[MLB-WIRELESS] Fwd: [mesh] WOAH!

[Matt Chipman]

Think beyond your own backyard.

The Internet deals with this everyday,  you will not be the only accessable
node in your area by the time the correct answer to this whole problem is
nessecary.

This is a top level discussion about what could happen.  There is no way
anyone is going to foresee the eventual outcome.

-Matt

> I could turn off my AP at anytime, could move house, point my antenna a
different
> way, basically anything to disrupt the service that they are paying for.
What
> happens then?  Do they sue me? Do I get a couple of guys in suits on my
doorstep
> asking me to please switch it back on?
> What happens to Fred from down the street who was using my AP to link into
the
> melbwireless network to then use PPPoE to access an internet connection
that
> he was paying Bill for who had setup a little business to provide access
to
> melbwireless members? What happens when he loses his link into the network
because
> my AP blew up after a power surge, then Bill refuses to give him a refund
on
> the internet access fee, then Frank starts prank calling my house at 3am
and
> abusing my mother and throwing rocks at my car?
>
> Can someone tell me what I do now please?
>
> > Eventually, ISP's will be coming to us to use *our* excess > bandwidth
to
>
> >> transport large volumes of traffic down a fast network for 1 or 2 c per
meg.
>
> >
> >You're expecting melb-wireless will charge ISPs for access?
>
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