[wsfii-discuss] fon/meraki/community meshes differentiated .. (was: Re: Fwd: wireless connectivity.. Is802.11n the end of ethernet?)

Sat Oct 13 13:54:27 UTC 2007

On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 02:05:33AM +0100, Julian Priest wrote:
> many thanks to all on this thread. 

w00t! It's a good 'un - I've been enjoying it.

> If history repeats itself it may not be long before BT sees FON as a
> way out of their copper quagmire. If they see open local access
> networks as an opportunity and not a threat it could be that they
> themselves make those changes in /etc and install mesh daemons on
> foneras!

Already happening - as part of an educational charity I'm a board member
of, I've been talking to some private contractors in Westminster who
have been rolling out a mesh infrastructure-level network over the
borough, with hotspots for metered access. The local area paid for the
infrastructure, BT are doing the 'r&d' (ie. borrowing from our Free
Network colleagues) and I think the hotspots are just more openzone BT
hotspots.

Well predicted Julian!

X

Saul.
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