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Re: Internet to be allowed at Events

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Originally Posted by Tanis View Post
In other words, you will probably be able legally use your own phone to surf the internet, but you still won't be able to set up an internet connection for your entire team or try to use the venue's WiFi.
Change the bold portion to "field" and I suspect this to be the case--we'll see for sure when the rule is changed tomorrow.

For scouting, this would make it fairly simple to use a remote server--PROVIDED that you could connect through the public wifi or your cell phone data plan. (If there's a venue without public wifi--well, let's just figure that they're behind the times.)

The way I see this reading is this, or something similar: Teams may arrange for phone and Internet access only via existing publicly available networks. Special arrangements for such access directly with the venue are not allowed. Use of field networks and Internet connections is strictly prohibited.
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