[wplug] OT: How to jam your neighbor's Wi-Fi legally

[O'Connor, Michael P.]

Well some times the FCC will respond to complaints of private citizens.
I will at times read at the ARRL's web site the enforcement letters that
they send out.  And there are many letters that are sent to people that
have part 15 devices causing problems for others.  Most of the time it
is causing a problem to a HAM, but not all the time.  And Ham radio
operators are not just another 3 letter government group. You can see
this month's batch at
http://www.arrl.org/news/enforcement_logs/2006/0616.html?nc=1 or this
page http://www.arrl.org/search/?exp=1&q=enforcement+letters will return
a list of pages with more enforcement letters.

Michael P. O'Connor
US&S 
Office: 412-688-2491 
Cell: 412-498-0667
mpoconnor at switch.com

-----Original Message-----
From: wplug-bounces+mpoconnor=switch.com at wplug.org
[mailto:wplug-bounces+mpoconnor=switch.com at wplug.org] On Behalf Of
Richard Farina
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 7:44 PM
To: General user list
Subject: Re: [wplug] OT: How to jam your neighbor's Wi-Fi legally

Michael Skowvron wrote:
> O'Connor, Michael P. wrote:
>> You can complain that your neighbor is causing a problem, and since
both
>> are part 15 devices, neither can cause interference, so if a part 15
is
>> causing interference to another part 15 device (or other part of the
FCC
>> regs device or user) then that part 15 device that is causing the
>> interference must be rectified, by either being turned off or moved.
>
> Your dreaming.
>
>
Sadly he is awake and lucid.  If the author of the article or the person

who originally posted the link to the list were to buy such a device and

their neighbor complained to the FCC, under part 15 they would be held 
accountable and would have to shutoff or move the device.  This is the 
law.  Will the fcc care... that is a different subject altogether, they 
clearly wouldn't (unless your neighbor was the DOD or some other three 
letter government organization).

-Rick Farina
>>
>> Michael P. O'Connor
>> US&S Office: 412-688-2491 Cell: 412-498-0667
>> mpoconnor at switch.com
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: wplug-bounces+mpoconnor=switch.com at wplug.org
>> [mailto:wplug-bounces+mpoconnor=switch.com at wplug.org] On Behalf Of
>> Michael Skowvron
>> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 3:41 PM
>> To: General user list
>> Subject: Re: [wplug] OT: How to jam your neighbor's Wi-Fi legally
>>
>> O'Connor, Michael P. wrote:
>>
>>> This would not be legal under part 15 of the FCC laws which cover
>>
>> both,
>>
>>> to knowing interferes with them could result in penalties of up to
>>> $5000.  And if you get one so you can cause your neighbor's Wi-Fi to
>>> shut down you have violated part 15.
>>
>>
>> The Part 15 regulations specifically state that a device may not 
>> cause harmful interference AND MUST ACCEPT ALL SUCH INTERFERENCE.
>>
>> So, how exactly, do you complain about interference to a device that 
>> specifically has no legal protection from such interference. Intent 
>> or no, with Part 15, you're just S.O.L.
>>
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