On 25 Nov 2005 at 15:11, Phil wrote: > 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. The bar/whatever pays for the connection. I'm pretty sure that's covered in the list I posted below. > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://www.oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux > > -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - http://www.bsdcan.org/