Re: [nycwireless] importing Netstumbler / AP info into Google Maps

2008-05-05 Thread William Estrada
Does NetStumbler include the GPS co-ordinates? Could you post an example of the output? You may be able to use 'Splat' to map the APs. Message: 1 Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 08:53:20 -0700 From: Rogelio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [nycwireless] importing Netstumbler / AP info into Google Map

Re: [nycwireless] Is leeching illegal in the US?

2008-01-02 Thread jh
Alex Pilosov wrote: On Wed, 2 Jan 2008, jh wrote: Kevin M. Agard wrote: I believe the answer to your question is yes, it is illegal. You were saying? :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piggybacking_(internet_access) See "United States" section. There are charges and convictions. I had no ide

Re: [nycwireless] Is leeching illegal in the US?

2008-01-02 Thread Alex Pilosov
On Wed, 2 Jan 2008, jh wrote: > Kevin M. Agard wrote: > > I believe the answer to your question is yes, it is illegal. > > The question, actually, was: "is there any case law, convictions, or > anything indicating that this is illegal in any manner?" > > IANAL suppositions, while I tend to agre

Re: [nycwireless] Is leeching illegal in the US?

2008-01-02 Thread jh
Kevin M. Agard wrote: I believe the answer to your question is yes, it is illegal. The question, actually, was: "is there any case law, convictions, or anything indicating that this is illegal in any manner?" IANAL suppositions, while I tend to agree, are not entirely helpful. The laws that

Re: [nycwireless] Is leeching illegal in the US?

2008-01-02 Thread Kevin Mark
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 12:08:23AM -0500, Alex Pilosov wrote: > On Tue, 1 Jan 2008, Kevin M. Agard wrote: > > > > If I leech bandwidth via Wi-Fi entering my home, and the AP is totally > > > in the clear (i.e., SSID of "linksys" ;) ), is there any case law, > > > convictions, or anything indicatin

Re: [nycwireless] Is leeching illegal in the US?

2008-01-01 Thread Alex Pilosov
On Tue, 1 Jan 2008, Kevin M. Agard wrote: > > If I leech bandwidth via Wi-Fi entering my home, and the AP is totally > > in the clear (i.e., SSID of "linksys" ;) ), is there any case law, > > convictions, or anything indicating that this is illegal in any > > manner? ^ SSID of "linksys" does

Re: [nycwireless] Is leeching illegal in the US?

2008-01-01 Thread Kevin M. Agard
I believe the answer to your question is yes, it is illegal. Basically the laws here make the unauthorized access of a computer or computer network illegal. While you may not access or attempt to access the host network's computer(s), you are undeniably accessing the network. So, even if the

Re: [nycwireless] Bug Labs - http://deancollinsblog.blogspot.com/2007/09/bug-labs-opensource-hardware.html

2007-09-18 Thread Jon Baer
Yeah ... if they can get that "Teleporter" module working in Q1 2008, Im buying 2 of them for my wife ;-) Very cool idea for wifi-enabled robotics I think. - Jon On Sep 17, 2007, at 9:28 PM, Dean Collins wrote: I just posted this to my www.collins.net.pr/blog and thought it may interest a f

RE: [nycwireless] Recent Spectrum action bid

2007-08-05 Thread Dean Collins
Hi Kevin, Thought these two blog posts might interest you http://deancollinsblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/700-mhz-spectrum-auction.html http://deancollinsblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/home-brew-startrek-communicator.html Regards, Dean Collins Cognation Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1-212-203-4357 Ph +61

[nycwireless] Re: nycwireless Digest, Vol 52, Issue 5

2007-07-25 Thread kimo
any chance this will be streamed online or conference call for example for those of us on the West Coast? San Francisco, Slides? :-) On 7/25/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Send nycwireless mailing list submissions to nycwireless@lists.nycwireless.net To subscribe o

RE: [nycwireless] T-Mobile introduces phone that'll switch to wifi

2007-07-05 Thread Ben R. Serebin
Hello Rob, I agree... I read this today in the NYT as well and was very surprised no one picked up on it. I guess the iPhone over shadowed it, which is a shame. The switching isn't impressive, it's the FREE on 802.11 that is. Start a call on 802.11 and there's no cost. And supposedly roami

[nycwireless] Re: nycwireless Digest, Vol 52, Issue 1

2007-07-03 Thread aMay
ture of the wireless bandwidth pig (A. Khattri) -- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 00:11:01 -0400 (EDT) From: "A. Khattri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [nycwireless] Slurpr - the future of the wireless bandwidth pig To: nycwireless@lists.nycwireless.net Message-ID: &l

