On Aug 30, 4:36*am, Kalambong <kalamb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> To all,
>
> I am from Malaysia, a country where the common people have to get
> Internet access via the local telco monopoly. What we have here is
> something known as "Streamyx", which gives us ADSL access to the Net.
>
> It's slow, expensive and most of all, the service is terribly lousy !!
>
> Me and a group of my friends have decided that enough is enough. We
> gonna provide an alternative to the people.
>
> Because of the local telco being the monopoly, and have laws to
> protect it, we can't compete with the telco on equal term. So, we've
> decide that we are going to offer the people a community WIFI network
> type of Net access.
>
> Yes, we are going to pull cables (optical) and set up our base
> stations. It's going to cost a lot, but someone has to start doing
> something, right ?
>
> We've read up many publications available online regarding the WIFI
> specification, including the latest "N" version, and because we know
> that there's always something out there that we have missed, I'm here
> to humbly request that if you know anything out there that you think
> would help us, please share it with us.
>
> Thank you !
>
> Some of you may ask ... why not offering the new "Wimax" instead?
>
> Well ... Wimax requires governmental approval, and government approval
> is extremely hard to come by. They almost always only give such
> amenities to the people who run the monopolies, ie, those politically-
> connected, and corrupted-as-hell elites.
>
> Since we gonna provide a community wide Net access to the people, and
> we don't wanna bribe the government to do that, WIFI is the only way
> to go.
>
> Oh yes, it's gonna be a "paid" service, ie, subscription-based, but we
> are not aiming to make a profit out of this venture ... the money
> collected is mainly to offset the deployment and maintenance costs.
>
> Again, if you know of anything regarding the deployment of a community
> WIFI network, please share it with us.
>
> Thank all of you again !!
>
> Sincerely,
> Kalambong

Kalambong,

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Good luck on your endeavor, sounds like fun.

Pete