[MLB-WIRELESS] What can I get on Melb Wireless.

[Jason Hecker]

>I mean If I am going to spend in excess of $1000 to set all this up what
>use will it be to me?

Well the cost would be more like this:

Wireless card and PCI adapter:       ~$280
Old P100 running Linux as router:    <$100
20m LMR400 and connectors:            ~$100
Aerial, homemade or 2nd hand Galaxy:  $30

About $510 all up.

>So what else can i do with it???

Anything.  You can set up your own game server (you get the best ping), 
filesharing, file-pooling (as mentioned in a previous mail), voice over IP, 
video conferencing, you name it.  I'd say the file pooling and sharing 
would be the most beneficial.  A potential conglomerate of many hundreds of 
gigabytes worth of stuff, all downloadable for free.

>I think think the main advantage of the melb wireless stuff is for small
>home business that cannnot afford expensive corportate/internet Data
>links between two locations.

Possibly.  But that sort of goes into the carrier arena methinks.  Perhaps 
it's not on.  But, why not?

>But then if bandwidth is consumed by these small businesses, wont other
>users/nodes etc get upset?

Yes.  I think Melb Wireless itself should have low commercial usage 
priorities as it may never ever be a reliable enough network for business 
critical applications.


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