ICASA on private wireless LAN query

Nope it's fine. Complexes are a special form of property known as a Body Corporate. Basically it is one propoert ywith lots of dwellings on it. The owner of each cluster owns his actualy dwelling and a share of the common propoerty.

So you can set up a wireless network in a complex / office park etc.

However, the guy in the complex next door is not allowed to connect via your access point.

But like I said, who cares? Noboddy is going to do anything about it or come threaten you if you do. If however, you start a company specialising in setting up cross complex wireless networks, you may have a problem.
 
[;)] with enough determination there will be a change. just have to use the force.
Here's just a thought the goverment owns 30% in telkom right so how much money did they get last year i wonder? also if it can be proven that the goverment is making money out a supposed private enterprise and therefore using our tax paying money to not uplift us but to invest in companies that would mean that the gov is not in it for us as a people but rather there as a exploiter of the people.

Proud South african rip offs.
 
all said though, a wireless ap is accessable for a 100m radius -- so most home wireless connections *could* be available to your neighbor or at least be accessable from their property -- where does the law stand on this?
 
I think that is what we're trying to say too... I mean, wireless networking already beams out the freaking signal at 100m, and if your neighbour happens to have a wireless network of his own and connects to it, what then?

If they want to stop us they should make the equipment illegal....
 
...ICASA need to fund themselves now -- they see the convergence bill as a great opportunity to pillage us all over again - they're just licence-verskrik for the sake of licencing (and protecting telkom) -- certainly not for the greater good.
 
they can come suck on my tottie if they stop me from doing what I need to do

if you dont keep up with technology it makes you go blind and go to hell [;)]
 
so does this mean if I have a two way radio and my neighbour also has one so we can communicate with each other, then we are breaking the law?
 
no because there are frequencies alocated for public use.

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but the 2.4 and 5.4 ranges are public aren't they? then if they come a nocking we can fight them on the reason that its a public spectrum? and does not require licensing.

Proud South african rip offs.
 
But if the 2.4 range is free for use in your house what gives them the right to say its illegal outside ure house.
thats like saying u may wear anything in ure house that u want but on the ure not allowed to wear wool.

Proud South african rip offs.
 
I'ts horrible. One of the supid laws they have is that I can walk around naked inside my house, but not outside ... they'll arrest me? WTF? What's the world comming to.

Anyways, it's bloody annoying. Does sabc have anything to do with this? The other night, I thought about sabc, I pay them R200 a year or something, and what I get in return, is watching survivor, and having adds popping up during the show ??? And then to make it worse, 6 adds per add break? Obviously they make allot of money off this. How come do I need to pay them ? Or do they need that to prevent people from starting good tv channels ? If I'm paying for a service, why do I need to be overwhelmed with adds?
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What is even more funny is that this "tv license" is suppose to be the same as your car/drivers or gun license... i mean, I don't see people killing other people with their tv's, nor do I get arrested watching my porn DRUNK OUT OF MY MIND on my tv..... wtf?

Plus, according to them, doesn't matter what channel you watch, you need to pay it... so does that mean Mnet/DSTV and Etv get some cut of that money that rolls in?

NO WAY... fine... Mnet/Dstv is a monthly thing, but Etv is FREE, if there were no SABC you wouldn't have had to pay NOTHING.

Besides, when those inspector dudes comes around, I'd like to see a WARRANT to inspect my premises for a television before I allow them to come in. Dumbasses, law is on my side... arrest me? I don't think so, I'll go Alkaide on your asses!
 
Yeah, monopolies suck.

They "claim" that you still have to pay for ETV because they use their transmitters etc.

You'll always have ad breaks, not even the amount that MNET/DSTV charge per month covers the cost of running such an operation. Advertising is a good income. Atleast MNET/DSTV don't have ads during movies....

Anyways, about the 2.4GHz range, as you might have noticed, Telkom is using it for their wireless service, so they conspire with ICASA to kick everyone who transmits on that frequency...

Why would they do that? Because they can (Monopoly), and the 2.4GHz equipment is cheap.

I'll take 2 Hotels on Jan Smuts street please...

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They use their transmitters (well, sentech's) but they pay a broadcasting licence fee....

I remember the time they introduced adverts during shows... my dad went balistic... even had a stop watch checking how long it took and sent in a complaint with the rest of the neighbourhood......

yea.. well :)
 
Brodcasting is bloody expensive, especially if country-wide, that's why the States has so many regional stations.

We were going to start a data broadcasting network for our electronic displays with Sentech, and that would have cost us R7,5 million a month. I imagine the radio stations pay half as it's one-way transmission. TV channels I'm not sure of but probably not less than 3.5 mil.

We digress though - this wireless thing - what is to stop me having a wireless LAN with my neighbours either side if they give me <b>written permission</b> to be transmitting my wireless signals over their property line for personal use..? It's our property, we can do with it what we bloody want - ICASA can bark as much as they want, give me a 512K VSTAR with an access point and a handful of equipment and I will go round to everyone in the neighbourhood and offer them wireless internet access for a couple hundred beans a month..

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Just imagine where SA would be now if it weren't for Telkom
 
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