[MLB-WIRELESS] Connecting nodes/clusters and expanding the mesh via Internet tunnels.

[Gizimoto]

The major flaw with connecting nodes via broadband internet links is that
the upload speed of most companies is limited to 128 or even 64kbps.

iiNet provide a 512/128kbps (download/upload) package at an reasonable
price.  However with 128kbps upload you can only expect to be able to send
data at around 14KiloBytes per second.  As you can imagine it would take
very little traffic to saturate this link.

When you consider that 300-600kbps speeds are achievable with 802.11b trying
to stuff that into 128kbps makes your better than cable connected speed =>
almost dialup.

I was considering this case in Albury/Wodonga where two wireless nodes could
cross the interstate gap from Vic->NSW.  But at these speeds for anything
other than email, it would seem fairly pointless.  Especially considering
the owners of the nodes/internet links would most likely still want to use
them with minimal performance losses.

Besides most ISPs forbid transmission of their internet connection over
wireless to anyone other than your immediate family members (or some such).

    Mark


----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Dean" <ferni at shafted.com.au>
To: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>; "Toliman" <toliman at ihug.com.au>
Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Connecting nodes/clusters and expanding the mesh
via Internet tunnels.


> You wont get broadband in blink time...  :)  friends have it here in melb
> and in blink time they can barely surf overseas sites and can't get more
> than 10k/sec download from anywhere. Was fine when they first got it a
> couple of months ago or a month ago, can't remember, but its just going
down
> hill as everyone expected.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Toliman" <toliman at ihug.com.au>
> To: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
> Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 6:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Connecting nodes/clusters and expanding the
mesh
> via Internet tunnels.
>
>
> > At 05:09 PM 7/09/2002, kase wrote:
> > >On Sat, Sep 07, 2002 at 04:25:50PM +1000, Matt wrote:
> > > > I think iinet offers free local as well.
> > >
> > >It does indeed.  It also offers speed throtoling when you
> > >go over your monthly Mb limit (rather than charging you
> > >$$$ untill you realise :-)
> > >
> > >kase (gettin iiNet next week :-)
> >
> > i'll also be joining iiNet next week give or take the application delay
of
> > approving DSL. my ADSL modem is in the mail :))
> >
> > i'm going to enjoy the bliinkenlights of broadband.
> >
> > Toliman.
> >
> > >--
> > >Hayden (kase) Oberin, kase at vurt.net, City App.Sci Helpdesk Staff
> > >Studying: 4th Year Double Degree Student, RMIT University (CY)
> > >B.Eng(Communication Engineering) & B.App.Sc(Computer Science)
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