Wireless Meeting

[Owen Densmore]

Bob Knight and John McDermon of the La Canada Wireless Association met
with several of us at a SFI meeting setup by Jim Crutchfield.  The goal
of the meeting was to see how we could have more folks in Santa Fe take
part in the LCWA network, or at the least, start our own networks.

I'd like to get a list of FRIAM folks interested in the venture.

The idea is roughly this:
        - Get a list of interested folks
        - Get a fairly good idea of where we live topologically speaking
        - See how we could link up to each other giving the topo data
        - Perform a field study of our radio connectability. (This is called
"stumbling")
        - Work out what equipment we'd need to form a WiFi community

The goal is to have inexpensive, shared, high bandwidth connectivity by
sharing a T1 line (1.5 MBit bidirectional connection).  A T1 leases for
around $600/month.  With 10 folks, that pro-rates to $60/month each,
with 20 its $30/month each.  Although that's still not "cheap", its
very much faster than most current household broadband, and for folks
outside service areas, its much better than a modem!

Let me know if you are interested.

Owen Densmore          908 Camino Santander       Santa Fe, NM 87505
[hidden email]    Cell: 505-570-0168         Home: 505-988-3787
AIM:owendensmore   http://complexityworkshop.com  http://backspaces.net

[Glenn Wikle]

I am also a member of La Canada Wireless Association but couldn't
make the meeting last night because I'm out of town.  I think it's
great that there's a group interested in putting together
a new cloud. Especially if some of them are in the Comcast
district:).  LCWA has a lot of good experience with what
works and doesn't work WRT long haul WiFi links and I'm
sure other folks just learning about this can leverage
that experience.

Curiously, I'm not connected to the LCWA network right now.
In Sept I moved from Eldorado to La Posta which is between
Camp Stoney & Apache Ridge.  I no longer have line of sight
distance to any LCWA access points.  I'm interested in
recruiting someone on lower Apache Ridge Rd or on the
east side of Dos Griegos to provide the missing link to
the LCWA network.  I have at least two neighbors who'd
join the network if we could make the link.

BTW, I have my own stumbling rig which uses an iPAQ and
a yagi antenna.  It's a fun little toy since the iPAQ is
real small and the yagi's directional reception lets you
track down the source of WiFi signals.


On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 22:44:33 -0700, "Owen Densmore" <[hidden email]>
said:

> Bob Knight and John McDermon of the La Canada Wireless Association met
> with several of us at a SFI meeting setup by Jim Crutchfield.  The goal
> of the meeting was to see how we could have more folks in Santa Fe take
> part in the LCWA network, or at the least, start our own networks.
>
> I'd like to get a list of FRIAM folks interested in the venture.
>
> The idea is roughly this:
> - Get a list of interested folks
> - Get a fairly good idea of where we live topologically speaking
> - See how we could link up to each other giving the topo data
> - Perform a field study of our radio connectability. (This is called
> "stumbling")
> - Work out what equipment we'd need to form a WiFi community
>
> The goal is to have inexpensive, shared, high bandwidth connectivity by
> sharing a T1 line (1.5 MBit bidirectional connection).  A T1 leases for
> around $600/month.  With 10 folks, that pro-rates to $60/month each,
> with 20 its $30/month each.  Although that's still not "cheap", its
> very much faster than most current household broadband, and for folks
> outside service areas, its much better than a modem!
>
> Let me know if you are interested.
>
> Owen Densmore          908 Camino Santander       Santa Fe, NM 87505
> [hidden email]    Cell: 505-570-0168         Home: 505-988-3787
> AIM:owendensmore   http://complexityworkshop.com  http://backspaces.net
>
>
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