SCN: The revolution may be wireless

[Brian High]

http://seattleweekly.com/features/0129/tech-fleishman.shtml

The revolution may be wireless

Northwest networkers work toward a complete
communications grid, minus the corporate
interest.

BY GLENN FLEISHMAN

[...]

Seattle finds itself with a growing group of enthusiasts led, as
much as any group of this kind can be led, by Matt Westervelt
under the rubric Seattle Wireless (www.seattlewireless.net). Matt
and others have collected a few dozen geographically dispersed
nodes in homes and places like Aurafice Cafe on Capitol Hill.
They are nearing the point where they stitch these points into a
sprawling, mostly seamless grid using cheap, off-the-shelf, and
even homemade equipment.

[...]

Most volunteers' nodes have a high-speed DSL or cable modem
connection to the Internet. The volunteers are engaging in
anarchic enlightened self-interest: By freely sharing their
bandwidth, they're increasing the value and coverage of the entire
network, making it more likely for others to join and share as
well. (It warms my heart, reminding me strongly of the
1994-vintage barely commercial Internet.)

[...]

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