Re: Could AVCNet do this?

["Jeffrey B. Ferland" <autocracy@linuxfreemail.com>]

At 10:01 AM 9/7/01 -0400, you wrote:
>It's sure starting to look like the next frontier especially considering 
>the number of news articles i've seen on the subject lately. If we were 
>able to pull it off well and promote it it should generate interest in 
>community networking.  Goals and implementation steps are something we'll 
>need to figure out as a group.  Funding can possibly be raised from local 
>businesses / organizations that would like the idea of providing such 
>access to there customers / members as a free perk / benefit / 
>option.  Assuming security concerns can be addressed i can't personally 
>find a reason why not to share our connection especially considering it 
>would bring a little more attention to LPL.  Need to possibly conduct a 
>small survey to figure out the laptop / pda / cell phone with e-mail question.

Security can be handled. I suggest that we disallow any external IP 
addresses for the obvious reason that we don't need the guy next door 
running his website through the link. 192.168.x.0/32 should be enough per 
transmitter.

>Could we work with the city to focus our coverage on city parks, public 
>grounds?
>
>If we could find a way to put access there I personally thinks it's highly 
>possible.
>The only "green spaces" that i think we could reach (with out running much 
>wire)  from the library are the green space between the library and the 
>lawyers office, and maybe if we're lucky a corner of  the city park.

I suggested that are near Kennedy because of the number of people there. 
Not Kennedy itself, but the critical surrounding functions such as the city 
building and Sun Journal.

>Will commercial ventures (e.g. Auburn Mall Wireless Network) come out of 
>this idea if we don't grab the fore(high)ground?
>
>Why not reach out to the owners of the malls before they reach for 
>themselves.  Definitely a way to get our name out there, and solve the 
>"winter weather of maine" problem (which Rob pointed out) all at the same 
>time.  If we can provide a service to the malls customers if the mall 
>owners supply the funding for just the parts. i really don't think the 
>mall's will mind all that much if we give them the extra business it 
>should draw.

Hmmm, Auburn Mall w/ EB inside + wireless LAN = LAN parties for EB (big 
promo for them), with support by us (yeah, you know you want it!). 
Everybody be happy, eh?

>Adelphia cable modem connections are strictly setup for one device.  They 
>don't support multiple devices, and in fact, the cable modem will only 
>bind to one mac address.  This is pretty simple to get around with the 
>installation of a cable modem router.  DSL through Virizon is the same as 
>Adelphia.

-Jeff
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