Re: [nycwireless] Slurpr - the future of the wireless bandwidth pig

2007-07-01 Thread A. Khattri
On Tue, 29 May 2007, Jon Baer wrote: > -snip- > At this moment I can see 8 different signals. Some are closed > networks but most are open and available. I can only connect to one > at a time so I tend to just pick the one with the best signal. But > what if I could connect to all the networks at

RE: [nycwireless] Article: Covad goes the last mile

2007-06-13 Thread Joe Plotkin
And unless he was mis-quoted, this Covad spokesperson is just plain wrong on line-shared DSL definition. The DSL circuit is dedicated bandwidth on each circuit -- NOT shared bandwidth like cable. "Line-shared DSL" merely refers to sharing the physical medium (telephone line), but the services

RE: [nycwireless] Article: Covad goes the last mile

2007-06-13 Thread Dean Collins
Lol - and wi-max isn't a shared medium and going to take the same hit at 3pm with all those kooky kids (ahmm you mean customers Mr Covad...?) Bad PR spun wrong looking for a story (not that I'm against Wi-Max far from it) I just hate when marketing speople get involved. Regards, Dean Collins

[nycwireless] Re: nycwireless Digest, Vol 50, Issue 10

2007-06-03 Thread aMay
Like the PERM project? - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 3:00 AM Subject: nycwireless Digest, Vol 50, Issue 10 > Send nycwireless mailing list submissions to > nycwireless@lists.nycwireless.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the Worl

Re: [nycwireless] Re: nycwireless Digest, Vol 50, Issue 8

2007-05-26 Thread michel memeteau
2007/5/26, aMay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi Jon, Hi all, Can anyone introduce something about WeFi? I come from China, I havn't heard about WeFi before. I think it is just another wisher with another proprietary maps client interface . better try to expand Wigle.net and filter for open hotspot

[nycwireless] Re: nycwireless Digest, Vol 50, Issue 8

2007-05-25 Thread aMay
Hi Jon, Hi all, Can anyone introduce something about WeFi? I come from China, I havn't heard about WeFi before. Thank you. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 3:00 AM Subject: nycwireless Digest, Vol 50, Issue 8 > Send nycwireless mailing

RE: [nycwireless] The Indypendent: Municipal Broadband Takes On TheInternet Cartel

2007-05-22 Thread Rob Kelley
Now that's well put. The state of US fraudband: "An Out of Control Spiral of Disinvestment" Now on Reddit: http://reddit.com/info/1sm8m/comments/c1sm91?context=5 and Digg: http://digg.com/tech_news/Municipal_Broadband_Takes_On_The_Internet_Cartel Vote it up on your site of choice... -

Re: [nycwireless] throughput & range question

2007-05-05 Thread Dustin Goodwin
You only have a few options for throughput as I see it. 1. Convert all clients to 802.11G 2. Setup 3 APs in the same area on channel 1, 6, 11 respectively 3. Move to a 802.11G plus 802.11A design. a. 5ghz clients and APs all support 54mbps without worrying about backwards compatibility with 1

Re: [nycwireless] throughput & range question

2007-05-03 Thread william estrada
Message: 1 Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 10:18:13 -0400 From: "kati london" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [nycwireless] throughput & range question To: Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi, I'm trying to expand on a current hardware platform which includ

RE: [nycwireless] Breaking WEP in < 60 seconds

2007-04-11 Thread Ben R. Serebin
: nycwireless@lists.nycwireless.net Subject: Re: [nycwireless] Breaking WEP in < 60 seconds <http://www.churchofwifi.org/default.asp?PageLink=Project_Display.asp? PID=95> There is a 7GB table there. Have you ever seen SPA (Single Packet Authentication)? Im a huge fan of it and Im sure

Re: [nycwireless] Breaking WEP in < 60 seconds

2007-04-06 Thread Jon Baer
, April 05, 2007 6:45 PM To: nycwireless@lists.nycwireless.net Subject: Re: [nycwireless] Breaking WEP in < 60 seconds Well I guess if you consider WEP = Worthless right off the bat + it now takes a minute for what took a few hours to do rehashed :-) I think you don't have to look fur

RE: [nycwireless] Breaking WEP in < 60 seconds

2007-04-06 Thread Ben R. Serebin
2007 6:45 PM To: nycwireless@lists.nycwireless.net Subject: Re: [nycwireless] Breaking WEP in < 60 seconds Well I guess if you consider WEP = Worthless right off the bat + it now takes a minute for what took a few hours to do rehashed :-) I think you don't have to look further on WPA/2 attacks th

