Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 17:12:50 +1000 From: "Hugh Blandford" <hugh@island.net.au> To: "Mark Newton" <newton@internode.com.au> Cc: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@helium.clari.net.au>, <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: DSL services to apartments Message-ID: <004d01c0b5c4$2be4b440$088ea8c0@island.net.au> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1010324143255.5285C-100000@helium.clari.net.au> <00eb01c0b5ab$e7025a20$088ea8c0@island.net.au> <20010326154512.B74711@internode.com.au>
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Hi > On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 02:19:06PM +1000, Hugh Blandford wrote: > > > I'm afraid that your main problem is going to be the communications > > regulations in Australia. You will have to check with the ACA or read the > > 1997 Telecommunications Act but I believe you are only capable of running 5 > > lines to third parties. After that you are considered to be a Telco and you > > will need to get a Telco licence. > > > You made a typo: You mentioned "5 lines" instead of "1 line." I had another look, though not being a lawyer reading the act is a bit of a guess but section 26 basically means you can't have a single line over 500 metres. Not too hard in an apartment block. section 27 says that your aggregate of lines connecting distinct places can't be over 5 kilometers. So maybe you will be OK but as the ACA says you had better get a professional opinion. You can have a read at: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ta1997214/ Regards, Hugh To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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