[MLB-WIRELESS] Providing free *real* internet access to the community...

[Paul James]

Isn't your ISP going to be unhappy with you?
 
Most ISP's have a clause in the Acceptable Use Policy or similar that would prevent you from providing access to anyone outside of your LAN. This is their bread and butter, so if they don't have a clause to prevent this, I don't think it will take them very long to put one in.
 
You also need to be very careful as you are carrying third party traffic, or Melbourne wireless is, and could be required to have a carrier licence under the ACA rulings. 
 
Regards,
 
Paul
 
 

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From: owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au on behalf of Fenn Bailey
Sent: Tue 20/07/2004 12:13 PM
To: 'Rowan Crowe'; melbwireless at wireless.org.au
Subject: RE: [MLB-WIRELESS] Providing free *real* internet access to the community...



>
> I'm almost at the stage where I can start setting up a system
> that will provide free internet access to anyone who can
> associate with my AP. The idea is to let others share in my
> "unused" ISP transfer each month. My current DSL plan has a
> 24Gb download limit each month, and I consistently use less
> than 2Gb per month.
>

Here here, I've been intending to do this (in Richmond) for quite some
time now, but have been too busy/slack to actually get it happening.

Particularly with the advent of "unlimited" or large quote plans, I'd
like to see this sort of thing become more common.

I was thinking of adding in some precautions/limits though, to make it
safe, namely:

 - Shaping/prioritization - As much as I'm more than happy to give away
free access, I don't want people adversely effecting my internet
experience :) Sorry, freeloaders get low priority ;)

 - Spam protection - SMTP traffic will be intercepted and run through
spamassassin/mailscanner/virus checker, plus a relay quota will be
enforced. The last thing I want is my free node to be responsible for
relaying spam.

 - Full netflow/logging - Interesting legalities. I will have to
disclaim myself that by using this service, certain things will be
logged (anyone know privacy law implications?). I don't want people
using this service for nefarious reasons (ala netbank scams, hacking,
etc, etc).

 - _Maybe_ some sort of auth system - ie: email confirmation, or, even
better, before using it, you need to enter a mobile phone number and a
password is SMS'd to you. Easy to implement, and a hacker would think
twice about abusing it.

Thoughts, people?

        Fenn.


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