Re: [nycwireless] Breaking WEP in < 60 seconds

2007-04-05 Thread Jon Baer
Well I guess if you consider WEP = Worthless right off the bat + it now takes a minute for what took a few hours to do rehashed :-) I think you don't have to look further on WPA/2 attacks than cowpatty and rainbow tables, kinda primitive but still effective ... http://www.churchofwifi.org/d

RE: [nycwireless] Breaking WEP in < 60 seconds

2007-04-05 Thread Ben R. Serebin
Hello Jon, A good re-hash of old news. I'd like to see how attacks are progressing against WPA and WPA2. -Ben -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon Baer Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 5:17 PM To: nycwireless@lists.nycwireless.net Su

Re: [nycwireless] civic information project across 2 CWN's

2007-03-20 Thread Michael Lenczner
Yeah - I think that there are very interesting possibilities. The key would be to find the right information and project. We just sent in an application for the Ars Electronica digital communities prize. One of the things we said that we would be interested in doing with the prize money would b

Re: [nycwireless] EVDO Rev A Feedback....

2007-03-16 Thread Ben R. Serebin
EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: nycwireless@lists.nycwireless.net Sent: Thu Mar 15 23:10:37 2007 Subject: Re: [nycwireless] EVDO Rev A Feedback Did you try Skype over it? - Dustin Ben R. Serebin wrote: > Hello All, > > ** EVDO Primer for EVDO Feedback ** > EVDO Rev

Re: [nycwireless] EVDO Rev A Feedback....

2007-03-15 Thread Dustin Goodwin
Did you try Skype over it? - Dustin Ben R. Serebin wrote: Hello All, ** EVDO Primer for EVDO Feedback ** EVDO Rev 0 - original version of Verizon/Sprint cellular broadband. EVDO Rev A - version 2 of Verizon/Sprint cellular broadband 1xRTT - 1st Verizon/Sprint broadband* cellular marketed as

Re: [nycwireless] REMINDER: November NYCwireless Meeting *TONIGHT* Wed, Nov. 29th, 7pm sharp

2006-12-07 Thread Robert Kim Wireless Internet Advisor
Dana, et al.. We just released a popular wimax community news and industry site. Post all your wimax related issues and press releases at http://wimax-coverage.com It's already #17 in google under "wimax" and page one under: "wimax access" and "wimax coverage" so your stories will get thousands

RE: [nycwireless] Question about Telkonet

2006-11-11 Thread Wired & Wireless
The only Telkonet that I know of is a company manufacturing ethernet over powerlines equipment. Good product and very scalable. Never heard of them operating wireless hotspots... Regards, Evert Bopp. -- Evert Bopp CEO, WIMAX EU Holdings Ltd. www.wimax-eu.com T: +353 86 8645099 Skype: evert_bopp

RE: Re: [nycwireless] OpenDNS?

2006-11-08 Thread Ben N. Serebin
om: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robin-David Hammond%KB3IEN Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 11:41 AM To: Jon Baer Cc: nycwireless@lists.nycwireless.net Subject: Re: [nycwireless] OpenDNS? I do not use this service as its claim to 'correct spelling mistakes' must

Re: [nycwireless] OpenDNS?

2006-11-08 Thread Robin-David Hammond%KB3IEN
I do not use this service as its claim to 'correct spelling mistakes' must inherently chose one 'mistake' over another, sucks to be the guy whose site isn't chosen. Additionally resolving false or mistyped domains stands to break much spam filtering. If you want reliable DNS root servers loo

Re: [nycwireless] Formal disaster response capabilities?

2006-10-26 Thread Robin-David Hammond%KB3IEN
Anyone wishing to get more involved in emergency comms would be well advised to begin by obtaining a radio license, study can be done on the web: http://www.qrz.comgrep for 'Practice'. When you can pass effectively drop me a line, I'll find you a testing location. High capacity trunks

Re: [nycwireless] MTA/Siemens vaporware ...

2006-10-23 Thread Jon Baer
My guess ... There are probably a few items beyond physics that Id have a tough time figuring out but if someone can look @ a board w/ blinking lights of some type and see the B train is arriving at Broadway/ Lafayette and physically pick up a mic and announce it that taking out the man-in

Re: [nycwireless] List of VPN providers

2006-10-23 Thread Dustin Goodwin
Hamachi is a cool app. But this is more of a peer to peer VPN? Meaning every host you want secure communications must be running Hamachi also? - Dustin - Jon Baer wrote: Another ... http://www.hamachi.cc/ There is also a good quick comparison PDF located @ http://www.infosecwriters.com/tex

Re: [nycwireless] MTA/Siemens vaporware ...

