[nycwireless] anyone in 11219?

2004-02-03 Thread jon baer
this is a real longshot but ... is anyone in 11219 in brooklyn w/ an AP? (fort hamilton pkway + 53rd st) - jon pgp key: http://www.jonbaer.net/jonbaer.asc fingerprint: F438 A47E C45E 8B27 F68C 1F9B 41DB DB8B 9A0C AF47 -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwir

RE: [nycwireless] owerpay in the ushbay

2004-02-03 Thread Ajai Khattri
On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, Manichattan wrote: > Hmmn. a little voice say's "Repeaters " > Ooh... that is a lovely wicked thought... ;-) -- Aj. Sys. Admin / Developer -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: htt

RE: [nycwireless] owerpay in the ushbay

2004-02-03 Thread Manichattan
Darrel O'Pry said: >Then again instead of using the coffee shops power, I've been know to > use those little plugs in the bushes all over manhattan :) Hmmn. a little voice say's "Repeaters " -Manichattan -- Information wants to be priceless... -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.n

Re: [nycwireless] NTIA Call for Comments in Spectrum Proceedings

2004-02-03 Thread Jacob Farkas
Charlie et al, I would love for that the be the case, as that would indicate that the public wi-fi community has grown so large as to warrant political attention, but at this point in time we are probably not that much a factor. I urge our members to post on issues that relate to wireless, publ

Re: [nycwireless] NTIA Call for Comments in Spectrum Proceedings

2004-02-03 Thread Charlie Ridgway
Why am I not surprised that this is happening during an election year. Now he is buying the Wi-Fi community vote. So I sound cynical? On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 12:36:32 -0800 (PST), Laura Forlano wrote: > > Also last week, NTIA asked for public participation in > the President's Spectrum Initiative. N

[nycwireless] NTIA Call for Comments in Spectrum Proceedings

2004-02-03 Thread Laura Forlano
NTIA CALL FOR COMMENTS IN TWO SPECTRUM PROCEEDINGS Last Friday, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) invited interested parties to file comments on an expansion of the 3650-3700 MHz band to unlicensed devices for wireless broadband applications such as WiFi while pr

RE: [nycwireless] alt.coffee ixnays the owerpay

2004-02-03 Thread Daniel Thor Kristjansson
It's not about the power usage. I asked one of the counter persons and she listed things like people unplugging lamps, things getting stuck in outlets, people sitting in the best seats all day. Even though they had tried to accomidate the customers with power strips. Basically a number of problems

RE: [nycwireless] alt.coffee ixnays the owerpay

2004-02-03 Thread Darrel O'Pry
Consider a 500W power supply for 1 hour = .5 kwh @ ~$0.25 kwh which is what coned commercial rates were last month... at least at my office... so we're talking 12.5 cents per hour... I'm not sure about the exact power consumption of you laptop, but you can look at the power supply and figure it out

RE: [nycwireless] New York Public Library Wi-Fi Access

2004-02-03 Thread Jimmy
I answered my own question... here's a list - unfortunately, none in Queens. http://www.nypl.org/press/wifi.html -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jimmy Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 11:36 AM To: 'George Petriccione'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [nycwireless] New York Public Library Wi-Fi Access

2004-02-03 Thread Jimmy
Does all NY public libraries (including Queens) have AP's now? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George Petriccione Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 11:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [nycwireless] New York Public Library Wi-Fi Access

Re: [nycwireless] alt.coffee ixnays the owerpay

2004-02-03 Thread Anthony Townsend
i think its more about taking up real estate. On Feb 2, 2004, at 3:07 PM, Dana Spiegel wrote: This is interesting... We should try to do some digging to find out how much power is really an issue. If you are sitting with your laptop for 2 hours, how much $$$ are you costing alt.coffee in electr