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  From: Adam W <woja@optusnet.com.au>
  To  : David Lloyd <lloy0076@adam.com.au>
        Ryan Verner  <xfesty@computeraddictions.com.au>
  Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 13:35:55 +1100

RE: Another Wireless Network Idea

> > Perhaps getting involved with some people who have been 
> involved with 
> > the whole wireless movement for a lot longer then you have 
> is a good 
> > idea?

There are heaps of these now. I wont bother to name all, but there is a
lot of activity in sydney. www.sydneywireless.com I am a member, and it
was great to find a person who was also a member that lives in the
property directly behind mine. Although he is only about 50m away, he
cant access my AP because of one tree - which is a damn shame! Funnily
enough, we could just run a 100mb ethernet cable and be done with it!

> Most of Ian Loxton's ideas are reasonably sound providing he 
> doesn't fall over the ACA. Until recently air-stream:
> 
> * http://www.air-stream.org/
> 
> ...have been a group of 6 people who have been working 
> reasonably well to pull up a wireless network in Adelaide. 
> However they do have work commitments, study committments and 
> a social life. They also suffer from the "wireless is a great 
> idea but we expect to be able to be part of your network for 
> absolutely no money at all" syndrome.
> 
> Providing wireless access points, no matter how you look at 
> it, is not free. Coordinating a community wireless group does 
> cost  e v e n  i f 
> you cannot by law make a profit to distribute to shareholders 
> or members of the group.
> 
> But I suspect some people wouldn't pay even $5 to be a member 
> of "air-stream" even though I believe it's worth at least ten 
> times that figure to be a member of that organisation.
If it was available close to me, without needing too much extra
equipment (i.e $1000 antenna) I would pay a good amount too!


Cheers.
Happy New year.

AW.

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