[wellylug] WiFi WANs
Chris Harris
chris.harris at actrix.gen.nz
Thu Mar 4 23:58:01 NZDT 2004
> Jethro Carr said
> In fact, why buy internet at all? ;)
>
> Check out this, if you already have't:
> http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/03/02/0023236&mode=thread
which says
"...SFLan is purposely staying within the boundaries of the city of San
Francisco, and it is starting small. The network is built upon independent,
daisy-chained, high-gain antennas and rooftop boxes that do two things: a)
point directly at the nearest neighboring network box -- or to the main
power antenna atop San Bruno Mountain in South San Francisco -- to hook into
a network connection; and b) take the connection and spread it around in all
directions, so that the next neighboring box -- or connected device -- can
hook up.
The little network is up to 27 nodes at the moment..."
The Wellington WiFi WAN on the other hand is at 31 nodes. See
http://www.nodedb.com/newzealand/ni/wellington
Although there is much in the way of Internet connectivity yet, but with the
cards under $100 now, I foresee an explosive growth.
Chris
More information about the wellylug
mailing list