On 1 February 2011 18:39, Joel Weishaus <weish...@pdx.edu> wrote: > How about getting the money from a wealthy believer in free communication > for the arts to build and put up a satelite?
I hear there's many of those on Gliese 581 g (a possible goldilocks planet in the constellation of Libra). > > -Joel > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Simon Biggs" <si...@littlepig.org.uk> > To: "NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity" > <netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org> > Cc: <ja...@consume.net> > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 7:30 AM > Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Long Range Independent Infrastructures... > > > What about stealing satelite bandwidth? Is that possible? If there is an > uplink at the centre of an (urban) network of wi-fi stations it might be > possible to connect all the little urban islands together. > > Best > > Simon > > > On 01/02/2011 13:15, "James Wallbank" <ja...@lowtech.org> wrote: > >> Hello All, >> >> Over the last few years Consume.Net and others have been talking about >> independent network infrastructures - in other words, artists, activists >> and other independently-minded people building communications networks >> that don't rely on commercial service providers. >> >> While it's totally feasible to create free wifi hotspots, and you can >> extend them to perhaps 500m range, this falls short of genuine, free >> communication - the heavy lifting still gets done by the cable >> providers. The problem is long range links. >> >> I don't propose to set out the arguments about why independent >> communications infrastructures are interesting here, but just look at >> the way that the Egyptian Government has just "switched off the >> internet" or the way that WikiLeaks' commercial hosts dropped them like >> a hot potato under who-knows-what pressure, and you start to see one >> point. >> >> Either way around, the long-range link problem has been persistent - >> sure, you can send slow digital signals (about 1200 baud) over shortwave >> for hundreds of kilometers - apart from the fact that it's illegal, easy >> to detect, and feasible to block. So what can the aspiring independent >> communicator do? >> >> Ronja - point-to-point communications using high-intensity LEDs and >> telescopes, is quite nice - these can have a range of a kilometer or >> more. If you use infrared LEDs nobody notices you're communication, >> either. >> >> Then one of our Access Spacers who's a radio ham saw this recent >> experiment using light-arrays to transmit analog communications a cool >> 87 kilometers. Now that's more like it! With a half-dozen relay points >> we could start building a trans-regional network. >> >> Check it out! http://krystynahaywood.co.uk/sarc/2011/01/711/ >> >> Best Regards, >> >> James >> ===== >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> > > > Simon Biggs > si...@littlepig.org.uk > http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ > > s.bi...@eca.ac.uk > http://www.elmcip.net/ > http://www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- _ : http://jwm-art.net/ -audio/image/text/code/ _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
