Re: [LUG] More Wireless stuff

[Kelly Jones <kj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I can't remeber if i have already mentioned it but this sounds like a 
fantastic idea.  
Count me in


On Monday 04 June 2001 12:44, you wrote:
> After a mishap with fetchmail losing 93 (thankfully read) messages of mine,
> I lost the last few days emails :'(
>
> For anyone interested in wlans in general,
> http://www.wlan2.dabsol.co.uk/page2.html is a good site. Apparently you can
> get a 2MB/s satelite downlink for about #150 a year too.
>
> From what I've seen, you can get a pretty fast internet connection (perhaps
> a mixture of satelite and leased line) for a relativly small cost. Spread
> between enough people and economies of scale, it should be possible to get
> high speed for a low cost.
>
> With a low enough cost (say #10 a month), a lot of poeple would be
> interested. I dont think #10 a month per person is unreasonable either,
> even with a fairly low contention ratio.
>
> Anyway, I'm sure that if anyone is interested enough to get it going (in
> any region of exeter), it would be good fun. I'm guessing a lot of people
> on the list wont want to hear about it though - especially the people in
> plymouth and other areas of D&C :)
>
> If there are others interested (apart from me and Phil Vossler), speak up
> now!
>
> /me is kicking himself for being too lazy to get up for Simons LDE talk!
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