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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 12:10:18 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Richard Wiggins <richard.wiggins () gmail com> Date: September 10, 2004 11:34:22 AM EDT To: David Farber <dave () farber net> Cc: david.e.young () verizon com Subject: Re: [IP] more on Re: University Bans Wireless Access Points Reply-To: Richard Wiggins <richard.wiggins () gmail com> Dave, The fact that it is state-owned property (not private property as the Verizon poster asserts) is irrelevant. Tenants have rights that landlords can't abrogate. The FCC stated clearly in its ruling that the Denver airport could not restrict its tenant, United Airlines, from using 2.4 gigahertz spectrum for its own private Wi-Fi network. JUNE 28, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - The Federal Communications Commission last week handed airlines a victory in their battle with airport authorities over control of Wi-Fi spectrum at airports, ruling that it has exclusive jurisdiction over the use of unlicensed spectrum "regardless of venue."http://www.computerworld.com/industrytopics/travel/story/ 0,10801,94147,00.html?from=story_kc
The Denver airport, landlord, cannot restrict use of Wi-Fi by a tenant, United Airlines. UT-Dallas is landlord and the students in university apartments are tenants. This is unlicensed spectrum and the FCC has spoken clearly. Cordless phones and microwave ovens also jam 802.11 b and g; I don't see how a landlord can ban those devices on interference grounds, either. The only leverage I can see for a university is to declare that you can't connect a Wi-Fi access point to the campus network, as a matter of acceptable use policy. But that's not the case here; they are connecting to cable modems. With access points for sale for $50 this is going to be a HUGE problem for universities building campus-wide Wi-Fi networks, but unless the FCC carves out an exception, that's just the way it is. /richOn Fri, 10 Sep 2004 11:13:49 -0400, David Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:
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From: david.e.young () verizon com Date: September 10, 2004 4:15:06 AM PDT To: dewayne () dandin com Subject: [IP] University Bans Wireless Access Points Hi Dewayne, I'm not so sure that this would go to court given that this is the University's private property. As such, I would think they can pretty much set the rules as they see fit.
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