[MLB-WIRELESS] MCG wifi

[Michael Vale]

It's free but limited to port 80 afaik.  Node customers can login and 
gain full access.

Victor wrote:
> >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 
> <mailto:mw at freenet.net.au>> wrote:
>
>     Interesting – I’d love to know just how far the interpretation of
>     ‘free’ goes.
>
>      
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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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>      
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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?
>
>     Cheers!
>
>     Mike.
>
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>     *From:* melbwireless-bounces at wireless.org.au
>     <mailto:melbwireless-bounces at wireless.org.au>
>     [mailto: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
>     <mailto:syd-wireless at lists.sydneywireless.com>;
>     melbwireless at wireless.org.au <mailto: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,
>
>     Dean Collins
>     Cognation Inc
>     dean at cognation.net
>     <mailto:dean at cognation.net>+1-212-203-4357   New York
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> Victor ('Daworm')
> Melbourne Wireless Node: KDJ & KDT
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