Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 08:10:40 -0800 From: "Edwin L. Culp" <eculp@EnContacto.Net> To: Hugh Blandford <hugh@island.net.au> Cc: Mark Newton <newton@internode.com.au>, "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@helium.clari.net.au>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DSL services to apartments Message-ID: <985623040.3abf6a00b401e@Mail.PasionLatina.Org> In-Reply-To: <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> <004d01c0b5c4$2be4b440$088ea8c0@island.net.au>
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What about an 802.11b access point? How would the law look at wireless agregation? IMO, with apartments, the installation should be faster, non-destructive and cheaper. ed Quoting Hugh Blandford <hugh@island.net.au>: > 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 > -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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