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

[Clae]

which is the polite way of saying what i tried to say, in a, well, 
not so polite way.

"ask not what melbwireless can do for you, but what you can do for 
melbwireless"

to paraphrase

>Lucas it really sounds like this is not for you.  For the early 
>stages this is really going to be for dedicated people with an 
>interest in the technology and an interest in setting up and problem 
>solving.  It sounds to me like you should be joining in 2 years down 
>the track when things are up and running (hopefully), and it's just 
>a case of you putting an antenna on your roof and pointing to your 
>local AP 2k's away.
>
>What you want just doesn't exist yet and it seems instead of 
>offering ideas you want to know how and when we are going to cross 
>bridges that we simply haven't got in sight of yet.
>
>  > "I would want to talk to people interstate/overseas, local is of no
>>  interest as phone call is cheap."
>
>Not gonna happen
>
>  > "And you mention 100's of megabyts of stuff, what stuff?? who or where
>>  is this going to be housed?"
>
>Anyone connected to the network who wants to share it for others.
>
>  > "I am just looking for a damn good reason to get on, and not that Mel
>>  Wireless will die in 6 months.
>>  A thousand dollars is a lot of money to me, to some it may be chicken
>  > feed, but not to me, thats about 14 months of my optus cable usage..."
>
>Then stick with your Optus cable which provides you with everything 
>you want.  No good trying to get involved with Melbwireless now in 
>the hope that you will be able to do everything you could on Optus 
>cable but for free when they may not happen for 5 years if ever.
>
>  > Another Poster replied with a answer "Use my imagination", well love to
>>  track russian satelites, Find Osma Bin Laden for the reward, get $1 for
>>  every every Microsoft product sold, but these are just pure fantasy.
>
>They meant you could do anything that you can currently do on the 
>Internet, but it will be on a much smaller scale amoung Melbwireless 
>users.
>
>  > So I am looking for some real justification and uses to ahead with it.
>
>If you are looking for justification you are just a consumer who 
>should only be with an ISP i think.  Melbwireless would have to be 
>regarded also as a hobby I believe.
>
>  > Just looking for a good reason.
>
>I think you are expecting too much too soon with little or no effort 
>involved in achieving it.
>
>
>
>this is like the longest email i've ever written. :)
>
>

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