[MLB-WIRELESS] What can I get on Melb Wireless.

[ABBENHUYS, Ryan]

Lucas it really sounds like this is not for you.  For the early stages this
is really going to be for dedicated people with an interest in the
technology and an interest in setting up and problem solving.  It sounds to
me like you should be joining in 2 years down the track when things are up
and running (hopefully), and it's just a case of you putting an antenna on
your roof and pointing to your local AP 2k's away.

What you want just doesn't exist yet and it seems instead of offering ideas
you want to know how and when we are going to cross bridges that we simply
haven't got in sight of yet.

> "I would want to talk to people interstate/overseas, local is of no
> interest as phone call is cheap."

Not gonna happen

> "And you mention 100's of megabyts of stuff, what stuff?? who or where
> is this going to be housed?"

Anyone connected to the network who wants to share it for others.

> "I am just looking for a damn good reason to get on, and not that Mel
> Wireless will die in 6 months.
> A thousand dollars is a lot of money to me, to some it may be chicken
> feed, but not to me, thats about 14 months of my optus cable usage..."

Then stick with your Optus cable which provides you with everything you
want.  No good trying to get involved with Melbwireless now in the hope that
you will be able to do everything you could on Optus cable but for free when
they may not happen for 5 years if ever.

> Another Poster replied with a answer "Use my imagination", well love to
> track russian satelites, Find Osma Bin Laden for the reward, get $1 for
> every every Microsoft product sold, but these are just pure fantasy.

They meant you could do anything that you can currently do on the Internet,
but it will be on a much smaller scale amoung Melbwireless users.

> So I am looking for some real justification and uses to ahead with it.

If you are looking for justification you are just a consumer who should only
be with an ISP i think.  Melbwireless would have to be regarded also as a
hobby I believe.

> Just looking for a good reason.

I think you are expecting too much too soon with little or no effort
involved in achieving it.



this is like the longest email i've ever written. :)


-----Original Message-----
From: Lucas Lozo [mailto:lucas.lozo at cdt.com.au]
Sent: Thursday, 10 January 2002 15:03

Is that $280 for a access point to become a node?? thats cheap..
old p100 for $100, maybe but if i wanted one to buy one tommorrow, prob
cost $200-$300 with monitor.
Aerial for $30, what about must, fastners etc..

If you say you can supply all that at around $500, i will give you $200
for your trouble!!
I still say will cost around $1000 and probably a little more once you
install it.
By my calculation using the cheapest hardware i know of, and using s/h
antenna is $1055 for parts alone not labour.

Filesharing/ Video conferencing is only good if you want to talk to
other melb Wireless users, and how many are online 24/7? I would want to
talk to people interstate/overseas, local is of no interest as phone
call is cheap.
And you mention 100's of megabyts of stuff, what stuff?? who or where is
this going to be housed?

Hey Don't get me wrong, When I heard about Melb Wireless i thought it
was a great idea, ran out even bought a galaxy S/H Aerial, but after
that when i started looking at cable/ Mast, access points etc
It went way over $1000, so the arial is gathering dust until i can
justify why i should get on.

I am just looking for a damn good reason to get on, and not that Mel
Wireless will die in 6 months.
A thousand dollars is a lot of money to me, to some it may be chicken
feed, but not to me, thats about 14 months of my optus cable usage...

Another Poster replied with a answer "Use my imagination", well love to
track russian satelites, Find Osma Bin Laden for the reward, get $1 for
every every Microsoft product sold, but these are just pure fantasy.

So I am looking for some real justification and uses to ahead with it.

Since there is some question on internet access legalities, so do we end
up running private Ip's?
Or do we run Fixed Ip with external access some how.
For access points and servers online now, can we publish on melb
wireless site what services, Files, facilities are running we know what
to connect to and do?

Melb Wireless with few users online will give great speed of transfer
etc, But Its like having Porshe 996 in the garage that you never drive,
so whats the point....

Just looking for a good reason.


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