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<P><FONT SIZE=2>From: "Jackson, Harry" <HJackson@colt-telecom.com></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: "'gllug@linux.co.uk'" <gllug@linux.co.uk></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: RE: [Gllug] [OT]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 17:43:48 +0100</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Reply-To: gllug@linux.co.uk</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Of course, as soon as someone downloads anything containing a swearword, or pron you are also breaking the law :)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Cheers,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Richie</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> -----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> From: home@alexhudson.com [<A HREF="mailto:home@alexhudson.com">mailto:home@alexhudson.com</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> It's called Pirate Broadcasting. You're not allowed to do it, </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> in any way. Internet access is not a specific target, but is</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> specifically mentioned. It's illegal on the unlicensed bands</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> (2.4G, 5.8G, poss. 10G in the future?).</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> If you set it up, and get caught, you will be charged.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I was unaware that that was the case. I understood that if you are in an</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>allocated band and adhering to the rules on power etc that you where OK. I</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>have not seen anything that says that transmission of internet traffic is</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>illegal. I have seen that Terrestrial Video and specific types of data are</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>illegal but not the internet.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> No, they're not. The laws controlling this medium are the radio and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> telecommunications acts. Broadcasting (which is what you </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> propose) is illegal on the bands you intend to use. Full stop. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Which are the laws that govern the use of the phone or satellite which is</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>what I said. What I was saying was that I have not seen a law that</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>specifically fingers internet access and how its done. You might not be able</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>to transmit at 9.5G which is licensed but I have not seen anything to say</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>that it is illegal to transmit Internet traffic over 802. A broadcast is</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>anything and certain types of data can and cannot be broadcast at certain</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>frequencies, this is part of the rules for the whole spectrum but I have not</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>seen anything about internet broadcasting at the frequencies that they are</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>going to use. If it is illegal then yes they are well and truly screwed and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>I feel a pity on all the ones that invested in the gear.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I think that we are getting our wires crossed. There are no laws apparent to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>me detailing the methods in which it is legal to connect to the internet I</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>am being specific here. The laws that we adhere to are the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>telecommunications act which detail how a phone should be used or how a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>satellite is used and in consequence we use these to connect to the internet</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>so adhering to these laws gets us our connection.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>If I build a radio in my backyard that I use to transmit data to a receiver</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>in my living room and via a modem to the internet providing I am in the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>unlicensed (Allocated for free use within reason) area and adhering to the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>power rules I have got an internet connection with no laws broken. If I set</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>up a repeater that gives my mate the same connection then no rules are</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>broken until he starts hacking but up until that point we are not breaking</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>any laws. Unless of course there is a specific law that states that the type</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>of traffic we where using (ciphered, data, voice, video, RATT,) is illegal</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>then yes it is but I do not think this is the case.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Ciphered data is a good one considering that there is very few frequencies</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>that you can do this in and that will cause no end of grief for some people.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Harry</FONT>
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