[PLUG] Metrofi wins Rogue of the Week

[Russell Senior]

>>>>> "Sara" == Sara H <saradh2 at gmail.com> writes:

kurt> How possible is it to set up our own neighborhood networks? You
kurt> know, one that actually works, has decent down and up speeds, no
kurt> annoying ads. Seems like it wouldn't bee too hard. Even if four
kurt> houses share a connection, seems like the coverage and speed
kurt> would be greatly improved. I wouldn't mind paying a bit for the
kurt> net, just not into paying an outrageous price. If anybody knows
kurt> of an organization that does this, I'm willing to put in some
kurt> volunteer hours. Anybody with me?

Sara> Look here: http://www.personaltelco.net/static/index.html

Sara> and there is a meeting tonight:
Sara> http://wiki.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/WeeklyMeeting20080109

Heh.  Yeah, funny you should mention that! ;-)

I have most of a block using my internet connection.  The Personal
Telco Project has about 100 nodes scattered haphazardly around town.
You just choose your ISP carefully and it is fairly easy.  We'd be
happy to help out.


-- 
Russell Senior, Secretary
russell at personaltelco.net