Speak to a lawyer and find out what the telco licence requirements are?
Adrian On Fri, Jun 11, 2010, Richard Hayes wrote: > Dear list. > > Parramatta council is keen on e-government (Don't laugh they are willing > to spend money to do it) and minimising the Digital Divide. > > So, I am proposing to create a Mesh for disadvantaged people. > > Optus is offering to pay for a number of DSL connection into the mesh > but volunteers would design and build the network. > > Customers would pay a small fee maybe $10-15 per month to get a > computer, printer and 1Mb wireless connection. > > I think a group of the usual suspects, SLUG, Sydney Wireless, Computer > Bank etc with some funding from Parramatta could build a 500 node MAN > covering lots of Parramatta and give access to many disadvantaged groups. > > Hardware: Donated WRT54s or Refurbished PCs with Linux > Cheap wireless cards with large antenna (7db gain) or Cantenna?? > > The Council is keen and willing to spend some money but it needs > technical help from geeks. > > Any thoughts / suggestions?? > > Regards, > > Richard Hayes > 0414 618 425 > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- - Xenion - http://www.xenion.com.au/ - VPS Hosting - Commercial Squid Support - - $24/pm+GST entry-level VPSes w/ capped bandwidth charges available in WA - -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
