calvoiper
join:2003-03-31
Belvedere Tiburon, CA
| reply to SanJoseNerd
Re: What debate?
Read closely the language at the bottom of page 2 of the PDF file.
"By their terms, these rules apply, among other things, to customer antennas - one meter or less in size - used for transmitting and/or receiving any fixed wireless signal of any commercial nonbroadcast communications signal that is transmitted via wireless technology to or from a customer location." (Emphasis added.) The "commercial" requirement is repeated in the next sentence as well. Additionally, it's not "to or from" a customer location--it's "within" a customer location.
If you're buying Internet access from a WISP, I think this language covers your connection point. If, however, you are just using your own Wi-Fi setup to connect with service you already have, it's not commercial communications because you aren't paying someone for the wireless service involved. (And before you start paying $1 to your neighbor and collecting 1$ from him, recall that commercial wireless service requires FCC approval....)
(For clarity, "broadcast" as used in these FCC rules means transmitted for intended reception by multiple users. A transmission for intended reception by a single receiver is a "nonbroadcast" transmission.)
Calvoiper
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