<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Please look at:</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">http://www.aca.gov.au/consumer/faq/wlans.htm</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">and more specifically</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">http://www.aca.gov.au/consumer/fsheets/industry/fsi26.pdf</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">for you scenario 1, no problems.... </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">for 2, aslong as it remains non-commercial in nature... ie no charges specifically for the internet access, or any form of official agreements.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><Disclaimer>This is my interperetation of the Act and ACA material etc... read it for yourself and decide! </Disclaimer></font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Darren Dreis<br>
Vice President</font>
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vicepresident@wireless.org.au</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">http://www.wireless.org.au</font>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif"><b>Rowan Crowe <rowan@sensation.net.au></b></font>
<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Sent by: owner-melbwireless@wireless.org.au</font>
<p><font size=1 face="sans-serif">24/01/2003 02:02 PM</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Has anyone heard about the concrete legalities of offering noncommercial<br>
internet access yet? Last time I emailed the ACA they said they were<br>
preparing a document on this issue. I proposed two scenarios:<br>
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1. No cost at all to people who can see the AP and connect. Completely<br>
funded by the operator.<br>
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2. Ongoing cost shared by a closed group of people, eg 10 people sharing a<br>
$99/mo unlimited perm account = $9.90/mo each. "Closed group" meaning that<br>
in order to gain access you need to be explicitly configured as a user.<br>
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With large ISPs like iinet offering 100% flat rate DSL starting at around<br>
$50/mo, the future is looking a lot brighter.<br>
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I'm also interested in experimenting with Squid caching and peer queries -<br>
this is where my Squid shoots off a small query to your Squid asking "do<br>
you have this object already cached?" - if so then it gets pulled from<br>
your Squid over the free WLAN link, rather than through the internet link.<br>
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I ran an ISP for 5 years. I'm itching to get back into networking and<br>
access provision... :)<br>
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Cheers.<br>
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Rowan Crowe - Melbourne, Australia<br>
www.camrecord.com www.camdiscover.com www.heyasl.com www.sensationbot.com<br>
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