more on Re: University Bans Wireless Access Points

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
Date: September 10, 2004 8:29:18 AM EDT
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net () warpspeed com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Re: University Bans Wireless Access Points
Reply-To: dewayne () warpspeed com



[Note:  This comment comes from a reader of Farber's IP list.  I was 
attending a conference yesterday and a senior FCC staffer who was 
attending the same conference saw this posting to my list.  We 
discussed the matter and his take was that the university's actions 
were inappropriate and he contacted his counterparts at the Commission 
to call the matter to their attention.  I believe that there current 
plan is to contact the officials at the university and explain to get 
more facts on the matter and to explain to them the specifics of the 
recent clarification from June on this matter.  One thing that wasn't 
clear in the original posting is that the students are not connected to 
the university's network, but are using Net service from a cable 
provider.  This is an important issue and if I get anymore information 
on this item, I will post it to the list.  DLH]

-- Dewayne

> From: david.e.young () verizon com
> Date: September 10, 2004 4:15:06 AM PDT
> To: dewayne () dandin com
> Subject: [IP] University Bans Wireless Access Points
>
>
> Hi Dewayne,
>
> I'm not so sure that this would go to court given that this is the 
> University's private property.  As such, I would think they can pretty 
> much set the rules as they see fit.  They are not so much 'restricting 
> the student's access to spectrum' but imposing restrictions on student 
> behavior (students may do this on campus, they may not do that) - 
> something they do all the time in many ways.  The only times that 
> schools are limited in this regard (that I'm aware of) involve 
> discrimination (civil rights issues) and to some extent free speech, 
> although even that may be limited on private property.
>
> Of course, I am not a lawyer, so I my observation may not be worth a 
> heck of a lot, but there are my two cents.
>
> Best regards,
> David
>
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