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Thanks Ken & Casey. Sounds like FON doesn't have the altruistic
motivation that we share. What I understand is the their basic model
relies on hundreds of small home network nodes stitched together,
blanketing the area, providing WiFi/Internet access. Add to that the
Seattle Fire Departments are all connected with fiber optics and most
of the government buildings. As a result it seems a large part of the
Seattle area is poised to be able to be WiFi/Internet connected.<br>
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I was a board member of the
Washington Association of Telecommunication Officers and Advisor, the
membership is primarily of those who represent municipalities in their
Cable TV franchises. We have had presentations from both the City of
Spokane and the Columbia Rural Electric Association, both who have
implemented WiFi in their fire departments and very large areas of
their communities. The fire departments are now interested in
integrating RFIDs and WiFi to maintain real-time inventory of their
equipment, personnel and triage of victims.<br>
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Has anyone references of other fire departments implementing WiFi?<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Please advise, stay well. Chuck
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<i>Basically you run their code on your ap and get free access to other
fon nodes, and they charge non foners to use any fon enabled ap. My
opinion is that their motivation is not in the right place to be of
help to community wireless. Its a similiar concept to what sputnik
tried to do.
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Ken
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Ken
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ken@ipl31.net">ken@ipl31.net</a></i>
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Casey Halverson wrote:<br>
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cite="mid029575868E2E8E408E10D1361B7DECA1031EE982@EXCHIS4BV.inspinc.ad">
<pre wrap="">Lots of hype .. its a gimmick. They want to ultimately push into the
wifi voip market with this network buildout....
You have to run *their* stuff...
Im not impressed.
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From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:talk-bounces@seattlewireless.net">talk-bounces@seattlewireless.net</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:talk-bounces@seattlewireless.net">mailto:talk-bounces@seattlewireless.net</a>] On Behalf Of Chuck Lare
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 5:19 PM
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:talk@seattlewireless.net">talk@seattlewireless.net</a>
Subject: FON interest?
Has anyone experience using or recommend FON.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://en.fon.com/info/what-is-fon.php">http://en.fon.com/info/what-is-fon.php</a>
"FON is a Global Community of people who share WiFi. Share your
WiFi broadband access at home/work and enjoy WiFi all over the world!
FON: small cost, great benefit!"?
Is FON an open WiFi network to bring free WiFi/Internet to the
community by sharing of personal WiFi networks?
Please advise, thanks. Chuck
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