On Wed, 2003-12-24 at 13:05, Don Gould - BVC wrote: > Why muffin and not squid?
AFAIK Squid don't run under Java. > Also how do you intend to get internet data into the private wireless network? Bugger. Thought I'd made that clear in the document. Is it not? That's what the Community Proxy does. When people access their own private Internet links through the Community Proxy, the pages they access become available to the whole community. For most people around here that'd be through dial-up, but the more users that join the network, the better the chance of a cache hit and hence a high-speed download. As community networks grow, they'll start to encompass users who host their own websites with local content. These then become available to the local community through the wireless network (the maintainer just has to "spider" the site through a Community Proxy if it is not hosted locally). Local content is then free, and fast. Our local council will probably be interested in allowing access to their own websites, and may well subsidise some form of link to accomplish this. hen a lot more community sites follow, and before you know it your community runs its own part of the Internet, access and all. Vik :v) -- This PC runs Linux. If you find a virus apparently from me, it has forged the e-mail headers on someone else's machine. Please do not notify me when this occurs. Thanks.
