you know this would really cool but it does not address the most important point... Who will pay for the bandwidth... free wifi is never free... someone has to pay for the ISP. On 11/25/05, Dan Langille <dan [ at ] langille [ dot ] org> wrote: > > At http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osf_ow/ there is a bilingual > discussion group on the creation of a project similar to "Île sans > fil" (http://wwww.ilesansfil.org/) in the Gatineau/Ottawa area. > > These folks have been to Ottawa twice to give talks about their > project. Their first talk is here: > > http://www.bsdcan.org/2004/papers/wireless.pdf > > In brief, they provide the technical expertise and support for > wireless access points in cafes/bars/etc so that any may use the > wifi. That's something I'd like to see in Ottawa. > > -- > Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ > BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - http://www.bsdcan.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://www.oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux >