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Re: FCC on wifi at hotel

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brandon Galbraith)
Wed Feb 28 23:02:10 2007

Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:58:56 -0600
From: "Brandon Galbraith" <brandon.galbraith@gmail.com>
To: Brian <bri@sonicboom.org>
Cc: "Steve Meuse" <smeuse@gmail.com>,
	"Jared Mauch" <jared@puck.nether.net>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <45E64EB9.8050309@sonicboom.org>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu


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On 2/28/07, Brian <bri@sonicboom.org> wrote:
>
> Brandon Galbraith wrote:
> > On 2/28/07, *Steve Meuse* <smeuse@gmail.com <mailto:smeuse@gmail.com>>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >     On 2/28/07, *Jared Mauch* < jared@puck.nether.net
> >     <mailto:jared@puck.nether.net>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-06-157A1.pdf
> >         <
> http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-06-157A1.pdf>
> >
> >                 I do suggest reading this.  They can not legally bar
> >         you from
> >         using the devices.  They can charge you outrageous fees to get
> >         to/from
> >         the MMR or telco demarc and make it prohibitively expensive.
> >
> >
> >     Right, a wifi that goes nowhere isn't terribly useful :)
> >
> >
> > You could always get to upstream via wireless.
> >
> > -brandon
> >
> a small number of wifi users with a card in a laptop to get to cellular
> broadband, itd be pretty easy..


Or directional wifi uplink to a building nearby, preferably G vs B (for
54Mbps).

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On 2/28/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Brian</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:bri@sonicboom.org">bri@sonicboom.org</a>&gt; wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Brandon Galbraith wrote:<br>&gt; On 2/28/07, *Steve Meuse* &lt;<a href="mailto:smeuse@gmail.com">smeuse@gmail.com</a> &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:smeuse@gmail.com">smeuse@gmail.com</a>&gt;&gt;<br>&gt; wrote:<br>&gt;<br>&gt;
<br>&gt;<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; On 2/28/07, *Jared Mauch* &lt; <a href="mailto:jared@puck.nether.net">jared@puck.nether.net</a><br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:jared@puck.nether.net">jared@puck.nether.net</a>&gt;&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-06-157A1.pdf">http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-06-157A1.pdf</a><br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;<a href="http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-06-157A1.pdf">
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-06-157A1.pdf</a>&gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I do suggest reading this.&nbsp;&nbsp;They can not legally bar<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; you from<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; using the devices.&nbsp;&nbsp;They can charge you outrageous fees to get
<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; to/from<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the MMR or telco demarc and make it prohibitively expensive.<br>&gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Right, a wifi that goes nowhere isn&#39;t terribly useful :)<br>&gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt; You could always get to upstream via wireless.
<br>&gt;<br>&gt; -brandon<br>&gt;<br>a small number of wifi users with a card in a laptop to get to cellular<br>broadband, itd be pretty easy..</blockquote><div><br>Or directional wifi uplink to a building nearby, preferably G vs B (for 54Mbps).
<br>&nbsp;</div><br></div>

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