Re: Could AVCNet do this?

["David Sysko" <davids@neokraft.com>]

On 5 Sep 2001, at 23:08, Jim Hart wrote:

> Adelphia and/or Verizon could be real showstoppers, though, couldn't they?
> If their subscriber agreements prohibit sharing access with anyone outside
> the "household".  Even if they don't, now, they could add that proviso if
> they saw a "free network" as a threat to their revenue.

Please explain just a bit. Beyond a possible pilot through LPL, are 
we talking about subscribing through these providers? I can see 
that they wouldn't like it, but if they are not the provider then 
where's their legal grasping point? Does our connection via Maine 
Schools and Libraries Network have any limitations to access 
provision?

I think this is a most exciting and visible idea. Too bad the space 
outside the library is not more conducive to seating and relaxation. 
It would be nice to provide service to a town commons. Could we 
work with the city to focus our coverage on city parks, public 
grounds?

The element of being outside is a big part of the mystique of 
wireless--where experience seemingly 'floats' beyond infrastructure. 
It lends a second meaning to the 'free' in freenet.

Will commercial ventures (e.g. Auburn Mall Wireless Network) 
come out of this idea if we don't grab the fore(high)ground?

--David