[LINK] Wireless rival to NBN in Tasmania

[Tom Worthington]

One reply to my posting about 3G data speeds being lower than
the 14 Mbit/s theoretical maximum:

> ... don't come to London... average speeds of 4.8 kbps... faster to
> get on a tube ... and deliver your message personally ...

Given the density of network users in London, you might be
better off with something like Fon, which allows you to share others
wired broadband connection via WiFi: <http://www.fon.com>.

The Fon hardware uses Linux and has provision for user enhancements. It
might be interesting to have this type of system supplement the NBN:
<http://www.tomw.net.au/blog/2008/12/la-fonera-20-linux-wireless-broadband.html>.

Those who had a fibre connection would provide their neighbours with a 
WiFi connection.


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