In the end, they own the land, so they should also own the spectrum rights across it, and I am screwed. They could even go so far as to require all airtime to be paid for in zotbucks, so I have to trade some real-world currency for the right to continue retransmitting. In fact, though, I have a valuable asset to barter with. So if I relay enough zotpackets, I really should be able to earn enough to 'pay' for my own transmission needs. I'm still at Caltech's mercy for the exchange rate.
Free markets are the proper response to state-controlled allocational nonsense.
Suppose MCI, which has the Caltech payphone contract, wants to use munchponders to run their payphone network on campus. NOW it gets interesting. Caltech is salivating over trying to use its munchnet to move Internet traffic as well as Intranet traffic. Caltech might be miffed at the price, and may even decline to clear any barters at this expensive rate. Two things happen.