Chad, all-

Now we are talking! I am interested in creating a backbone point-to- 
point network using some of the sites that this group previously  
surveyed on Moos and other sites. I think it would be fun to create a  
high-speed wide-area-coverage network that could be used for anything;  
including letting the users offer a route to the internet on it.

I am interested in:
- Installing the sites, rooftops, equipment for an Wifi network to  
cover the urban city first, then the surrounding suburbs.
- Acquiring sites on the cheap.
- Metrics from someone else that shows that our network is being used  
for stuff.
- Setting up "event" local hotspots that tie back to the rooftop sites  
"backbone?" for events like Taste of ... Acquentennial, Gay Pride,  
whatever-community-event-here.

I am less interested in, but would cheerlead my support for:
- Acquiring equipment.
- Setting up everyone's home wifi ap.
- Setting up and maintaining perminant wifi AP's (non-events).

...Anyone share my interests, or need some cheerleading? The above is  
what I would like to discuss at a future meet-up.

-matt

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Matthew Genelin
Fast Computer Service Co.
612-605-5382

2010 E. Hennepin Ave, Suite 8-122, Box 1
Minneapolis, MN 55413-2760

fastcomputerserviceco.com

On Jul 1, 2009, at 10:52 AM, Chad Walstrom wrote:

> I would have to agree with Tom regarding Chuck's reaction to a public,
> decentralized, mesh-network.  I'm entirely willing to give some of my
> bandwidth up for free; I'm paying for it.  I don't expect to make  
> money
> on it.  I know that there are some college students in nearby house  
> that
> are probably leeching off me anyway.
>
> Failover for loss of my upstream is a very good reason to adopt
> community mesh-networking.  If there was another person in the
> neighborhood willing to provide upstream, and enough people using the
> mesh networking protocol, should my upstream go down, we could still  
> get
> out to the internet.  I don't know why this would be a bad thing.
>
> Anyway, still interested in pursuing this.
>
> Chad
>
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