[wsfii-discuss] Possibility to meet in London for exchange and if possible to have a quick training in wireless

Sat Apr 14 17:21:51 UTC 2007

Thank you for the info James!
Really appreciate it...
I will look into the boundless "workshops" and i might be coming down
on Wednesday to check it out.

John

On 4/13/07, James Stevens <james at spc.org> wrote:
> Hi Johnathan, Thomas and all,
>
> A meeting of any London based wlan, broadband or any old network
> development groups would be welcome. SPC.org (thats me) have meeting
> facilities in Greenwich to accommodate all comers.. how about first week
> of May ? (though not 5th)
>
> Oh, just to clarify,
>
> Wirelesslondon and then .info was established in response to Julian
> Priests recommendations made in 'State of wireless London'
> http://informal.org.uk/people/julian/publications/the_state_of_wireless_london/
> and set out to expose the popularity and propagation of open wireless
> and community networks in the London area not least those inspired by
> propositions first set out at consume.net in 2000.
>
> Consume.net has been reanimated this year in anticipation of development
> activity following the  wireless community weekend in Berlin later this
> month and later at the catalonia WSFII event in July.. In the meantime a
> few users have returned to update their entries in the UK nodemap which
> is by todays standards antiquated though still functional. A meta
> mapping and configuration utility for open wireless networks is so
> overdue, perhaps the guifi.net model is one we can extend to wherever we
> work.
>
> We have a very active and growing community wireless network in Deptford
> area of south east London where I live called Boundless.coop with 40 +
> meshed nodes, perhaps the largest contiguous mesh network in the UK
> certainly in London (correct me please) this is despite the many claims
> to the contrary made by the London Boroughs and numerous commercial
> actors. Its weekly open workshop is on Wednesdays 2-8pm
> http://boundless.coop/?p=RESOURCES&pid=82&id=86
>
> easy
>
> James
> 07973318881
>
>
> Jonathan wrote:
> > Dear all,
> > I'm John (ac3bf1) from Rome's Wireless Network Community ninux.org,
> > but i now live in London.
> >
> > Taking the opportunity that Thomas proposed, why not host a small
> > gathering to sum up the work being done in London? To this day i have
> > tried contacting wirelelondon.info and consume.net, and as from what i
> > realized consume has slowly died out, even if now they are coming back
> > with the website and fixing the map server I believe.
> >
> > Let me know what the londoners think!
> >
> > John (ac3bf1)
> > Richmond, Surrey.
> >
> >
> > On 4/12/07, Thomas Maketa <tmaketa at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Dear People inhabitants of London,
> >>
> >> I'm planning to be in London for the beginning of May  and I would
> >> really
> >> want to meet actors and spectators of Wireless community of London for
> >> exchange and networking.
> >>
> >>  If possible I would be interested to have a quick training (will be in
> >> London for 3 days) with a network administrator to see how your network
> >> works and mostly to get exposure on working VOIP solution. I'm quite
> >> advanced on the domain so the trainer will not start from  sratch.
> >>
> >> If anyone willing to help, in case the London trip is maintained, please
> >> come back to me.
> >>
> >> Kind regards
> >> TM
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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John

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