Re: [Sheflug] Wireless Internet Workshop 9/10th November

[Alex Hudson <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 19 October 2001 5:57 pm, you wrote:
> > > Unless someone proves otherwise, I believe these things to be illegal
> > > unfortunately (Telecommunications Acts; Regulated ISPs) - beware ;o
>
> Use of the IEEE 802.11b standard in the 2.4GHz spectrum band is totally
> legal in the UK as long as you are not charging for its use. 

No, that's not the case. It is legal *for private use*. You are *not* allowed 
to provide internet service over it in any public fashion whatsoever. "Public 
Service" being defined roughly as the same person owning both ends of a link. 
A public link is okay, so long as it is peer-to-peer: that is not what is 
being described here.

There is one reason why 3g licences cost so much: they are the wireless local 
loop. If you think BT et al. are going to let people subvert that with 
802.11b equpiment, I think you're mistaken - they've paid too much money for 
that :(

Cheers,
					Alex.
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