[MLB-WIRELESS] Legal Internet access to members?

[darrend at ndpgroup.com.au]

Craig... you're right. This would constitute commercial use. 

Although you'll note that a nominated declaration applies to a network 
unit. Under these guidlines, the ACA would determine each AP to be a 
network unit! ie the provider would have to make a declaration for each AP 
they use to transmit their data. 
<dont quote me on this>From memory the charge for making such a 
declaration is atleast $3k, making it cheaper and easier for them to roll 
out their own infrastructure.</dont quote me on this> (it's somewhere on 
the aca site... cant remember) Either that or use infrastructure already 
in place by those carrier wholesale sharks!

As far as use by 'members' without additional charge, contract or service 
level agreements, the members would be considered 'inner circle' to the 
network units, thus not requiring carrier status. Access to the public 
will be a whole different matter.

Shame no one is giving bandwidth away :(


Darren Dreis
Vice President
Melbourne Wireless Inc.
vicepresident at wireless.org.au
http://www.wireless.org.au






"Craig Mead" <craig.mead at pagesmith.com.au>
Sent by: owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au
01/11/2002 03:20 PM

 
        To:     <syd-wireless at lists.sydneywireless.com>, <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
        cc: 
        Subject:        [MLB-WIRELESS] Legal Internet access to members?

| Hello Steven,
|
| Pity about the AUPs and 3 gig download limits with excess charges
| though huh?


We've had quite a few ISP's talk to us about bandwith, however, it was not
donating it, it was selling it over our network to end users, making it no
longer non-commercial....or does it?

If we give them permission to transmit over our links and make a x%
"donation" of the monthly fee per user they have on the network are we
considered commercial? Even so it is transmitting from one network onto
another going outside the "closed loop" therefore we would at least 
require
at minumum a carriers declaration.

I think its definitely one to talk to the lawyers about.




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