[Wolves] Wireless Networking

[Matthew Keay]

On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Aquarius wrote:

> Wayne Morris spoo'd forth:
> >> Consider a consume.net style setup where you dont charge for access and
> >> help in the "community spirit". Esp' if theres another node near you -
> >> great for email away from home! hehe.
> >>
> > Good sites , but offering Isp services to friends is obv quite a minefield.
>
> Just out of interest, and avoiding the whole kiddie porn debate, since
> it's the McCarthyism of the 21st century, is it actually legal to
> resell bandwidth to people? Or even to give it away for free?
>
> Aq.


There were laws against using 802.11 for commercial/resale use although
that has now changed (hence btopenzone and similar). afaik it's normally
against an ISP's AUP to resell bandwidth/sharing/etc. Depends on your ISP
really - i don't think most would notice/care so long as it wasn't abused
- and then as mentioned previously, it's your neck (and cable :P) on the
line.

Matthew