On Thu, 2003-11-27 at 15:59, Don Gould - BVC wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 14:48:06 +1300, Michael JasonSmith wrote
> > On Thu, 2003-11-27 at 15:14, Don Gould - BVC wrote:
> > > Perhaps the uni needs to look at getting involved with the community
> > > wireless thing that I see is happening here in Christchurch to provide
> > > a bit of competition and give Telecom some reason to think a bit
> > > harder?!
> > Wireless is an option that the University is considering.
>
> I'd like to hear more, I have a keen interest in this.
The plan is something like the following (going from memory).
* Lease a frequency
* Sell (lease?) frequency shifters and high-gain antennas for
802.11 cards
* Put a series of transmitters on top of the library (dividing the
city into sectors)
* Possibly put another transmitter on top of the CPIT Science
building (damn central-city shadow)
* Get the masses to point there antennas at the library or CPIT
(or charge for a person with a map and a compass to point the
antenna)
* Charge $5 per month to amortise the cost of the transmitters and
system administration
This setup would scale quite well, as more sectors can be added as more
people use the network. As far as I can tell, games would be out of the
question due to the high latency.
External Internet charges will also remain at their current levels:
�1.5/MB for national traffic, �8/MB international. Oh, and you would
have to be a Canterbury Tertiary Alliance student or staff-member to use
the system :)
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Michael JasonSmith http://www.ldots.org/
