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size=3>http://www.itnews.com.au/story.cfm?ID=10341</FONT></A><BR><BR><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><BR>I think this one quote is relevant,
where the incompetency shines out:<BR><BR>> 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><BR>....thankyou for
the great representation of community networks, Mr. "War on ISP's".<BR><BR>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><BR>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><BR>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>I'm
here.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>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 the way
things may be headed if this keeps up.</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR>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><BR>-
Ryan</FONT><BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>