How about changing the SSID on wrouters to "SLUG"? Would that work?
We could host a picture of the coverage area on our website. Kind of
like a multiple radius chart like the cell phone companies
do--finally, we could blot a whole area. When we've had enough
members, we'd have wireless Internet for free.
More joy more joy! I'm going to climb a flagpole with tin foil
wrapped around me head-to-toe, "FREE da WIMAN!!!...FREE da WIMAN!!!"
then I'll fall off and people will mourn. eehh I have to go to bed.
/mario
>I think for a SLUG ISP, wireless would be the only affordable way to go. the
>cost would go to each user, to buy a wiresless card, and a decent antenna. The
>other major chunk would go to renting a dish on a tower(s) to beam to us our
>respective protocols. this could at least serve a larger area per cost then
>renting CLEC or ILEC phone/isdn or cable equipment. If the rented dish(es)
>and other equipment needed is pro rated through a loan <perhaps an entrepeneur
>loan via our gov't?> just consolodate loans, and if we have enough
>users that
>pay the month fee <is 30-40 within reason for wireless broadband?>,
>it doesn't
>sound that far fetched. The worst thing is coming up with the loan/lease for
>equipment.. but alas, im not even sure of the prices... although they
>probably go up everyday. :-P anyways.. have fun SLUG humans :)
>-craig
>
>
>> On Thu, 2002-08-15 at 12:37, Mikes work account wrote:
>> > Why not invite all SLUG's everywhere to join? Think of it,,An all Linux
>> > ISP. Now of course I want to have DSL speed like I do now with earthlink.
>> >
>> > there must be thousands of us and I think it takes thousands just to break
>> > even on the costs.
>> >
>> > Michael C. Rock
>>
>> Access Unlimited is an all linux ISP serving Englewood, Venice, Sarasota
>> Bradenton, Clearwater and I think most of Tampa and St Pete. Prices
>> start at $19.00 / month, which is about average. Co-location services
>> and provides broadband (DSL). Here is a biz card from him.
>>
>> Access Unlimited
>> "Your Internet Gateway to The World"
>> 5550 Bee Ridge Rd., E-4, Sarasota, FL 34233
>> Phone: (941) 371-0111 / Fax: (941) 379-2459
>> Outside of Sarasota, Bradenton, Venice:
>> Call Toll-Free: 1-877-704-9580
> >
> > http://www.acun.com/
> >
> > -Austin Theen
> > Penguin Development, LLC
> > Websites | Hosting | Co-lo
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