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Re: lv-ab: wireless, revisited again

From: Norm of Bandersnatch (no email)
Date: Fri Nov 10 2006 - 14:46:20 EST

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    The modems are $30 and there are only a widely scattered few in the
    Jacksonville area where I am.

    I do hope it catches on, but why not simply leave one's WiFi system open
    and accomplish the same thing without the overhead of an organization?

    Norm
    S/V Bandersnatch
    Lying 30 07.7N 081 39.6W
    Julington Creek Estuary FL
     

    > [Original Message]
    > From: Peter Gelinas <>
    > To: <>
    > Date: 11/10/2006 11:56:30 AM
    > Subject: Re: lv-ab: wireless, revisited again
    >
    > 1: Arrest Gene for bringing up this subject again
    >
    > 2: Sam is on the right track. There is a group promoting the sharing of
    > bandwidth. In fact, they sell wifi routers for $5 and gave some away free
    in
    > San Francisco recently. (Sorry Eric, I just found out) Here is a link
    > http://blog.fon.com/en/
    >
    > Peter
    >
    >
    > >From: Sam Densler <>
    >
    > >No problem mon, share the love! Just imagine how awesome it would be if
    > >everyone shared their access point so we could have global access. It
    will
    > >be here one day, why hold off the inevitable?
    > >
    > >And Gene, I don't think he is a dummy, actually I think he is a very
    nice
    > >guy...
    > >
    > >Sam
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > wrote:
    > >>Nogt to beat a dead horse to death a 10th time, but I'm sitting here
    using
    > >>my cell phone, hooked up to the internet, and someone near my boat,
    once
    > >>again, fires up his linksys wwireless router. It aparently has a
    > >>stgronger, or maybe faster, connection than my cell phone. So,
    completely
    > >>out of my control, I'm on his wireless connection.
    > >>
    > >>So, who should be arrested, me for stealing his wireless, or him for
    > >>jamming my cell phone? Just wondering.
    > >>
    > >>Gene Gruender
    > >>(transmitting through some dummy's wireless)
    > >
    > >--
    > >****************************
    > >
    > >Sam Densler
    > >mailto:
    > >http://www.islandfx.com/SSCT
    > >
    > >S/V Lady of the Lake
    > >PDQ 36, Hull #15
    > >Melbourne, FL
    > >
    > >S/V Stories She Could Tell
    > >Endeavour 37, Hull #454
    > >Destroyed by Hurricane Frances 2004
    > >
    > >****************************
    > >
    > >"If you ever wonder why you ride the carousel,
    > >you do it for the stories you can tell."
    > >
    > >Jimmy Buffett
    > >"Stories We Could Tell"
    > >A1A
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