[MLB-WIRELESS] Wireless internet in Melbourne?

rick mibz at optushome.com.au
Tue May 7 09:06:00 EST 2002


 transmit only within your own organisation:  ie a club, or the
employees of one company

so lets say i get a busniess version of optus cable, and then give you all
employnumbers that are randomly genirated buy the accounting troll

would then you be legaly allowed to use that net access?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Clae" <clae at tpg.com.au>
To: "rick" <mibz at optushome.com.au>; <robert at elastica.com>;
<melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 6:39 AM
Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Wireless internet in Melbourne?


> 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.
>
>
> >
> >----- 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?
> >
> >
> >>  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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