[mesh] Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Here comes the pain...

Matthew.C.Boyd at uts.edu.au Matthew.C.Boyd at uts.edu.au
Sat Sep 21 16:59:23 EST 2002


At 04:32 PM 21/09/02 +1000, Donovan Baarda wrote:
>On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 03:01:29PM +1000, Ryan Abbenhuys wrote:
> > Personally, and I think there's probably others who feel the same way, I
> > wouldn't want a wireless ISP 5km's away using me to jump to another node
> > another 10km's away.  They're a business, making money, where I'm a
> > hobbiest, who's invested a lot of money in a lot of nerdy equipment.  And
> > unless they're prepared to pay me a few thousand dollars per anum I 
> wouldn't
> > want them using me for profit.

another way to look at it could be would you object to helping your 
neighbours get reasonably priced broadband? What if you could access the 
wireless network elsewhere and your bandwidth was increased because there 
were more routes and shorter links? It *could be a two way street.

Matt



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