Airswitch the name sure brings back memories doesn't it? Take a look at what I found... http://www.isp-planet.com/profiles/airswitch.html
On 10/16/07, Matthew Frederico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/26/07, Sterling Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Are you talking about the American Fork City FTTN Ethernet network? > > > > The American Fork system is quite different from the Utopia/iProvo system. > > It was the old Airswitch network and it shows it's age every time a storm > > comes up. And it wasn't targeted at business so most of the new business > > areas around Home Depot in AF don't even have the option. > > > Wow, that takes me back.. > > I used to work for AirSwitch - in fact was pretty chummy with those guys > for a while even after I left; had [cough] stock etc.. > > If I remember correctly, they were running cat5 along the fence lines of > homes with switches in NEMA enclosures. At one time it was supposed to be > called "backfence.net", but about the time they started getting funding > wireless became (somewhat) affordable so they had to ramp up their > infrastructure which they then turned into an ad-hoc wireless network. > Hence the name "AirSwitch". > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
