I signed up for verge when my cox account went out and I had to check email desperately. Its free to surf, they block all other ports, which you must pay for. I'm fairly certain its separate from the free municipal wireless as well (which I live just outside the range of, at least according to the map)
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of michael dolan Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 7:06 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [brlug-general] municipal wireless I'm not entirely sure, and someone should feel free to correct me, but I think the Verge wireless network and the free BR municipal network are two different things. I think Verge lets you use it for free for 1/2 an hour or so, but then you must pay. Or maybe they let you surf for free, but charge for email or something. I've never actually used it, but my wife and I are planning on going to the farmers market today, maybe I'll bring the laptop. I think the BR municipal network is (or will be when it is set up) free for anyone downtown or in old south baton rouge, Spanish town, Beauregard Town, etc... The BR municipal network will have some sort of non profit setup, and will be run by some sort of coalition of downtown businesses, non-profits, and the city/parish government. I got the impression Ray was looking for information on more of this type model, rather than a business model. Michael Ryan McCain wrote: >I remember this email address being thrown around a year ago or so. I >beleive he is the president of Camsoft, which is the parent company of >Verge Wireless, who is implementing the WLAN in downtown Baton Rouge. > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >- > >Ryan > > > >-------------------------------------- > >Ryan McCain >Northrop Grumman Corporation >Linux System Administrator 3 >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Phone: 225.219.0556 >Fax: 225.219.0540 > >Registered Linux User #364609 > > >>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/18/05 5:55 PM >>> >>>> >>>> > >We are thinking about starting a project with the city of Hammond to >deploy wireless in downtown Hammond. Does anyone know or have any >contacts with the groups that have/are doing municipal wireless in New >Orleans and Baton Rouge? I'd just like to touch base with them and >bounce >a few ideas around... > >ray > > _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
