[MLB-WIRELESS] Fwd: [mesh] WOAH!

[Robert Tchia]

I second Sneeze on this. Sure I would love to see melb-wireless offer
internet connectivity, but there is no point even contemplating this
until we have a network up and running. 

We should concentrate on setting up a network and the added bonus is
maybe we can have internet too. ATM we should channel all our energy to
building the network and part of this network is to have an AP some
where on Mount Dandy or one of the tall building in the city.


My $0.02.

Cheers
Rob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au [mailto:owner-
> melbwireless at wireless.org.au] On Behalf Of Ryan Abbenhuys
> Sent: Monday, 1 July 2002 2:07 PM
> To: melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Fwd: [mesh] WOAH!
> 
> If we start looking at providing an Internet feed then Melbwireless
moves
> away
> from being a hobby/interest group/organisation, and moves toward being
a
> non-profit
> organisation/business.
> 
> Soon the main contributers have to devote so much time to keeping it
> running,
> they will have to quit their own jobs and work out a way to draw a
wage
> from
> Melbwireless.
> We will have to hire accountants to take care of the books and god
knows
> what
> else.
> 
> My view is that Melbwireless was not intended to be a replacement for
> ISP's.
>  It was never going to interest your average Joe Shmoe who uses the
net to
> check
> his hotmail account, research his family history, and lookup porn.
> It is an alternative for some services that you can use the internet
for,
> like
> file sharing, IRC, gaming, etc.
> 
> And i've said it once and i'll say it again.  Why put energy into
> investigating
> the viability of an Internet feed when you could be putting that
energy
> into
> getting an actual network happening.  I'm thinking we've got a pile of
> people
> here with a Enterasys wireless card in their PC/notebook with no
wireless
> network
> at all saying "yeah sic mate, internet feed for my wireless network,
> wicked".
>  WHAT BLOODY WIRELESS NETWORK?!?!?? You've got a wireless card and a
can
> of
> pears you think you might make into a "cantenna" one day. Big woop.
> 
> I'm starting to feel as if I'm the only person who has something up
and
> running
> and is actually physically making progress instead of just talking and
> speculating
> about it.
> 
> 
> .....okay i'm finished.
> This has been a public annoucement for the "Get off your ass" Party,
> Canberra.
> 
> LMCT 5823
> 
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