Muni WiFi was killed by the cell phone companies about 5 years ago. Verizon et al will not allow free, ubiquitous WiFi because to have such freely available everywhere, combined with VoIP, would be THE Killer App. That is, it would kill the cellular company's ability to continue their obscene gouging for things like long distance, data access, and the entire rest of their con-game grab-bag of fraudulent billing practices...
Cell companies must evolve or die. Lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way, please. More government regulation of private citizens is the only possible result of their recent and current lobbying. The problem right now is: It's a dead issue. No municipalities are in a fiscal position to buck the legislation which has gone into place at the State level(s). Nice to be re-inspired by the h/w updates - I'd suggest you take it underground and start learning the black-market for these kinds of things - it's the future. 0x0000 --- On Thu, 11/19/09, Sam Kuonen <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Sam Kuonen <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [chaos706] Re: [CHAOS:688] Whatever Happened to Municipal Wifi? > To: "Kevin Webster" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected], "Eater" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009, 8:17 AM > So... I've gotten re-excited in CFn after discovering > open-mesh robin > builds. Too bad the chipset in the WRT54G isn't > supported. It'd already be installed. > > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 12:18 PM, > Kevin Webster <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Whatever dude. > > On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 1:47 PM, > Eater <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Our skepticism about this was apt. Community-driven wifi is > still relevant today. > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google Groups "CHAOS706.ORG" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/chaos706?hl=. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CHAOS706.ORG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/chaos706?hl=.
