[MLB-WIRELESS] bandwidth issues for the future/internet acces s

[Agatha]

Telstra & Optus both hate this.  In fact if you read the (un)AUP, they both state that you may not connect any network to the machine that has the cable modem link.  I have had battles with both these companies to do with exactly this.  It is irrelevant whether it is a winblows98 box with a second winblows box attached, or a big fat Gb network, they don't like it and they don't put up with it IF they find out.  Which they generally don't.

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Rohan Fernando 
  To: melbwireless at melbwireless.dyndns.org 
  Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 9:22 AM
  Subject: RE: [MLB-WIRELESS] bandwidth issues for the future/internet acces s


  Hi Michael,

  No idea about the legalities (that's what lawyers are for) but here's a
  suggestion.

  A gang of cable modems could be established to provide the feed to the WLAN.
  Admittedly there is an overhead to run it, but then someone has to pay for
  the data anyway. Would first need to model the estimated data loadings
  versus cost to run the modems to determine viability. Also probably require
  H/W & S/W to load balance the modems ie keeping them all under the usage
  cap.

  Not sure how this conflicts with the overall objective to provide a free
  service but, a very small annual subscription fee could be charged to all
  WLAN users. This could provide economies of scale overall. Could use WLAN
  monitoring to boot off / block anyone that abuses an WLAN AUP.

  Suspect the underlying issue will be that if there isn't currently an
  AUP/law against this application of cable modems, then there may soon be.

  Regards,

  Rohan Fernando

  -----Original Message-----
  From: Michael Bailey [mailto:mbailey at enternet.com.au]
  Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 3:49 AM
  To: melbwireless at melbwireless.dyndns.org
  Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] bandwidth issues for the future/internet
  acces s


  On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 02:39:40PM +1000, Barry Park wrote:
  > My understanding is that:
  >
  > (i) Unless you have express consent from your ISP, feeding your Internet
  > service into an open wireless connection will be against both the ISP's
  > business model and possibly even the law.

  I don't know of any law that prohibits you from letting your neighbour use
  your internet connection. This isn't Napster. Not everything fun is illegal.

  As far as ISP business models go, the right way to go would be to choose an
  ISP that allows you to share your bandwidth. Read your AUP carefully and
  even ask them. If your traffic usage rises too much, your ISP will probably
  charge you more. So it will be up to you to manage it, just like the
  hundreds
  of mom and pop ISPs out there. There's not much difference.

  - Mike

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