Re: [chat] Sydney Wireless Network

[Terry Collins <terryc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

James Peter Gregory wrote:

> > http://seattlewireless.net/
> 
> Interesting stuff. I attempted to get broadband happening at my house in
> newtown at the start of the year and eventually gave up because it was so
> difficult.

If you do not mind telling, what were the difficulties? Might be handy
for other people to learn from.

.snip....

> > http://hwy.com.au/~bigmoe/wlan/
> 
> this one looks interesting. Their mentioning of 40 km distances is pretty
> impressive. Of course in Sydney I doubt it would be anywhere near that
> distance because of random obstacles in the way, however the density of
> population in sydney probably means there doesn't need to be that distance
> between nodes anyway.

I think you will find 40kms requires a tailwind, no hase, no humidty,
and a few other things, oh and probably some humungus gear. The big
problem in Sydney will be finding enough people to take part and having
them in the right place.. As I understand it, the Canberra experiment
was really just North Canberra itself.

The next problem is cost.


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