I seem to remember them having an area where they showed examples of people creating a dish out of various items ( woks, etc) they showed them setup with a jerry rig that went out 3kms to an island in wellington harbour ( shore - island). So i think it could be done for less, How much less depends on your engineering electronics know-how.
On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:34, C. Falconer wrote: > http://www.yobbo.co.nz/sales.htm > PCI Card, aerial, some cable $499 inc. > > And you need that setup at all ends. I'd love to do some sort of > connection from home to work (only 900 metres!) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 17 November 2004 9:23 a.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Wirelessweb > > > where do you get $500 from? are you talking about the hardware costs? > > > On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:07:09 +1300 > > "C. Falconer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Maybe I'm having a man's look - but theres no mention of internet > > access other than "We're thinking about it in the future" > > > > And ~$500 is a lot of bling per site to talk to other local people. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, 16 November 2004 9:49 p.m. > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Wirelessweb > > > > > > checkput http://www.yobbo.co.nz/WirelessCommunity.htm it�s the chch > > free > > > > community wireless network. > > > > they have just made it a commercial operation for internet use. > > > > On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 15:09, Ian Laurenson wrote: > > > Does anyone have experience with WirelessWeb? > > > Any problems with using it via Linux? > > > > > > http://www.wirelessweb.co.nz/ > > > > > > Thanks, Ian Laurenson > > > > -- > > Dave Lilley -- Dave Lilley
