RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] The Wi-Fi Boom

["Brent Deterding" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

There is now a wireless ISP in St.Louis - $30/month I think. Forget the
name

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From: Michael [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 4:15 PM
To: MLUG discussion
Subject: Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] The Wi-Fi Boom


I just purchased a WiFi 802.11b PCI card to add wireless connectivity to
my LAN.  It was $47 and has a $20 rebate and is Linux compat so not a
bad
price IMO. The antenna it comes with can be replaced to add extra range
if
so desired. I'm going to slap it into my gateway machine and see how
things go. Really not to expensive a way to add a local hot spot.

I'm thinking of getting business-class ISDN or DSL so that I can share
my
bandwidth legally (I checked with the phone company to verify it was
okay.). Possibly open a lil hobby store to spend my free time in and put
up a decent antenea from there.


"There is no justice, just mercy." -- Highlander the Series

;):):-):):-):):-)8')
Michael McGlothlin <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
http://kavlon.org/projects/

On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Mike Miller wrote:

> http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/12/technology/circuits/12wifi.html
>
> N.Y. Times
> December 12, 2002
>
> The Wi-Fi Boom
>
> By ADAM BAER
>
> ON a brisk autumn day in Portland, Ore., Paul van Veen was soaking up
some
> sun as he logged on to the Internet - from a spot in bustling Pioneer
> Courthouse Square. Mr. van Veen was looking for a job, and he was
surfing
> the Web over a free wireless connection.
>
> These days, Pioneer Courthouse Square is but one of some 140 public
spots
> across Portland with free Internet access using a high-speed wireless
> technology known as Wi-Fi. The network of such Wi-Fi "hot spots"
> throughout the city was developed by Personal Telco, a grass-roots,
> nonprofit group devoted to blanketing the city with free access
points.
>
> [snip]
>
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