joebear29
join:2003-07-20
Alabaster, AL
1 edit | The school can ban certain networks if it wishes
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Legally, the college has absolutely no right to try and regulate use of the 2.4GHz spectrum.
What does that mean? Of course they can't regulate the spectrum, just like they cannot regulate how coca-cola is made. They can bar students from bringing coca-cola into certain buildings, and they can ban them from using "unauthorized" Wi-Fi. Hell, they can even ban all students from having laptops on campus if they wanted to.
I agree the rule is stupid, but the school has the right to implement it. |
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vpoko
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join:2003-07-03
Jamaica Plain, MA | As a state-run school, they have less leeway to implement arbitrary policies. Being that the spectrum is crowded, there may be a rational basis for this rule, though. |
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joebear29
join:2003-07-20
Alabaster, AL
| said by vpoko  :
As a state-run school, they have less leeway to implement arbitrary policies. Being that the spectrum is crowded, there may be a rational basis for this rule, though.
Even as a state-run institution, they can be as arbitrary as they wish so long as they do not violate the Constitution, civil rights laws' or an individual's due process.
Or to put it differently, they can have inane, arbitrary rules, but as state run institution they cannot be arbitrary in enforcement and must provide due process to those accused. But there is no requirement the rule by a good one, so long as it is semi-rational. If they want to ban gum from an auditorium, they don't have to prove that people are sticking their gum under the desks, they can just ban it. |
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pcdebb
RIP dadkins
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join:2000-12-03
Tampa, FL
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| reply to joebear29
the admin folks at USF need to read this. I've wardriven thru the campus and off campus, and in both locations i hit no less than about 30 AP's, all wide open. The computers were butt nekked and bent over to the world too 
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Syth
join:2002-06-05
Katy, TX
| reply to joebear29
Really? Then why was I not allowed to keep a firearm in my dorm room? Why am I not allowed to bring a firearm into a bar or a liquor store? The Constitution says I can keep one on me, but it wasn't allowed at my school. That is because in order to attend a university and to live on that university's campus, you sign a contract and agree to follow their rules. If they say no wireless access points, then they have the right to kick you off of their property and out of their school if you violate that rule. |
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Syth
join:2002-06-05
Katy, TX | Blah, the above is a reply to the wrong post. |
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