2006-10-23 Thread Dustin Goodwin
Now this is funny. I had the privilege to see the new all digital dispacth center the MTA built. When I got a peek it looked operational from technology perspective but was not yet staffed. Every single car on ever single train on the covered lines was tracked down to the track segment (point and

Re: [nycwireless] MTA/Siemens vaporware ...

2006-10-22 Thread rob
America's fall-behind on the technology side is a matter of fact not opinion. The facts just need to get out more. That's why the Moyers show is so great. It raises the profile of this story. It's also really well done. Watch Moyers: http://www.pbs.org/moyers/moyersonamerica/media_players/c

Re: [nycwireless] MTA/Siemens vaporware ...

2006-10-22 Thread rob
America's fall-behind on the technology side is not a matter of fact. The facts just need to get out more. That's why the Moyers show is so great. It raises the profile of this story. It's also really well done. Watch Moyers: http://www.pbs.org/moyers/moyersonamerica/media_players/chapter3-

Re: [nycwireless] List of VPN providers

2006-10-21 Thread Jon Baer
Another ... http://www.hamachi.cc/ There is also a good quick comparison PDF located @ http:// www.infosecwriters.com/texts.php?op=display&id=450 which does include the drawbacks on the Iopus client. - Jon On Oct 20, 2006, at 1:19 PM, Dustin Goodwin wrote: I assume your saying that all sh

Re: [nycwireless] MTA/Siemens vaporware ...

2006-10-21 Thread Bob Keyes
On Sat, 21 Oct 2006, Kevin Mark wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 09:19:19PM -0400, Jon Baer wrote: > > Saw this in the NYPost this morning ... I find it really hard to > > believe that between RFID, WiFi, WiMax, etc that no technology can > > t

Re: [nycwireless] MTA/Siemens vaporware ...

2006-10-20 Thread Kevin Mark
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 09:19:19PM -0400, Jon Baer wrote: > Saw this in the NYPost this morning ... I find it really hard to > believe that between RFID, WiFi, WiMax, etc that no technology can > tell me simply when the next train is arriving. The

Re: [nycwireless] List of VPN providers

2006-10-20 Thread Dustin Goodwin
I assume your saying that all shell servers are also VPN providers by assuming that SSH redirection is acceptable. IMHO SSH based port redirect or socks proxy is not really a VPN. By my definition a VPN consists of client software that provides a network driver shim that encrypts all traffic le

Re: [nycwireless] Tomorrow night--> Moyers on America "The Net at Risk"

2006-10-19 Thread nycwireless
Now thast it's aired once, you can watch the whole thing online from http://www.pbs.org/moyers/moyersonamerica/media_players/chapter3-1.html > All- > > Net Neutrality has been discussed vehemently and extensively on this > list, so I urge everyone to watch Bill Moyer's in-depth examination > o

RE: [nycwireless] RE: Secure your Public Wi-Fi Connections with FREEiPigBETA download

2006-10-19 Thread Ronen Isaac
This is fantastic! Looks like I have some experimenting to do. Thanks so much! Kind Regards, Ronen Isaac www.conticomp.com AOL IM: ccro02   -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 9:42 PM To: n

Re: [nycwireless] RE: Secure your Public Wi-Fi Connections

2006-10-19 Thread Jon Baer
On a side note I shot a short segment @ a cafe w/ David Pogue show this week for Discovery/NYTimes channel. It should be on sometime in January I was told. It was showing basic HTTP/POP/IMAP traffic w/ a Mac OS X tool called Eavesdrop. Will post any further broadcast info when I get it.

Re: [nycwireless] RE: Secure your Public Wi-Fi Connections with FREEiPig BETA download

2006-10-19 Thread rob
Wow, great resource! http://wifidefense.cuzuco.com/ Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: There was a nycwirless presentation given two years ago on some ways to secure connections. Mainly it describes how to create ssh tunnels, but has other information as well. PDF of the slides are at http://wifidefens

RE: [nycwireless] RE: Secure your Public Wi-Fi Connections with FREEiPig BETA download

2006-10-18 Thread Ronen Isaac
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon Baer Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 5:57 PM To: nycwireless@lists.nycwireless.net Subject: Re: [nycwireless] RE: Secure your Public Wi-Fi Connections with FREEiPig BETA download Ok here's the question ... (Not to knock the pr

Re: [nycwireless] RE: Secure your Public Wi-Fi Connections with FREE iPig BETA download

2006-10-17 Thread Robin-David Hammond%KB3IEN
This isn't the place to flog revenue generating warez. This doesn't seem to have anything to do with wireless as opposed to wired 'hostile' segments. Given the warez in question and the accompanying PR blob, I'd like to point out a few flaws: Thats a contradiction in terms, powerful and 256b

