That WOULD be interesting to see here in Louisiana. Also, based on our local penchant for natural disasters, it seems like such a network would be useful in several ways, not unlike ham radio.
-- Puryear Information Technology, LLC Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414 http://www.puryear-it.com Author, "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices Identity Management, LDAP, and Linux Integration Fernando Vilas wrote: > On Sunday 23 September 2007 20:03:55 willhill wrote: >> We should not aspire to be like China. As long as networks use public >> servitude, they are yours. Cox, ATT and friends are supposed to be your >> servants rather than your masters. We should not have to bow and beg for >> things that harm no one. If you ignore freedom in your persuit >> of "neutrality" or "choice" you won't get either. >> > I may have misspoke, I never meant to imply that we should aspire to be like > China. My point was that even with The Great Firewall, those interested can > still get the info they need, even if they have to jump through some hoops to > get it. > > Regarding corporate interference, the same technology used in Africa to > provide last mile access through a wireless mesh has found uses in the States > to avoid whatever people dislike about their providers. It takes a community > of dedicated volunteers to make the mesh work, especially when doing it to > route around corporate issues, instead of simply not having access. This > type of community sounds remarkably like the FLOSS community, though in some > places the local group has hardware that anyone can get and configure, with > no more trouble than configuring a home router from Best Buy. > > http://wirelessanarchy.com/ and http://www.dfwfreenet.org/ are some great > starting points for this type of info. I don't see any listings for LA, but > neither do I know of anything that would preclude one from being created. A > few people who desire a free (or free-er) internet as you do could make quite > a difference. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
