[175085] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: wifi blocking [was Re: Marriott wifi blocking]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Thu Oct 9 03:06:14 2014
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAP-guGUBDf1G9-26HakRmqt55Wa1SyprSJs5UMpD2rJyTh_yLQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 00:03:02 -0700
To: William Herrin <bill@herrin.us>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
On Oct 8, 2014, at 2:11 PM, William Herrin <bill@herrin.us> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 4:37 PM, joel jaeggli <joelja@bogus.com> wrote:
>> On 10/8/14 1:29 PM, Larry Sheldon wrote:
>>> On 10/8/2014 08:47, William Herrin wrote:
>>>> BART would not have had an FCC license. They'd have had contracts =
with
>>>> the various phone companies to co-locate equipment and provide =
wired
>>>> backhaul out of the tunnels. The only thing they'd be guilty of is
>>>> breach of contract, and that only if the cell phone companies =
decided
>>>> their behavior was inconsistent with the SLA..
>>>=20
>>> OK that makes more sense than the private answer I got from Roy. I
>>> wondered why the FCC didn't take action if there was a license =
violation.
>>=20
>> =
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/03/technology/fcc-reviews-need-for-rules-to=
-interrupt-wireless-service.html?_r=3D0
>=20
>> =46rom the article: "Among the issues on which the F.C.C. is seeking
> comment is whether it even has authority over the issue."
>=20
> Also: "The BART system owns the wireless transmitters and receivers
> that allow for cellphone reception within its network.=94
I=92m not sure that statement is accurate. However, there is no =
prohibition against owning a Microcell or other cellular station which =
is operated by a third party under said third party=92s license.
> I'm not entirely clear how that works.
If that were truly the case (and I don=92t think it is, given BART =
statements that =93...the cellular providers are basically tenants and =
are as such subject to=85=94), I=92m pretty sure it would be operated by =
the cellular carrier under their license as a non-owner of the =
equipment.
Owen
