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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Seriously, I think you need to forget the Internet access aspect altogether. That's just a whole different ball game.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Legally we can't do it anyway as far as I understand.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>The Melbwireless WAN has to be treated as it's own entity. It's never going to reach the scale of the internet it's just not possible. You're not going to capture the interest of your average Joe Blo who bought a PC + Internet access package from Harvey Norman with free 6 months technical support.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2> The only people who are going to be interested are people interested in developing a wireless community, consisting of file swapping, a small catalogue of web sites, games servers, chat servers, etc.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2> I think it's best compared to an "oldschool" BBS. The only difference is it's wireless.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>that's my thoughts</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>keeping in mind most of the time i have no idea what i'm talking about.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Simon Hall [<A HREF="mailto:simonh@auschar.com.au">mailto:simonh@auschar.com.au</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Wednesday, 9 January 2002 14:48</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I think the real issue here is that people want to be able to connect to the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>internet. Not just a community network. It does appear, for this to move</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>forward a few things need to be sorted. It is clear that there is, in</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>general, a lot of interest.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>It is pretty obvious that without internet access the idea of a wireless</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>network is not as appealing particularly if there is a substantial setup</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>cost.</FONT>
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