[MLB-WIRELESS] A gimmick for MW

[Ben Anderson]

There are still significant technical problems to solve.  One cannot simply
take laptop, insert wireless card and get any sort of connectivity without a
lot of effort.
When the scaling issues have been solved, this won't need advertising.  It
will happen, and happen quickly.  The question is, where is the technical
solution that's going to allow this to scale to a million nodes over a city
overnight.

Advertising is probably going to mostly enhance peoples frustration, and
increase the flop factor.  Anyone interested enough to put effort in will
already know about melb-wireless.

Ben.


> > I'd like to see a) some indication of
> >who's actually near me - the ndoe database is fine, but it seems
> >everyone's marked as interested rather than testing or running;
> >
>
> I think this is one of the biggest problems with getting the network off
> the ground. Everyone is waiting for everyone else before they do
> anything. Catch 22. Best thing you can do is get your own node
> operational and contact all those you have LOS to, even if they're only
> "interested" and tell them you're up and running, they're in LOS to you,
> and how long until they're up and testing, and what can you do to help.
> I think that above all else, is the motivation someone would need to go
> out and buy the gear.
>
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