[Cu-wireless] Going Wireless

[Mike Lehman]

Sam,
I saw your comment about wanting more info on wifi systems in today's 
edition of Undernews (http://prorev.com/indexa.htm). Here in Urbana, IL, 
we are in the process of building a community wireless system to provide 
ubiquitous (and free to the user) wifi access.

Assisted by a recently won $200,000 grant, the nearly three-year old 
project is now expanding from a test network that has tested initial 
software and hardware configurations into a syatem that will have at 
least 50 nodes. The city of Urbana is participating by allowing access 
to city infrastructure (such as locations on city buildings and, soon, 
lightpoles).

Eventually, it is hoped that the model developed can be exported to 
Third World areas to improve internet access, as well as to any 
community that organizes to build such a network. The project is 
fiscally sponsored by the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center.

Here is a link to the project website for more info:
http://www.cuwireless.net/

Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL