On Dec 10, 2003, at 1:40 PM, Jacob Farkas wrote:
Joe et al,
Business travelers can and do compute in parks, hotels, bars, restaurants,
etc. Ricochet covered the entire city to make their network pretty darn
useful to their clientele.
Regarding Michael's comment about the option to use 802.11:
I was referring to the cost of their use of licensed spectrum in their
operation, the "modems" were connecting to the lamppost using 900 MHz. The
COST of using unlicensed spectrum in their backhaul was part of their
investment, adding to their costs.
Bottom line:
A large number of nodes with diverse ownership, sharing common principles,
using cheap, readily available technology, can offer a greater service -in
the long run - than a single, proprietary service that needs to finance
their operation to stay afloat.
No doubt. I love Linux :-) .
Michael
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