[wellylug] WiFi WANs

Jeremy Naylor jeremy.naylor at r2.co.nz
Fri Mar 5 13:01:29 NZDT 2004


Hey Chris and all,

I bought my WLAN NIC for NZ$150.

What are they selling for these days? I haven't been watching the prices, 
because since I've already got one - I don't want & need another one.

Thanks,

Jeremy Naylor.

At 11:58 PM 3/4/2004 +1300, you wrote:

>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

Jeremy Naylor
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