SCN: building wireless community networks

[Doug Schuler]

I also  meant to add that SCNA could provide the transitional 
 501.c.3 designation for the SEattle group if they wanted to
raise funds, etc.  They might have this status already,  however.

-- Doug

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On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, patrick wrote:

> Joe,
> 
> Was this answered already? I've had a hectic day/week:
> 
> http://www.seattlewireless.net
> 
> There is not much to having a wireless network. If you have a WiFi or
> Apple AirPort card installed in your computer, then get onto a DSL
> connection, you can have about 50 people logging into your DSL
> connection. That is it, more or less.
> 
> So it is a matter of organizing people to volunteer to have their
> machine set up to be a wireless station while people can securely tap
> into the pipe.
> 
> Patrick
> 
> 
> --- Joe Mabel <jmabel at speakeasy.org> wrote:
> > Sorry about the very delayed reply.
> > Very cool stuff, indofar as I understand (which is admittedly not
> > far: I'm a
> > software guy, not very h/w knoledgeable).
> > Obviously creating such a network would not be an endeavor for SCN
> > as such, but
> > is it possbile that somewhere under the umbrella of SCNA there
> > might be room to
> > start an interest group or something? Or is there something else
> > already under
> > way in Seattle that we could at least refer people to if they are
> > interested?
> > 
> > --------------------
> > Joe Mabel
> > 
> > On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, patrick wrote:
> > 
> > > New O'Reilly book out called Building Wireless Community
> > Networks:
> > >
> > > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wirelesscommnet/
> > >
> > > Thanks to Apple, they have found a way to expand computing to new
> > > horizons with this highspeed wireless networking to a cool, new
> > > level. It's almost subversive, isn't it?
> > >
> > > Patrick
> > > Seattle Community Network
> > >
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