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Title: Wireless Swindon Post by: yeo on Monday, June 12, 2006, 22:47:39 In the Adver today there was a piece about Swindon trying to become the first place in England to have Wireless internet across the whole town.I know im being a bit thick here but we would still have to pay wouldnt we?
Title: Wireless Swindon Post by: land_of_bo on Tuesday, June 13, 2006, 07:25:16 I don't see how they could police it, wireless networks are fairly easy to hack and if they want the whole town to be enabled surely it has to be an open network so anyone can access it without needing a password?
Title: Wireless Swindon Post by: Cookie on Tuesday, June 13, 2006, 07:34:43 I guess you'll have to pay for a password to the network?
Title: Wireless Swindon Post by: McLovin on Tuesday, June 13, 2006, 07:59:29 I hope they don't use BT to provide it. My wireless router is more tempramental than a pre-menstrual teen.
Title: Wireless Swindon Post by: RobertT on Tuesday, June 13, 2006, 08:56:31 without knowing the ins and outs, I believe something like this is already in place in South Korea, so may be worth checking out how they have installed it.
Title: Wireless Swindon Post by: Dazzza on Tuesday, June 13, 2006, 09:58:56 Next generation 3G - 3.5G (HSDPA) is where it's at.
I've got my sticky paws on one of firsty Sierra Wireless cards for my laptop and it's faster than broadband. Only downside is that when it hits general release the data and connection charges are going to be like a twist to the scrotum. Title: Wireless Swindon Post by: STFC Village on Friday, September 1, 2006, 03:16:23 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5297884.stm
They're giving it an 18 month trial in Norwich at the murment, 3 weeks in and it's been "glitch-free" so far..... Title: Wireless Swindon Post by: Panda Paws on Friday, September 1, 2006, 06:21:24 Quote from: "STFC Village" http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5297884.stm They're giving it an 18 month trial in Norwich at the murment, 3 weeks in and it's been "glitch-free" so far..... Not sure why the Beeb have given Norwich such a good write up considering Bristol city centre has had this for nearly two years .. |