----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
On Jan 26, 2014, at 16:04 , Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com> wrote:
I wonder if they'll break BCP 38... or vice-versa...
http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/01/bewifi-lets-you-steal-your-neighbors...
As long as Telefonica customers only use other Telefonica links within WiFi range, Telefonica can ensure it will have no effect on BCP38. Worst case, I can "ddos" the guy in the next apartment by spoofing his address. Best case, they ensure the BeWifi software disallows such things.
And I don't see other broadband networks allowing Telefonica customers to ride their links.
I also wonder why Telefonica would do this as opposed to telling people to upgrade their DSL?
Unless I misread the piece, Pat, they *do* intend for customers to mesh non-Telefonica links, which is half of your answer. "All our customers are at max rate for their distance" is probably the other half. I was making the former assumption in my musing. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274