wifi blocking [was Re: Marriott wifi blocking]

[larrysheldon at cox.net (Larry Sheldon)]

On 10/9/2014 02:03, Owen DeLong wrote:
>
> On Oct 8, 2014, at 2:11 PM, William Herrin <bill at herrin.us> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 4:37 PM, joel jaeggli <joelja at bogus.com> wrote:
>>> On 10/8/14 1:29 PM, Larry Sheldon wrote:
>>>> On 10/8/2014 08:47, William Herrin wrote:
>>>>> BART would not have had an FCC license. They'd have had contracts with
>>>>> the various phone companies to co-locate equipment and provide wired
>>>>> backhaul out of the tunnels. The only thing they'd be guilty of is
>>>>> breach of contract, and that only if the cell phone companies decided
>>>>> their behavior was inconsistent with the SLA..
>>>>
>>>> OK that makes more sense than the private answer I got from Roy.  I
>>>> wondered why the FCC didn't take action if there was a license violation.
>>>
>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/03/technology/fcc-reviews-need-for-rules-to-interrupt-wireless-service.html?_r=0
>>
>>>  From the article: "Among the issues on which the F.C.C. is seeking
>> comment is whether it even has authority over the issue."
>>
>> Also: "The BART system owns the wireless transmitters and receivers
>> that allow for cellphone reception within its network.â??
>
> Iâ??m not sure that statement is accurate. However, there is no prohibition against owning a Microcell or other cellular station which is operated by a third party under said third partyâ??s license.
>
>> I'm not entirely clear how that works.
>
> If that were truly the case (and I donâ??t think it is, given BART statements that â??...the cellular providers are basically tenants and are as such subject toâ?¦â??), Iâ??m pretty sure it would be operated by the cellular carrier under their license as a non-owner of the equipment.

What where the laws and practices in the Olde Days of over-the-air TV 
when somebody in a small town installed a translator to repeat 
Big-Cities-TV-Station into a small town?


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