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Broadband Shuffle



> OTOH, I wonder if the people outside the cities  could  get  the  act
> together and set up their own wireless networks. All it would take is
> one tie-in to the Internet to give everyone in your area access. This
> is how rural cooperatives have happened in the past.

Yes, this is happening here in Boston. That's what we're trying to get off
the ground at BAWIA (http://www.bawia.org). Wireless isn't restricted to
city use, but there is a whole different set of factors to deal with in
suburban/rural 802.11 nets.

-Bob
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