[Hudlug] Non profit Wlan fr hudds???

[Dominic Myers]

     I've already posted but Les makes some
interesting points which have got me thinking. There
was me looking at the blue sky potential of the
technology, forgetting that it has immediate benefits
to provide.
     One does wonder however, who pays? And who pays
when European funding and sponsorship dries up? Might
we not merely be replacing one robber baron for one of
our own?
     Perhaps that is slightly negative, certainly it
would guarantee Huddersfield a mention in G2 on a
Thursday if nothing else (The Guardian just plain
loves Wi-Fi!), and perhaps a wireless version of the
GPL might be created, something along the lines of a
fair price for a fair bandwidth - that £150 p.a. does
sort of sound tempting, especially for the use of a
satellite.
Dom


 --- Les Burns <l.burns@btclick.com> wrote: > I'm not
suggesting we share "our" as in our xdsl/
> cable, you could share
> at least one 2Mb satellite down link (£150/yr kind o
> screws over my
> £360/yr 0.5mb ADSL not including phone line).
> As for security, the 64bit encrypted WEG keys offer
> another level
> security over that already implemented by any normal
> wired LAN operating
> guest accounts.
> The reason I felt it would be of interest, is that
> to my mind its very
> much in the vain of the GPL, Linux, and the fsf.
> When something doesn't
> work or you are being held to ransom by a
> corporation, vote with your
> feet- use technology to change the situation. Theres
> loads of people in
> Huddersfield excluded because location, and plenty
> that plain can't
> afford it. Thats were EU/ council funding comes in.
> If you can provide a
> non profit service to the community, especially one
> that enables people/
> provides an avenue for sponsorship from local
> business/ can be a
> prestigious (if you look on the web for other areas
> in Britain with
> wireless access they tend revolve around London and
> the south east with)
> then there will always be a source of funding
> available.
> Its just an idea, but its an exciting one.
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2002-09-11 at 11:57, Rob Shakir wrote:
> > So we share our internet via wireless links so
> everyone can have a faster internet? It sounds a
> very trusting venture, not sure about it at all!
> > 
> > Shak
> > 
> > > 
> > > From: Andy Macdonald <andy@greenhead.ac.uk>
> > > Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 09:55:30 BST
> > > To: hudlug@mailman.lug.org.uk
> > > Subject: Re: [Hudlug] Non profit Wlan fr
> hudds???
> > > 
> > > Les,
> > > 
> > > Are you suggesting setting up a WLAN club to set
> up site/s in Hudds?
> > > 
> > > On Wed, 11 Sep, Les Burns  wrote:
> > > > http://www.wlan.org.uk/page2.html
> > > > 
> > > > Follow the links to this informative site, its
> quite eyeopening.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > >
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> > > -- 
> > > Andy Macdonald
> > > Network Manager, Greenhead College
> > > Huddersfield, HD1 4ES, England.
> > > Tel: 01484 422032
> > > Mobile: 07932 635057
> > > See award winning web site:
> > > http://www.greenhead.ac.uk
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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> > Shak - Rob Shakir
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> if it boots up it is perfect." - Linus Torvalds
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