Re: [nycwireless] RE: Secure your Public Wi-Fi Connections with FREE iPig BETA download

2006-10-17 Thread Jon Baer
Ok here's the question ... (Not to knock the product, just a personal question) Do people actually *trust* 3rd party VPNs? Would you trust the "iOpus' secure connection servers deep in the Internet."? I fully agree w/ the CTO's comment but would you download + trust the app after the zer

Re: [nycwireless] Mobile Hotspots

2006-10-04 Thread rob
Stompboxes are what I'm familiar with. It's an open-source distribution that takes an EVDO card: http://www.stompboxnetworks.com/ There's also the overpriced Junxion box: http://www.junxion.com/product/#models For data, I sense it's a weighing of both speed (3g or near 3g) and cost. Sprint

Re: [nycwireless] Chumby: photos

2006-09-06 Thread rob
Jeff: http://soekris.hejl.de/ That's pretty cool. I'd love my Soekris to have a simple LCD display. Just to be able to see what's happening on boot without have to serial into it. For a park, it'd need to be all-weather. Sample prices seems kinda steep though (http://www.crystalfontz.

Re: [nycwireless] Chumby: photos

2006-09-06 Thread Jeff Quast
On 9/5/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Photos of the little thing. http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ I'd love to know if you could use a soekris or wrap box with that touch screen. you could maybe it do fun little visualizations of traffic and usage patterns. Or

Re: [nycwireless] Chumby: wireless fuzzy thing

2006-09-05 Thread Kevin Mark
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 05:25:02PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > From the but-can-I-hack-it-into-a-hotspot department: > [http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/hands-on-with-the-chumby/] > > and > > from [http://www.chumby.com/] > > "Introducing ch

Re: [nycwireless] FON & NYCwireless

2006-08-28 Thread Dana Spiegel
Michel, I think you might be misreading that email announcing the FON presentation. NYCwireless does not have any partnership with FON. In addition, we have not participated in (nor have we yet been engaged to participate with) FON's plan to hand out routers for an East Village project.

Re: [nycwireless] Wireless Census THIS WEEKEND

2006-08-15 Thread Dana Spiegel
Awesome! I won't be around, but please take photos, and keep documentation! This is huge! Also, do you know how you're going to gather people's data? Dana Spiegel Executive Director NYCwireless [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.NYCwireless.net +1 917 402 0422 Read the Wireless Community blog: http://www

Re: [nycwireless] Kit followup: which setup?

2006-08-15 Thread vortex
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My question: for optimal reception, is it better to have a highpowered card with a basic antenna (senao) or a lower powered card with an excellent antenna (orinoco)? i assume you want to use kismet or variant to passively scan and map the local network ecosystem

Re: [nycwireless] Fwd: WSJ Editorial: Wi-Fi to the Max

2006-08-10 Thread Dustin Goodwin
Cellular broadband will someday be a viable alternative to wired broadband. That said, it is highly doubtful wireless cellular broadband will ever be as fast as wired solutions. So for the foreseeable future we will be stuck with the cable/telco duopoloy. While a robust free and open market pla

Re: [nycwireless] Fwd: WSJ Editorial: Wi-Fi to the Max

2006-08-09 Thread Joe Plotkin
For an alternative point of view, check out this terrific piece by Harold Feld -- who starts from the premise that "auctions are a really bad way to distribute access rights to spectrum.": Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 16:30:44 -0400 Sender: Telecom Regulation & the Internet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From

RE: [nycwireless] Wardriving kit?

2006-08-02 Thread Frank Keeney
http://www.franson.com/gpsgate/ A full description of my mobile setup is here in my blog: http://www.unwiredadventures.com/unwire/2006/05/ultimate_automo.html Frank Keeney http://www.wlanparts.com > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [nycwireless] Fw: Re:

RE: [nycwireless] Fw: Re: Wardriving kit?

2006-08-02 Thread rob
This is all great information. The idea is to have a set of peripherals that a user with an average laptop could plug in. But now I wondet if the equipment in AirTouchNetworks the best compilation? http://www.airtouchnetworks.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=ass&Product_Code=D

RE: [nycwireless] Fw: Re: Wardriving kit?

2006-08-02 Thread Frank Keeney
I'm biased, I sell this stuff but my personal favorite mobile antenna is the Comet 7.4dbi SF-245SPR. I've tried them all, this is the one mounted on my own car. Also, I find the Senao NL-2511CD PLUS EXT2 outperforms the Orinoco. Frank Keeney http://www.wlanparts.com > -Original Message--

RE: [nycwireless] Fw: Re: Wardriving kit?

