[MLB-WIRELESS] APANA Melbourne City hub closing down...

[Peter Long]

I was at the APANA meeting when they first discussed
wireless networking.  I would have thought that at
least they would have set up a small hub on the roof. 
I remember we even had a map of where people were and
what networking could have been done.  But as usual
with lack of interest from anyone and the idea fell
through.  Unfortunately I moved to Sydney and was
unable to get involved.

BTW Abo did you ever get that community wireless
happening in the outback community that you talked
about?

I doubt if any organisation could afford $300 per
month just to reserve a meeting room.  Things have
certainly changed from the days of 28.8k modems and a
phone line for each.  Now we are discussing VOIP over
wireless networks which will free us all from the
Telstra network.

Anyway just my opinion........

Peter Long

BTW I think one of those modems is mine!

--- Donovan Baarda <abo at minkirri.apana.org.au> wrote:

> G'day,
> 
> I know this appears off topic, but bare with me...
> 
> APANA Melbourne has had it's hub in the city for
> many years. This hub is
> located in Ross House on Little Lonsdale Street,
> between Swanson and Queen
> Streets. APANA Melbourne has now shrunk to the point
> where we cannot afford
> the cheap rent by ourselves. Unless we can negotiate
> some sort of sharing
> deal with another organisation in the next month, we
> are going to loose it,
> and once it's gone we'll never get it back.
> 
> At one stage APANA checked out the roof of Ross
> House and negotiated access.
> It has good views to the south of the city, and we
> have verbal permission to
> put wireless gear there. APANA Melbourne is
> shrinking, but melbwireless is
> growing. If melbwireless ever wanted a
> member-neutral hub/office space, at
> just under $300/month including electricity etc, it
> is a pretty good deal.
> Ross House has extra facilities like meeting rooms
> etc that APANA has used
> extensively in the past.
> 
> Even if we do negotiate a favourable deal, it's
> debatable whether APANA
> Melbourne still needs a hub. At this stage, we are
> pretty much planning on
> de-commissioning it unless something radical
> happens. When we do shut it
> down, we'll have a heap of gear to get rid of, which
> we will probably flog
> on ebay and/or sell to the first decent offer.
> 
> The hub has three full height racks, heaps of
> connectivity, 6 server
> machines, 3 DOV capable cisco 5802's, a 72 port
> annex, a netcomm rackmodem
> (14 x 28.8k, 1 x33.6K), shelves full of crap, more
> old modems than you can
> imagine, and a desk. Obviously APANA members will
> get first dibs, and we
> will keep some of this gear, but you get the idea.
> 
>
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