their investigations...
>
>> There appears to be a few people on the list thinking they
>will get free
>> 'net access from this group which is only going to lead to regulatory
>> organisations sniffing around if this mis-informed notion is
>widely known.
>
>as always someone is going to try it on and try for something free..
>
>just an after thought, how many telcos are left in oz now?
>
>yours,
>
>kim
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