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I've been spending some time on www.linuxnewbieboarg.org, and came across a post about a company that has set up broad band wireless access into villages in rural USA. Great idea really. Also found out about some geeks from California doing something similar with Oreily. http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2001/05/03/longshot.html http://www.wavelan.com/template.html?section=m85&page=2818&envelope=227 I was wondering if it would be possible to set up a city wide sort of thing in a similar way, bypassing ADSL, and creating a "community area network". Cant find much on what licences you need though. What I thought about, as a pipedream, nothing real as I'm sure it's much more complex, was this: Next year I move out of uni and leave my 10mbit connection behind :( A lot of students are in a similar fix, and there is bound to be a small demand for cheap net access. I was wondering if it would be possible to set up a transmitter at Exeter Uni (top of harrison building say), and a receiver base at some point in Mt. Plesant - and have that controlling a wireless ethernet over a large distance (say half a mile). This is all theorectically mind you. I was wondering 1) What are the capabilities of Ethernet 802.11 in built up areas? 2) What kind of licence is needed to operate the equipment in a scenario like that ^^^? 3) How much does the equipment cost? -- Paul Weaver p.j.weaver@xxxxxxxx Room c210, Moberly, Duryard. "Well, it's the open source concept, but one notch better, because the source wouldn't be open" - Derek Burney, CEO Corel. And people wonder why no one likes "Corel Linux" "Microsoft product suspected. Linux zealot team scrambled to liquidate target. ETA 6 minutes." -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.