That's not what I meant. There is a website that deals with community wireless access (USA & elsewhere); ordinary folks using each others' nodes for both access and relay. There's a G-List member (Clae, I believe) who's doing this in Melbourne, Aus. Remember "information wants to be free" - and the cheaper access the better, IMHO. Cheers George
--- John McGilvary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, actually, that is breaking the law. It is > called Signal Theft. As > for a license, the 2.4 is currentl not using them if > you are not a > commercial broadcaster. > However, as the former Network Manager for a > wireless ISP, I can tell > you that unless you have a neighbor nearby with the > poorly defined > security scheme, your chances are going to be slim. > People do drive around with WinXP which will > discover a wireless > network with the names of 'default" or 'any", you > are would have to > experiment to locate one. Also, believe it or not, > when you are working > outside, and a big storm comes up, you an lose > signal. > Good luck, and don't let your neighbor find out your > sharing his > bandwidth! > > On Saturday, September 7, 2002, at 12:28 PM, George > Mogiljansky wrote: > > > I mean sticking an antenna out the window and > catching > > a radio (?) type signal (LOS - line of sight). > It's > > the latest craze - and the only way to avoid the > > monopoly in these parts (but you may need a > licence to > > send the stream onwards, i.e. be a > > relayer/broadcaster). > > I can dig up some websites on this, if nec. > > George ===== /'\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect for open standards Love your neighbour as yourself. (from Luke 10:27) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
