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To: Hal Barnett who wrote (5158)	3/5/2002 7:16:13 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Respond to of 46821

Thanks for the read, Hal. [ ftth, the person, how come you didn't catch this one? ;) ] Several aspects of the article struck me. That AT&T would be at the heart of the video delay I didn't find surprising. But the part about Professor Hall's attaching via WLAN to a fiber node (access point) in what's his name's home, that was something else. I repeatedly thought about this scenario yesterday while chatting about CivicNet, how wireless 802.11x hubbing could be greatly facilitated by very high speed connections (presumably operating at 100 Mb/s) scattered throughout neighborhoods. The fee splitting idea isn't that far fetched, either, when you think of it, especially since free WLAN-based nets are currently supporting clusters of users using these same techniques. Free doesn't work for very long, and beating the service provider is a sure prescription for their eventual failure, or deteriorating level of service. But I think that some creative formula can be devised to keep everyone whole, with the right focus. A pertinent question here would be the same for Palo Alto as the service provider as would exist if the same service was being supported by a Cable Operator or Telco. And that is: Would the service provider, in this case the City of Palo Alto, permit the passage of multiple users' data over a single paying account? And yes, to a degree the article also addressed my earlier post concerning reviewing the trials and tribulations that are encountered during pilots of this type. Thanks again. FAC

To: Hal Barnett who wrote (5158)	3/5/2002 7:56:37 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Respond to of 46821

Coincindentally, look what just popped up in my mail box, sent by Bill St. Arnaud's CANet3 webletter. Was Ms. Hall of Palo Alto a Nanny? Or was she just using one? ;) =================== NANNY NETWORKS The future of wireless communications may lie in neighborhood area networks (NANs, or "Nanny Networks"), which could vastly extend the range of local Wi-Fi wireless networks by meshing together large numbers of Wi-Fi communications nodes. Wi-Fi, the popular name for the 802.11 wireless standard, is generally effective only within an area of several hundred feet; however, by using mesh routing technology, engineers are planning creation of the next-generation Internet as a challenge to the top-down designs planned by the nation's cellular companies. MIT Media Laboratory director Nicholas Negroponte says, "The good news is that broadband wireless access will finally explode. The social contract is simple: you can use mine when you are in the vicinity of Mount Vernon Street, Boston. But I want to be able to use yours when I am near you." The new technology could ultimately provide all homes, schools, and shopping centers access to the Internet, and could jump-start the development of infrastructure creation in developing countries. For the full article go to: (New York Times 4 Mar 2002) nytimes.com