[Gllug] [OT]

[John Hearns]

Jackson, Harry wrote:

>
>
>If I build a radio in my backyard that I use to transmit data to a receiver
>in my living room and via a modem to the internet providing I am in the
>unlicensed (Allocated for free use within reason) area and adhering to the
>power rules I have got an internet connection with no laws broken. If I set
>up a repeater that gives my mate the same connection then no rules are
>broken until he starts hacking 
>

Or until you start charging your mate for the service -
ie. offering a commercial service over the 2.4Ghz band.
 AFAIK

Also AFAIK, that is what is holding back the implementation of access 
networks
on Starbucks coffee shops and airport lounges, as I think is becoming 
widespread
in the USA.





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