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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Free Wireless project in Ottawa/Gatineau

  • Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Free Wireless project in Ottawa/Gatineau
  • From: "Dan Langille" <dan [ at ] langille [ dot ] org>
  • Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 15:54:33 -0500
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.
> >
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