On Feb 27, 2008, at 11:42 AM, Martin Acupanda wrote: > Currently I still don't have internet in our place for the following > reason: > 1. I have to pay additional 4000+ pesos just so I can connect to their > "nearest box" which I don't want to. > 2. My home is far from the nearest transmitter of Smart's Smartbro > site. I don't want to risk installing a very high antenna mast. Can be > dangerous during stormy days. > 3. Skycable's ZPDee is still months before it reaches our place. > > So in the mean time, I thought of setting up this little project so I > can connect with my neighbors or them connecting to me. Or another > idea will be a tiny neighborhood wifi broadcast station and then have > loads of fun. >
An open door--- i.e. an open wifi for a geek means "i'm willing to share" but the non-geeks might not be aware that others can just come in. in other words, they may not know. So regardless of what any law says, i think it is just being a good neighbor to ask for access, even if it is open. Guess, it's the 21st century equivalent of calling first before dropping by for a visit kinda polite. it would seem to me the best choice would be your idea for a neighborhood wifi. if you've got good relationship with your neighbors, and the distance between houses would not require setting up costly infrastructure, and you all would like to share, a Co-Op- style wifi system with your nearest neighbor(s) might prove to be cost effective. Of course, you'd have to crunch the numbers to see if it is worth doing at all. not to mention figure out rules about downloading stuff from you know where; who gets access, what other benefits like maybe your idea for a webserver which you could turn to your own- neighborhood-centric social network, etc. etc. A neighborhood co-op style wifi would be fun. ------------------ Cocoy "People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware." --Alan Kay _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
