Thursday, September 30, 2004
We are not alone!
Woohoo! http://www.nodedb.com/africa/za/pretoria/?
I'm not alone! There are others.
Okay, have one person in complex to share my ADSL network. That's all I need to make it profitable. So I'm happy. The rest are ignoring me.
But is seems there is a lot afoot!
I will start contacting people close to me once I'm up.
I'm not alone! There are others.
Okay, have one person in complex to share my ADSL network. That's all I need to make it profitable. So I'm happy. The rest are ignoring me.
But is seems there is a lot afoot!
I will start contacting people close to me once I'm up.
Wednesday, September 29, 2004
The Wireless revolution (Sybrands latest scheme)
So here's my latest scheme. I was trying to get one of the guys from work living close to me ( < 1km) to set up a 802.11 network so we could split ADSL & Internet costs. (For people outside of South Africa -Telecomunication is very expensive over here due to a big evil monopoly, and stupid legislationdue to change soon).
He chickened out when he saw the cost of a directional antenna and wireless nic. Bah. So on a spree I went, door to door in my little townhouse complex, dropping off a basic plan to everyone.
1 x directional antenna == many happy people sharing ADSL. See all they will need is a little 802.11 card (hell - I might not even a directional antenna if I'm luck!!!)
Anyhoo - it sure feels weird running around, bugging people, and walking into their jards. Feels like I'm invading their privacy. "Hi, I'm from unit twenty, I've got a mad plan for us all to have wireless internet....."
Weird thing is, I've been living here over two years, I've never even met a fraction of these people. I haven't even seen places less that 50 metres from me. Freeky.
At least my neighbour likes the idea. That makes it profitable! Full speed ahead!
He chickened out when he saw the cost of a directional antenna and wireless nic. Bah. So on a spree I went, door to door in my little townhouse complex, dropping off a basic plan to everyone.
1 x directional antenna == many happy people sharing ADSL. See all they will need is a little 802.11 card (hell - I might not even a directional antenna if I'm luck!!!)
Anyhoo - it sure feels weird running around, bugging people, and walking into their jards. Feels like I'm invading their privacy. "Hi, I'm from unit twenty, I've got a mad plan for us all to have wireless internet....."
Weird thing is, I've been living here over two years, I've never even met a fraction of these people. I haven't even seen places less that 50 metres from me. Freeky.
At least my neighbour likes the idea. That makes it profitable! Full speed ahead!
