Wireless in Adelaide

Rowan Crowe rowan at sensation.net.au
Sat Jan 5 11:17:09 EST 2002


On Sat, 5 Jan 2002, Jason Jordan wrote:

> On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 07:34:46 +1100 (EST)
> Rowan Crowe <rowan at sensation.net.au> wrote:
> 
> > As another email said, for a few hobbyists messing around with
> > wireless links, if you share net access then YES it is illegal
> > (regardless of the length of the link!), but if the ACA decide to
> > prosecute you then they're just wasting taxpayers money. Your
> > *equipment* is legal under the RF LIPD regulations (assuming it was
> > purchased in Australia and is ACA type approved), the only part that
> > is illegal is that you are transferring data over your link, that
> > should be transported via a $$$ carrier link.
> 
> Would this apply if you were supplying access to the Internet
> for free.  Totally free?

Do you mean is it illegal? Yes. You are carrying 3rd party data.

Is it immoral? Well...

Cheers.


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