i should have known it was you with all the great advice. since it was you who gave me the idea. i gave you credit on the other thread by the way, well sort of, i couldn't remember your last name. On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 6:46 PM, Samael <samael.anon at gmail.com> wrote: > wow. that is some awesome advice. i was sort of kidding, but with this > advice i just may take it on as a project. it would look good on my resume > when i graduate from college. > > > On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 6:18 PM, tom <tompoe at meltel.net> wrote: > >> Hi: Think about presenting the idea of a local broadband infrastructure >> to your local mayor. If the mayor likes the idea, the next step is to >> meet with his tech advisor. Open-mesh.com appears to sell wifi that >> each house can use to establish community wide local broadband >> infrastructure without Internet access. Units priced at $29 per house, >> one-time fee. With the local broadband infrastructure in place, the >> city can coordinate with ISP that wants to gain access to the broadband >> infrastructure to provide affordable pricing. If not, then the >> community can set up virtual world, and work within the community. >> >> This "last mile" is actively legislated as illegal at the community and >> state level. The local hospital can gain access to the infrastructure >> for telemedicine programs in return for affordable Internet access. >> Grocery stores can offer "branded" network services, etc. Since each >> community connects to other communities through WiMAX, it doesn't take >> long to connect a state, and bypass ISP/Phone/Cable thugs. >> >> Legally, your mayor will be told quickly by the telecoms that you can't >> do this community initiative. No need for you to pay a lawyer, yet. >> Happy Holidays, >> Tom Poe, Eden Valley, MN >> >> On Wed, 2010-12-22 at 14:16 -0600, Sean Waite wrote: >> > Who do I call for legal advice? >> > >> > Sean Waite >> > swaite at sbn-services.com >> > (612) 669-8858 >> > >> > >> > >> > At Wednesday, 22-12-2010 on 14:09 Ryan Coleman wrote: >> > I had " Subject: Re: [tclug-list] tclug-list Digest, Vol 72, >> > Issue 29" which is normal for "r j" to not actually give his >> > emails a subject when he replies in digest mode. >> > >> > On Dec 22, 2010, at 1:47 PM, Samael wrote: >> > >> > > seems to be the same subject to me. it is an alternative to >> > > what ron johnson had suggested. thank you for your advice >> > > though. i will keep it in mind next time i want to change >> > > the subject. >> > > >> > > On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Ryan Coleman >> > > <ryanjcole at me.com> wrote: >> > > Just changing the subject line so people can >> > > follow. >> > > >> > > On Dec 22, 2010, at 1:17 PM, Samael wrote: >> > > >> > > > fcc opend up bandwidth for public use. we could >> > > > make a wireless mesh network consisting of >> > > > multiple antena and start our own internet. >> > > > >> > > > On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 12:43 PM, r j >> > > > <ronsmailbox5 at gmail.com> wrote: >> > > > Back to the air for me. >> > > > Any one else Interested in metro wide >> > > > public Wimaxx? >> > > > ,RJ >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> > > >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> > > >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> > tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20101222/59c3af04/attachment.htm