"Dave Platt" wrote in message
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In article ,
Mike Coslo wrote:

1.It is not illegal to put a wirelss router on my Cable modem.

2. If there is a bad spot in my yard, I can say install a better
antenna on the router. (if indeed those commercial units do anything.

As has been pointed out, the better antenna probably won't comply with Part
15. Now, you can use your Part 97 privileges to extend your LAN, but once
you allow Internet content to travel that Part 97 circuit, how do you
prevent commercial content? Obscene content? Sounds like you are allowing a
non-licensed operator, e.g., Google, to use your circuit. Even if you have
some wonderful, magical firewall, it seems as if it might be difficult to
explain away the "pecuniary interest" clause, since you are essentially
extending a paid-for service.

IANAL, but it sounds like shaky ground to me. Of course, you could take
that attitude that the probability of an enforcement action is close to
zero, and you could be right. But I, personally, wouldn't try it.

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