RE: [WISPA] Google's WIFI- San Francisco

2005-10-02 Thread Jonathan Schmidt
ock solid for me. . . . j o n a t h a n -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David E. Smith Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 1:12 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: RE: [WISPA] Google's WIFI- San Francisco Jonathan Schmidt wrote: > I understand that G

Re: [WISPA] Google's WIFI- San Francisco

2005-10-02 Thread Dylan Oliver
I downloaded the client, and was most interested to see the tagline in the "About" window: Tunc tua res agitur, Paries cum proximus ardet. Which my extensive training in classical Latin interprets as: Then your property is in danger, when the nearest wall is burning. I'd definitely take tha

RE: [WISPA] Google's WIFI- San Francisco

2005-10-01 Thread David E. Smith
Jonathan Schmidt wrote: > I understand that GOOGLE has a proprietary piece of client software. > Perhaps it's secured. Are you thinking of the stuff that was (very briefly) available from wifi.google.com, or something else? (Note: The above URL now just redirects to the g00gle home page, but the

RE: [WISPA] Google's WIFI- San Francisco

2005-10-01 Thread Jonathan Schmidt
WISPA] Google's WIFI- San Francisco Imagine a network sniffer on the world's largest, free wifi network... Then imagine more networks - NYC - Atlanta, Dallas, Miami, Chicago, Denver, Etc... Then imagine where all those sniffed bits go...yep...you guessed it, a database... Then g

Re: [WISPA] Google's WIFI- San Francisco

2005-10-01 Thread Brian Rohrbacher
How much would it hurt the SBCs and Comcasts if Google takes over in the big cities? Does SBC get a lot of money from these big markets? Brian George wrote: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051001/ap_on_hi_te/google_wireless_internet So what is the deal here? Do the local wisps just get hammere

RE: [WISPA] Google's WIFI- San Francisco

2005-10-01 Thread Rick Smith
Imagine a network sniffer on the world's largest, free wifi network... Then imagine more networks - NYC - Atlanta, Dallas, Miami, Chicago, Denver, Etc... Then imagine where all those sniffed bits go...yep...you guessed it, a database... Then guess where they determine what the most popular se