On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 15:25:30 +1300, Michael JasonSmith wrote Interesting...
Have you seen this project: http://www.yobbo.co.nz/WirelessCommunity.htm Seems a bit of duplication. > > 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 Hummm... you can't lease space on 802.11abg frequencies... it's public spec space. > * 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 Now that's more like it! > 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. Hummm.... shouldn't be. Wireless sites in AU get sub 10ms ping times. Gaming is one of the main reasons they do it over there. > External Internet charges will also remain at their current levels: > �1.5/MB for national traffic, �8/MB international. Ouch that hurts! Is that really want the uni is paying for data?!?!? Why is the uni paying for volume anyway? The size of the place they should be on a fix pipe. > Oh, and you would > have to be a Canterbury Tertiary Alliance student or staff-member to > use the system :) That bit is just 'wrong' in my view. What happened to open networking? -- Don Gould www.bvc.com.au The technology exists to give every home 10mbits per second for $10 per month!
