"James S. Kaplan" wrote:
>
> At 12:02 PM 2/26/2001, you wrote:
>
> >We're a small city more concerned with banning Christmas trees than building a
> >first rate Internet communications infrastructure?
>
> Because we let left-wing liberal feminists dictate touchy-feely policy
> rather than concentrating our resources on REAL issues. This is the
> same government that spends $14M to replace bricks at Willamette
> & 6th in the crosswalk but can't afford science books for middle
> schools.
Mega dittoes, dude!
> >Ok, fog? Brief outages on East West oriented links during sunrise and sunset?
>
> Ummm, no. Unless they're operating on 5-30GHz, absorption & refraction
> due to water vapor would be nil. Why aren't north/south links similarly
> affected?? Haven't I cleared the air yet on the frequency/water/attenuation
> issue? Hello?
I'm talking about optical, not RF.
> >The Seattle Wireless site's hardware page
> >(http://seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/WirelessHardwareLinks) has a lot of
> >links
> >for RF wireless. It also has a link to a site that shows you how to use a
> >cheap
> >laser pointer to build an experimental optical link It's only 9600
> >baud, but, hey, it's a start. It might be interesting to get a project going
> >coupling a better hardware design (more sophisticated modulation) with a more
> >sophisticated software driver.
>
> Wireless is cool, but for lowly end-users the cost is so far prohibitive unless
> local government, industry and philanthropy kicks in. Hardware and T1+
> bandwidth just isn't cheap enough yet.
>
> For my money, why aren't we demanding EWEB drop fiber to OUR homes
> and business and providing us with taxpayer & rate payer subsidized
> bandwidth? Hmmmm?
Why you Commie pinko jerk. And to think I gave you a High Ditto. Wow! Sheesh.
Actually, wireless, on a small scale, is downright (downleft?) cheap. That's
what the whole Seattle effort is about (or at least so I thought).
In any case, my test bed LAN is connected to the building's T1 via a cheap
NetGear NAT/Firewall box ($120.00 at Amazon.com). I use an Apple AirPort who-ha
plugged into my LAN (i.e., my Ethernet hub) to allow my Apple PowerBook (alas,
G3 to give me reasonably unfettered access anywhere in my apartment, out on the
patio, or about 150' outside in the complex. NO WAY would I go back to a wire
tether. Two batteries and a little conservation give me almost 10 hours of freedom.
Let freedom ring!
Dennis the Menace
> jk
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