2006-08-01 Thread Kris Kolodziej
How about using Navizon of NYC (www.navizon.com) for both, wardriving and Wi-Fi positioning? It's a free for non-commercial use. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Kelley Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 2:45 PM To: nycwireless@lists.n

Re: [nycwireless] NYT: New York to Examine Creating Citywide Broadband Network

2006-07-07 Thread Rob Kelley
What kind of press release can we do for MSP that builds on and distinguishes itself from these releases? R > > http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/07/nyregion/07wifi.html > > [dead tree version: B2] > > July 7, 2006 > > New York to Examine Creating Citywide Broadband Network > By SEWELL CHAN > >

Re: [nycwireless] SF WiFi: BREAKING...

2006-07-05 Thread Bob Keyes
On Wed, 5 Jul 2006, David Beery wrote: > On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 11:29:19PM -0400, Bob Keyes mangled the electrons to > say: > > > You left out a major, but often silent player in the wireless space - > Licensed microwave. Yes, thanks for pointing this out. > Properly engineered links can del

Re: [nycwireless] SF WiFi: BREAKING...

2006-07-05 Thread David Beery
On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 11:29:19PM -0400, Bob Keyes mangled the electrons to say: > > While we're here, let me talk about some muni wifi things that I've > figured out. > > While this post is long, please don't consider it a finished document. > There's some wordsmithing, and documentation of so

Re: [nycwireless] Earthlink Anaheim

2006-07-04 Thread Rob Kelley
I'm happy to see someone else pointing out. When I first read the article I thought "what the heck are they announcing?". It'd be nice to have some sort of measurement for the level and density of a wireless rollout. Especially for cities. I mean, is it one-AP per block or per zip code? I al

Re: [nycwireless] SF WiFi: BREAKING...

2006-07-03 Thread Bob Keyes
While we're here, let me talk about some muni wifi things that I've figured out. While this post is long, please don't consider it a finished document. There's some wordsmithing, and documentation of some of the claims I make, which still needs to be done. This will happen. Eventually. Firstly,

Re: [nycwireless] SF WiFi: BREAKING...

2006-07-03 Thread rob
Kimo: That headline is misleading just like the original article. Earthlink is playing up what, IMHO, is essentially non-news. They're starting their rollout. Big deal. They'll be done in December. They don't say what done means. Pretty cheap. But nowhere in their materials do they say

re: [nycwireless] Help Needed: City-wide Wi-Fi survey mapping project

2006-07-03 Thread Frank Coluccio
Dana, wWill NYCW make use of the city's GIS-Mapping services? http://gis.nyc.gov/doitt/mp/Portal.do http://www.nyc.gov/html/doitt/html/eservices/eservices_gis.shtml -- Frank A. Coluccio DTI Consulting Inc. 212-587-8150 Office 347-526-6788 Mobile -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ U

Re: [nycwireless] TOMORROW! June Monthly Meeting: Parks 2006

2006-06-27 Thread rob
Let us know you're coming on Meet-up.com: http://wifi.meetup.com/236/events/4958871/t/nr1_nr Quoting Joe Plotkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: NYCwireless June Meeting Announcement All are invited - please re-post everywhere! TOMORROW NIGHT! Wednesday, June 28th, 2006 at 7:15pm Bway.net 568 Broadway

Re: [nycwireless] Help Needed: Installation of Madison Square Park Hotspot

2006-06-14 Thread David Rosenstrauch
Dana Spiegel wrote: We're planning on installing a hotspot at Madison Square Park on Saturday, June 24. If you are interested in helping out with this installation, please email me directly. We'll be trying to include some training on how to: 1) set up a Supernode using Soekris hardware 2) set

Re: [nycwireless] Meraki mesh nodes

2006-06-05 Thread Michael Stearne
They look very interesting (especially the cost and size). What kind of range can you expect from a 2dBi antenna in an open air situation? Thanks, Michael On 6/4/06, Dana Spiegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://meraki.net/mini.html This looks like an interesting product. Do people have ide

Re: [nycwireless] Getting the right Linksys for Supernode (WRT54GL) (MBP)

2006-06-02 Thread Jon Baer
Has anyone here w/ a MacBook experienced any connection issues pertaining to the router? Ive seen tons of postings about it ... ie: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=374652&tstart=120 Ive had a PowerBook G4 on OpenWRT for a long time and have had no issues whatsoever, but my

Re: [nycwireless] Getting the right Linksys for Supernode (WRT54GL)

2006-06-01 Thread Dana Spiegel
Ming, What are you basing this statement on? I've used many revisions of the 54G and the new 54GL and have never had the problem you highlight. Neither have many other users of this particular Linksys product. Furthermore, Netgear is not really supported for using with OpenWRT. I believ

