[MLB-WIRELESS] Commercial use of MW network

[Ryan Abbenhuys]

bear with me as i'm going by memory of what someone explained to me a long
time ago

...it's to do with the fact that it's a profitable company using a network
(carriage service) where they do not own all of the equipment in the middle.
They might own the equipment at each end that links into the network, but
everything in the middle belongs to other entities. That was what caused the
legal problems.

i don't recall the exact details as it was quite a long time ago, to tell
you the truth I don't even remember the name of the person who explained it
to me :-\
I don't know if it was accurate, but the person seemed fairly well versed in
the fine details of it.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Winder" <winder at iinet.net.au>
To: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 10:40 PM
Subject: RE: [MLB-WIRELESS] Commercial use of MW network


> Can you explain the leagal reasons? I understand that it would be illeagal
> if we charged for it, but what about if we didnt? What would stop someone
> from using it this way without telling us anyway, and if they did, would
we
> still be breaking the law? What would we do if we detected someone doing
> this?
>
>  On a different note, I think that someone planning to use the wireless
> network as a park of their business plan would be rather poor plan for a
> raft of reasons.
>
> Regards,
> Gaz.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> [mailto:owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au]On Behalf Of Ryan Abbenhuys
> Sent: Wednesday, 3 March 2004 10:24 PM
> To: Dan Flett
> Cc: melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Commercial use of MW network
>
>
> No, for legal and licensing reasons.
>
> On a personal level I wouldn't want any company using part of the network
> for commercial reasons that I helped setup or maintain
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Flett" <conhoolio at hotmail.com>
> To: "Melbourne Wireless" <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 10:21 PM
> Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] Commercial use of MW network
>
>
> > Howdy,
> >
> > Has anyone ever discussed the possibility that at some point, companies
> > might set up nodes on the MW network and start using it for commercial
> > purposes?  How do people feel about this?  I don't have a problem with
> > it myself, so long as everyone on the network gets fair use of the
> > bandwidth, and no-one starts charging for traffic that traverses their
> > node.  Certainly Melbourne Wireless can't make any guarantees as to the
> > reliability of the network at this point.  But for some companies that
> > may not matter too much.
> >
> > The advantage of using the MW network from a commercial point of view is
> > that you only need to set up relatively cheap nodes at the end-points of
> > the link - you don't have to set up or rent an entire cross-town link
> > network yourself.  And you don't have to pay ISP fees for an
> > Internet-traversing VPN.  The advantage for Melbourne Wireless is that
> > we get more 24/7 nodes, some of them possibly in high-visibility sites.
> > So long as everyone on the network plays by the rules and respects the
> > ideals of this non-profit network, everybody wins.  That's what I reckon
> > anyway. :)  Your views may vary.
> >
> > I just posted a similar comment in WGBackbone.  Please visit and add
> > your comments! (http://melbourne.wireless.org.au/wiki/?WGBackbone)
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Dan
> >
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