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I don't see what the big deal is. Well I do, but I don't think it's worth
worrying about. It's only a network, god damn.. I got into wireless over
a year ago now and still just have my own home network setup here in Melb.
And I'm not going to sit around and have someone tell me what I can and can't
have on my own network. If some people want net across to their wireless
networks then so be it I say, that's their choice.. and if people don't want
internet on their networks then that's theirs. We have choices. I know that
for one, I'm not going to pay anymore money to telstra or in the future want
to pay any money to another telstra wannabe, they'd suck the 5 bucks I have
out of my pocket right now if they could. Personally I think the net's pretty
boring now days anyway...I think it would be more fun seeing more content
on the wireless networks build up for free, why pay for something that can
be free? Why get greedy? when we bring money issues into these projects it
always loses it's cool. <br>
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Just my 5 bucks worth. <br>
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-Mk<br>
E-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:admin@gridlocked.net">admin@gridlocked.net</a><br>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Just read that URL. I'm a slight
bit peeved after reading it. I don't<br>
understand how one man could make Melb Wireless look so freakin' bad.<br>
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I think this one quote is relevant, where the incompetency shines out:<br>
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> Melbourne Wireless president Steven Haigh said his organisation is
not<br>
trying to undercut the ISPs. "At the moment, we are not trying to rival
the<br>
ISPS at all," he said.<br>
> "Not yet, but you never know what happens," he added.<br>
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....thankyou for the great representation of community networks, Mr. "War
on ISP's".<br>
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I've not heard a lot from Haigh, but I've heard him *continually* contradict<br>
himself, and generally make Melbourne Wireless (and community wireless<br>
groups in general) look very taunting to telecommunication corporations.<br>
Its evident even in that one article. Thank god Duane has half a clue on<br>
how to explain things, which stopped the article from going the way it<br>
seemed to be headed.<br>
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I'm strongly of the opinion that Haigh may mean the end of free community<br>
wireless in Australia. Statements that he makes *all the time* is going
to<br>
get us killed. The reason we are here is because this is a hobby, not<br>
because we're deliberately trying to rip off a company. Our represented<br>
attitudes is directly dependent on how the 'giants' handle us. I honestly<br>
do believe its possible that they could kill us completely off, if they<br>
wanted.<br>
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Melb Wireless - I'm not sure if I'm the only one who feels this way, but
you<br>
may want to re-evaluate who you have as your head man. Remember - these<br>
people are representing YOU, and the future of community networks.<br>
Personally I'm satisfied with people like Craig and Duane, who in media-type<br>
situations have expressed the community's general interest accurately, and<br>
not make us look like a bunch of warez kiddies. That's certainly not why<br>
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My general problem is the fact that anything Haigh says to represent Melb
Wireless just doesn't nessecarily reflect them; it actually reflects any
community group in Australia. And as a result of that, we get the repercussions
of such statements that he may make. I'm not comfortable with that, or
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I think we all need to look at the big picture again and realise why we
want<br>
this. People are getting a /tad/ distracted.<br>
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