Re: [nycwireless] Getting the right Linksys for Supernode (WRT54GL)

2006-06-01 Thread Rob Kelley
Hi Ming: Good to hear your opinion. We're running half a dozen of these right now with no such problem. Maybe it's because we're ditching Linksys's default firmware for openwrt and wifidog http://openwrt.org http://wifidog.org Rob Ming Lim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w

Re: [nycwireless] Getting the right Linksys for Supernode (WRT54GL)

2006-06-01 Thread Ming Lim
Actually the Linkysis product you referenced really sucks! It stalls on you every 2 weeks and then you have to reset it again. It's not worth the money -- Netgear is a better product! m On 6/1/06, Rob Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm following up some requests from last night. If you'r

Re: [nycwireless] WiFi_Phasing

2006-05-18 Thread William Estrada
Sorry for posting this here but the Email address for you failed. You know who you are. /* --- */ Thanks for the great site. I have updated my web page with this link. I also wonder about the FCC here? I sure

Re: [nycwireless] Parks Dept. Wifi... Will it be free?

2006-05-17 Thread Dana Spiegel
Which is why they only had 3 respondents to the original RFP (Verizon was one, and declined the winning bid 1 month after it was awarded to them), and why there are only 3 parks that have been awarded in the current 6 park RFP, one of which was awarded to Friends of Dag Hammarskjold and NYC

Re: [nycwireless] Parks Dept. Wifi... Will it be free?

2006-05-17 Thread Dustin Goodwin
So Parks department wants you to pay them an annual fee, share a cut of any revenue, pay to install the equipment and operate the network. Is it me or is this going to make it hard for anyone to do deploy a service? - Dustin - Dana Spiegel wrote: On May 17, 2006, at 2:33 PM, Dustin Goodwin w

Re: [nycwireless] Parks Dept. Wifi... Will it be free?

2006-05-17 Thread Dana Spiegel
On May 17, 2006, at 2:33 PM, Dustin Goodwin wrote: I have been reading all the stories around the Parks Dept. plans and franchise they granted to Wifi Salon etc. 1. I was surprised that the franchise agreement from the city to the providers set deadline for turning on service. It does not

Re: [nycwireless] Notice: Wireless Internet Access in New York City Parks

2006-05-16 Thread Frank Coluccio
This may not be complete, accurate, or anywhere near comprehensive. I'll leave it to Dana to critique: http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=22454543 Dana? --- Frank A. Coluccio DTI Consulting Inc. New York, NY 10038 347-526-6788 -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/

Re: [nycwireless] NYCw Network Neutrality challenges continues

2006-05-15 Thread alex
On Mon, 15 May 2006, Dustin Goodwin wrote: > A) NYCwireless isn't "moving" anywhere. We support and encourage the > marketplace and fair competition as the primary tools to creating better > broadband services for everyone. Then why promote the principles that seem to discourage competition? If I

Re: [nycwireless] NYCw Network Neutrality challenges continues

2006-05-15 Thread Dustin Goodwin
A) NYCwireless isn't "moving" anywhere. We support and encourage the marketplace and fair competition as the primary tools to creating better broadband services for everyone. B) This isn't regulation and it's not a contract. We expect companies that publicly support these principles to conduct bus

Re: [nycwireless] NYCw Network Neutrality challenges continues

2006-05-15 Thread alex
On Mon, 15 May 2006, Dustin Goodwin wrote: > While Washington DC types try to figure out a solution to the Network > Neutrality problem. NYCwireless continues to drive the industry towards > NN via the NYCwireless Network Neutrality Broadband Challenge Please > contact your ISP and ask them to ple

Re: [nycwireless] FW: BREAKING NEWS: Commisso Takes Aim at Net Neutrality

2006-05-15 Thread Dustin Goodwin
Ok got the history. But today I don't pay for Internet so I can be connected to your home PC. I pay so I have access to the content providers in your colo. - Dustin - [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 15 May 2006, Dustin Goodwin wrote: Since you seems to work with the cable guys. Is the

Re: [nycwireless] FW: BREAKING NEWS: Commisso Takes Aim at Net Neutrality

2006-05-15 Thread alex
On Mon, 15 May 2006, Dustin Goodwin wrote: > Since you seems to work with the cable guys. Is the group think > occurring here that consumers would pay for broadband services if there > were no content providers? That we all just paying to connect to each > other? And content providers need to pay

Re: [nycwireless] FW: BREAKING NEWS: Commisso Takes Aim at Net Neutrality

2006-05-15 Thread Dustin Goodwin
Jim, Since you seems to work with the cable guys. Is the group think occurring here that consumers would pay for broadband services if there were no content providers? That we all just paying to connect to each other? And content providers need to pay beyond basic peering to provide content to

