Monday, January 27, 2003|
The Register article Become a wireless ISP: for £300 discusses using the Locustworld MeshBox to build mesh networks.
Its simplest form is with a single antenna, which works on WiFi (802.11b) standards anywhere in the world, and provides shared access to the PC, but also looks for other Meshbox installations in the neighbourhood. There's a second option; an additional, long-range antenna, which you can mount on the roof of your house, to pick up signals from other Meshboxes further away - across the village, perhaps. What is really neat this that you can combine several broadband feeds (albeit at a 10% increase in wireless load).
There's a pioneer network at Kingsbridge in Devon, and there are trial sites in Macedonia, India, USA, the Netherlands, and of course, in several UK counties.
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Monday, January 20, 2003|
There seems to be no technical reason for the strict regulation of radio spectrum that we currently have. This idea dovetails quite nicely with the StupidNet idea. 10:57:53 AM 
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Friday, January 03, 2003|
Wow - a bicycle-powered, portable, Linux-based ruggedized WiFi boxes that are connecting refugee villages in Laos to the Internet and to each other. Donate! 10:53:08 PM
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Monday, December 23, 2002|
Giant, ball-shaped airships called stratellites may soon glide along in the stratosphere carrying transmitters that beam broadband wireless signals to the earthlings on the ground. By Xeni Jardin. [Wired News] - A way to connect the dots in Africa? 6:01:31 PM
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Wednesday, December 11, 2002|
David Isenberg on the stupidnet - This is a great article. Please read it. Who will build the networks of the future? If I understand correctly, stupidnets may be woven by do-it-yourself (DYI) networks, be it by innovative local governments, businesses, or tech citizens. These home-grown networks are going up like gangbusters here in Sofia, Bulgaria. I live in the center of the city - the "downtown," if you can call it that. It is typical for ethernet to be strung from the cybercafe a couple of blocks away to your apartment. (WiFi networks have not caught on yet; however, local entrepreneurs are beaming WiFi from the TV tower. Cool. But IMHO the service is a tad pricey...) What happens when the whole neighborhood interconnects their networks? Will a small company offer telephone connectivity to the network? Will the cable company offer network members a special deal on entertainment? 6:54:20 PM
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Thursday, November 21, 2002|
From Slashdot: Another Stab At Internet Access By Satellite - I've made a list of user experiences with satelite internet access from those posts. 10:52:36 AM
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