[MLB-WIRELESS] Wireless 'cloud' may offer silver lining Orisit just 'pie-in-the-sky' technology?

[dwayne]

Dave Fregon wrote:
> 
> good points, although having a mesh happening before contacting groups is a
> nice idea, I think that helping places that haven't considered the
> technology viable or accessible yet by informing them of how to use it for
> sharing their content is a good idea.

Well, I really think we should wait until we have something to show
them, otherwise they will get really keen, get pissed off, and be
disinclined in the future.

> I don't think melbourne wireless should or would involve itself in activism
> outside things that directly affect it's realm/itself, but I do think that
> these groups are ones that would not only utilise a link for accessing
> content but provide content on their own, and MW has the experience and
> support to be there for them. 

oh yes, totally, this was exactly my thinking.

> Not join with them, but be a resource, as
> these groups are going to use wireless one day, if not already, not coz
> they are geeks, but because it serves a purpose.

Yup!

> If solid links are needed on the mesh, these types of places are the ones
> that would actually utilise the true nature of it, sharing resources as
> opposed to just accessing them.
> trades hall for instance.

Well, yes, we become a real actual community resource instead of a
resource for a heap of individuals.  i.e. we offer stuff to wide groups
of people, as opposed to a network of individuals doing their thing and
hooking up with other individuals.  I see gaming in a similar light.


Dwayne
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