[Cu-wireless] Going Wireless

[Sascha Meinrath]

very cool mike -- we definitely need to keep working on getting the word
out.

--sascha

On Tue, 13 Apr 2004, Mike Lehman wrote:

> Looks like we got some publicity from The Progressive Review. Sam Smith
> published my note to him on the project in today's (April 13) Undernews.
> See it at http://prorev.com/indexa.htm
> Mike Lehman
>
> Mike Lehman wrote:
>
> > 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/
>
>
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Sascha Meinrath
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