Vans license holders enables WUGS to go commercial

[captainwifi]

ICASA has shut down various wireless networks in Sandton. ICASA confirmed that it confiscated wireless equipment from high sites in Sandton yesterday. According to an anonymous source ICASA ‘invaded’ high sites in Sandton with a court order and armed guards, confiscating equipment from various wireless providers. A number of businesses were off-line due to the removal of this equipment. ICASA said that the reason for confiscating the wireless equipment is that the providers did not abide by the high site installation rules from ICASA. The violations listed by ICASA included frequency irregularities and the lack of required information on the antennas.
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=98392

With the court ruling we now have 600 Vans license holders to protect the WUGS from Icasa confiscation. Icasa tolerated Wi-Fi if used for non-profit purposes, but I think merely the fact that WUGS can no partner with any Vans in theory alone would probably convince Icasa not to hunt down a WUG providing commercial Internt access.

 

[spiderz]

Errrm, a WUG is not a internet provider. :/
WISP's provide internet, and most seem to do it without the correct vans licenses.

 

[Ryder_JHB]

My personal view, even if Icasa rocked up, with a box full of uncapped fibre accounts, I would still be reluctant... Too much hassle imho. I don't wanna spend wugtime supporting people's internet connections. I want to be wug building - much more worthwhile.

omg, I just replied to a CpnScifi post!

Edit: I just realised that the original linkage that CaptainScifi posted was way back in January... go back to sleep people. Move along, nothing to see here.

 

[Pilgrim]

/ignore thread

 

[Kameelperdza]

Hey people just want to know if you can help me. I want to start my own wug in Oudtshoorn but here is a WISP that is telling everyone not to join my wug becoz i dont have a vans lisense. Can icasa take my stuff if im a wug? Im not selling internet but i linking my boss and myself to the internet at the office. Im planning to start my own wug so that we can play games, voip etc. But what will happen if the wisp tells icasa that i dont have a vans lisense? I only have 5 members currently becoz i still working on my website and my ssid's is still invisible.

Can someone plz help me?

PS: The wisp is pistoff becos my boss help to pay his paycheck. My boss was reliefed when i told him that i can give him internet for free.

PPS: Im only giving internet to myself and the boss. Everybody else on he wug must make other plans to get their own internet.

 

[rebel998]

Hey people just want to know if you can help me. I want to start my own wug in Oudtshoorn but here is a WISP that is telling everyone not to join my wug becoz i dont have a vans lisense. Can icasa take my stuff if im a wug? Im not selling internet but i linking my boss and myself to the internet at the office. Im planning to start my own wug so that we can play games, voip etc. But what will happen if the wisp tells icasa that i dont have a vans lisense? I only have 5 members currently becoz i still working on my website and my ssid's is still invisible.

Can someone plz help me?

PS: The wisp is pistoff becos my boss help to pay his paycheck. My boss was reliefed when i told him that i can give him internet for free.

PPS: Im only giving internet to myself and the boss. Everybody else on he wug must make other plans to get their own internet.

How many people on your network?The wisp is an ahole but if youre crossing streets etc you might be breaking the law.

As long as you don't charge anything you might be ok?