The key is having support from your ISP to gateway public traffic.
TimeWarner is pretty adamant about people not NATting open APs on their
network. And, yes, it does violate their ToS and they are actively
prosecuting those that do so in NY.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/01/technology/01WIFI.html?pagewanted=print
http://www.nycwireless.net/
If we could find an ISP willing to offer bandwidth geographically
dispersed enough to run a few well placed high-gain antennas on public
APs, we could make a go of this legally.
Otherwise, the best you can do is invest in some DLink APs hacked with
Linux with two cards (meshing WSP uplink and local AP STA) to "chain"
service along from a ISP point that will offer such public service.
http://opensource.instant802.com/
There are other projects that aren't so finicky though:
Anything else is on VERY shaky legal grounds.
It might be nice to put a few 802.11 wireless links up on the SLUG page:
http://www.dailywireless.org/
http://80211b.weblogger.com/
http://www.personaltelco.net
I've been keeping track of a few links and topics now and again in the
weblinks section on wizdom:
- Ian C. Blenke <icblenke@nks.net> <ian@blenke.com>
http://ian.blenke.com
On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 00:22, Mario Lombardo wrote:
> 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
-- Ian C. Blenke <icblenke@nks.net> Networked Knowledge Systems
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