[LINK] web: Consumers warned to beware of illegal mobile phone repeaters

[Jim Birch]

It would be quite easy to buy gear online that does not meet the Australian
standards that make spectrum sharing work, ie, by limiting wifi power,
channel crosstalk and junk on non-wifi frequencies.  There are cheap
repeaters available that meet AU standards, so you don't have to buy from
the ISPs.

This problem could be caused by some crappy networking gear:

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR021.loop.shtml#skip

"The Melbourne Airport radar is currently experiencing radio interference
from an unknown source, which can be seen as lines to the south-east of the
radar. The Bureau is working to fix this."

Jim


On 4 May 2015 at 20:00, Jan Whitaker <jwhit at janwhitaker.com> wrote:

> Dangerous how?
> And is this just a 'protection racket' for Telstra/Optus to sell their own
> amplifiers?
>