Fwd: Re: Wireless inet access help needed for BAD meeting - Can you provide it?

[Hereon]

--- Hereon <hereon2003@yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- Scott Dier - dieman <dieman@ringworld.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, 8 Jul 2003, Hereon wrote:
> > 
> > > I'm trying to find some one(s)
whocaneitherprovidewirelessinternet
> > > access for BAD meetings, or who knows exactly how to
provideit,for
> > > various meeting locations.
> > 
> > What sort of speeds are you hoping for?
> 
> I'd _like_ to find someone who knows about 802.11 to base stations
> around the bay area.  I'd like to have 1Mbps+ at BAD meetings. 
> See: http://www.nodedb.com/unitedstates/ca/sanfrancisco/?
> 
> But, the cell phone stuff might do as an initial attempt.
> 
> Do you have cell phone inet access that could be shared with 802.11? 
> Know anyone who does, who might like to come to a BAD meeting and
> share, or talk about how to do it?
> 
> > AFAIK, the best 'mobile' stuff avaliable at the moment
speedwisewith
> > appropriate mobility would be like 1xRTT(sp?) with CDMA or GPRSover
> > GSM.
> > Both about as fast as modems, I think.  But rigging up a
laptopwitha
> > GPRS card and a Prism2 card and using hostap would work, but
itwould
> > be *slow*.  T-Mobile does $30/mo unlimited access, to boot.
> > 
> > In any case, its not that great yet. :|

Forwarded with Scott's consent.


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