[MLB-WIRELESS] Wireless internet in Melbourne?

[Clae]

At 1:04 AM +1000 7/5/2002, rick wrote:
>as wireless internet there isnt any to speek of yet,

didn't someone post a list of Australian wireless ISPs recently?

>but as legally people dont seam to be able to share data over a 2.4-5 ghz
>yet or atleast that wat it seams when i read the legal mumbojumbo

<sigh>

I take it you mean Internet data:

OK, once more....
yes you can if you

1.  shell out $10,000 for a carrier license:  this is what a 
commercial wireless ISP is required to do in Australia.
2.  transmit only within your own organisation:  ie a club, or the 
employees of one company
3.  do so on a "non-commercial" basis

What is not entirely clear is whether 2 and 3 are both/either 
required, and the status of "non-commercial" operations.   The reply 
to the Brisbane wireless project indicates that cost-recovery charges 
in a non-profit group do not count as commercial.

http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~mesh/doc/2001-10-25-aca-answer.txt

</sigh>

Can we *please* get this onto the FAQ in some form or other, and have 
the FAQ and "Getting started" links displayed somewhat prominently on 
the home page?

Clae.


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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Robert Nicholson" <robert at elastica.com>
>To: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
>Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 12:55 AM
>Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] Wireless internet in Melbourne?
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>>  As someone who used to live in Melbourne I'm interested in what level of
>>  Wireless internet service exists there. I know about this non profit
>>  effort but what commercial offerings exist?
>>
>>  Here in Seattle or most of the USA the current thing is Mobilestar which
>>  can be accessed in Starbucks and in some domestic airports. I was just
>>  curious how Melbourne compared for wireless internet access.
>>
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