[MLB-WIRELESS] public *internet* access

[darrend at ndpgroup.com.au]

Please look at:
http://www.aca.gov.au/consumer/faq/wlans.htm
and more specifically
http://www.aca.gov.au/consumer/fsheets/industry/fsi26.pdf

for you scenario 1, no problems.... 
for 2, aslong as it remains non-commercial in nature... ie no charges 
specifically for the internet access, or any form of official agreements.

<Disclaimer>This is my interperetation of the Act and ACA material etc... 
read it for yourself and decide! </Disclaimer>

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




Rowan Crowe <rowan at sensation.net.au>
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24/01/2003 02:02 PM

 
        To:     melbwireless at wireless.org.au
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        Subject:        [MLB-WIRELESS] public *internet* access

Has anyone heard about the concrete legalities of offering noncommercial
internet access yet? Last time I emailed the ACA they said they were
preparing a document on this issue. I proposed two scenarios:

1. No cost at all to people who can see the AP and connect. Completely
funded by the operator.

2. Ongoing cost shared by a closed group of people, eg 10 people sharing a
$99/mo unlimited perm account = $9.90/mo each. "Closed group" meaning that
in order to gain access you need to be explicitly configured as a user.

With large ISPs like iinet offering 100% flat rate DSL starting at around
$50/mo, the future is looking a lot brighter.

I'm also interested in experimenting with Squid caching and peer queries -
this is where my Squid shoots off a small query to your Squid asking "do
you have this object already cached?" - if so then it gets pulled from
your Squid over the free WLAN link, rather than through the internet link.

I ran an ISP for 5 years. I'm itching to get back into networking and
access provision... :)

Cheers.


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Rowan Crowe - Melbourne, Australia
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