We've been talking about doing this too. The startup costs have
been prohibitive. Now, with this information I can ask our
secretary to write up a grant request to fund it. We could
upgrade our 56K and DSL to T1 then to T3 when it got too
crowded.
Is it radio broadcast or line-of-sight (infrared or microwave)?
Maybe we could include Palm Pilot compatibility.
Maybe each person we signed up would agree to be a repeater so
the act of signing someone up would naturally extend the range.
There is a lot of reading to do.
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1/5/2001 10:22:41 AM >>>
There has been talk about this, but it requires somebody with a
good,
fast connection who doesn't mind sharing. Having a friend or
two come
over to share your t1 is one thing, but 30+ joes can get pretty
crowded,
packet-wise. I guess with traffic shaping it could be
manageable, but
the more people you have going, the slower and more of a pain it
gets to
be.
Bob Miller wrote:
> You guys have all heard about Consume.net, the project to
build a free
> wireless network in London. You might even have heard of the
two
> clones in Portland - Personal Telco and PDX wireless.
>
> So is anybody in Eugene thinking or talking about building
one?
>
> Links:
> http://consume.net/
> http://www.personaltelco.net/
> http://www.pdxwireless.org/
>
> --
> K<bob>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.jogger-egg.com/
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