Re: [nycwireless] Article: The right way to run a Wi-Fi cafe

2006-05-12 Thread Rob Kelley
For me, power has been MORE important than connectivity. I can check my email with my phone, but if I need to work on something I need my laptop which needs power. This became more important as my laptop's batteries aged. And then of course, what if your phone's dead. You don't need wi-fi, you

Re: [nycwireless] Article: The right way to run a Wi-Fi cafe (fwd)

2006-05-11 Thread Hammond, Robin-David%KB3IEN
Not a bad idea. esp the shade one, with summer comming and all. Complementary power outlets seem to be a thorny issue, if coffee shops provide ready access to power, hotspots become areas of poor circulation, with all the issues that causes for buisness owners. I am curious: How many people

Re: [nycwireless] Article: The right way to run a Wi-Fi cafe

2006-05-11 Thread Dana Spiegel
You can use Wi-Fi Thank You for this. http://www.wifithankyou.com Dana Spiegel Executive Director NYCwireless [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.NYCwireless.net +1 917 402 0422 Read the Wireless Community blog: http://www.wirelesscommunity.info On May 11, 2006, at 11:34 PM, Kevin Mark wrote: -BEGIN

Re: [nycwireless] Article: The right way to run a Wi-Fi cafe

2006-05-11 Thread Kevin Mark
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 08:30:01PM -0400, Jon Baer wrote: > 7. Good music > > It would be pretty nice to have something like the NYCWireless Cafe > of the Month/Year or some type of award (or spotlight) that > recognizes a coffee shop for it's exc

Re: [nycwireless] Article: The right way to run a Wi-Fi cafe

2006-05-11 Thread Jon Baer
7. Good music It would be pretty nice to have something like the NYCWireless Cafe of the Month/Year or some type of award (or spotlight) that recognizes a coffee shop for it's excellence in making the WiFi junkie feel most @ home. Id personally nominate the Tea Lounge on Union in Brookly

RE: [nycwireless] Fwd: Congress is selling out the Internet

2006-04-24 Thread MAX Wireless
Jim, I'm glad to see that you are finally coming around to our way of thinking regarding that the Consumers pay for access on their end and the content providers pay for access on their end. You got that much right. Where you are still a little confused is using AT&T and Verizon in the same sent

Re: [nycwireless] Antenna Vendor in NYC?

2006-04-24 Thread Hammond, Robin-David%KB3IEN
, vade wrote: Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 14:46:06 -0400 From: vade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: nycwireless@lists.nycwireless.net Subject: Re: [nycwireless] Antenna Vendor in NYC? Thank you so much. I visited Barry Electronics, and they were very very helpful. Funny you mention AMV. Ive worked wit

Re: [nycwireless] Article: Pioneering Wi-Fi City Sees Startup Woes

2006-04-24 Thread Bob Keyes
On Mon, 24 Apr 2006, Rob Kelley wrote: > I can't tell how much of this is FUD (Fear Uncertainty and Doubt) > reporting, but it's on AP and ABCNews... Hrm, typical journalism > Does anyone else know what's really going on with the St. Cloud > deployment? IMO, it looks like a problem with use

Re: [nycwireless] Antenna Vendor in NYC?

2006-04-24 Thread vade
Thank you so much. I visited Barry Electronics, and they were very very helpful. Funny you mention AMV. Ive worked with them before, but forgot that they might have wireless video solutions. Regardless, for my purposes they are way out of my price range. Thanks again for the help. On Apr

Re: [nycwireless] Fwd: Congress is selling out the Internet

2006-04-21 Thread alex
On Fri, 21 Apr 2006, Dana Spiegel wrote: > Content providers (who are only 1 aspect of people who provide > information/service on the net) already pay for their pipe. AT&T and > Verizon's concept of freedom isn't freedom at all. Its double taxation. > You would have a content provider pay for the

Re: [nycwireless] Fwd: Congress is selling out the Internet

2006-04-21 Thread Dana Spiegel
bunch of hypocritical bs, though there are a few well intentioned individuals involved in it. Jim -Original Message- From: MAX Wireless [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 12:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Dana Spiegel'; nycwireless@lists.nycwireless.net Subject

RE: [nycwireless] Fwd: Congress is selling out the Internet

2006-04-21 Thread Jim Henry
dividuals involved in it. Jim > -Original Message- > From: MAX Wireless [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 12:44 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Dana Spiegel'; > nycwireless@lists.nycwireless.net > Subject: RE: [nycwireless] Fwd: Congress is selli

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