[MLB-WIRELESS] MCG wifi

[Victor]

>From what I've seen of Node's Free HotSpots... it's actually for Node
Subscribers. Maybe they plan to offer limited services via this connection?

On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 5:25 PM, <mw at freenet.net.au> wrote:

>  Interesting – I’d love to know just how far the interpretation of ‘free’
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> I’ve worked on some projects similar to this recently, and the term ‘free’
> usually has some fairly loose definitions! ;-)
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> Most free services I have seen are ‘free to subscribers’ or ‘free for the
> first x hours/minutes/megabytes’ or ‘free for this set of web sites’ etc.
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> Sometimes they are packed with pop-up adware or shaped to crawling speeds,
> or limited in service availability.
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> In the end, someone has to pay – and it’s not usually the ISP (though
> sometimes it is).  I wonder how much the MGC group will end up paying for
> this?
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> Cheers!
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> Mike.
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> *From:* melbwireless-bounces at wireless.org.au [mailto:
> melbwireless-bounces at wireless.org.au] *On Behalf Of *Dean Collins
> *Sent:* Friday, 27 March 2009 3:28 PM
> *To:* syd-wireless at lists.sydneywireless.com; melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> *Subject:* [MLB-WIRELESS] MCG wifi
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> http://www.crn.com.au/News/99750,case-study-internode-free-wifi-at-the-mcg.aspx
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> Any comments?
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> Regards,
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> Dean Collins
> Cognation Inc
> dean at cognation.net
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-- 
Victor ('Daworm')
Melbourne Wireless Node: KDJ & KDT
AoCWiki Sysop  (http://aoc.wikia.com/)
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