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  1. Pictures of the World Trade Center by sportal · · Score: 5, Informative · on Our New Pearl Harbor
    Here are some more World Trade Center Photos. http://www.nycwireless.net/Images/wtc2/

    #1467 - 1472 were taken before the second tower collapsed.
    #1473 - 1474 is the National Guard deployed on Lexington Ave.
    #1775 - 1746 are people trying to get out of Manhattan waiting at a bus stop.
    #1477 - 1490 is lower Manhattan at 3pm.
    #1491 - 1496 is two blocks from the world trade center at 3pm.
    #1497 is a fire boat on the Hudson river.
    #1499 - 1503 is the world trade center an surrounding buildings
    #1505 is a fire truck damaged by the collapse 2 blocks away from the WTC.
    #1507 - 1510 is the WTC.
    #1511 - 1512 is a neighboring building.
    #1513 - 1515 is the surrounding area to the WTC.

    Everyone is free to forward these pictures, and use them without permission. Mirrors are welcome. --Terry

  2. Re:Washington Square Park/NYCWIRELESS.NET by sportal · · Score: 1 · on Wireless Freenets As The Parasitic Grid
    Ok, so this must have been a typo. It must have been a 36kbytes/sec download not a 36kbits/sec download.

    I have used the Washington Square Park connection many times, and depending on the site I can get up to a 400kbytes/sec download. Better than most DSL and cable modems.

    Node Owner of NYCwireless Node #1 www.nycwireless.net

  3. Washington Square Park/NYCWIRELESS.NET by toupsie · · Score: 5, Interesting · on Wireless Freenets As The Parasitic Grid
    Just last night I took my TiPB (Apple Titanium Powerbook) to Washington Square Park (NYU Campus) and hooked into the NYCWireless free 802.11b network (link) at the northeast end of the park using my AirPort card. This was the first time I tried out one of these "Parasitic Grids". I was quite impressed. Sitting out on the grass (ignoring the guys selling grass), I was surfing Slashdot, downloading updates to Fink and chattin' with my friends on IRC. I was quite impressed with the speed of my connection (about 36kps) and my ability to roam from spot to spot in the grass in order to hear the guy playing violin better. Being able to take my computer into the great outdoors, tuning into a free wireless network and getting work/fun done to me has to be one of the best advancements in computers yet. Now the computer does not dictate the environment it works in, I do.


    On a side note, any coffee shop that wants to kick Starbuck's ass ought to buy a cheap DSL line/Cable modem and hang a 802.11b base station and give away free bandwidth for the cost of a $4.95 mocha carmel frappa latte skim half-caf double-decaf cappachino.

  4. From the owner of the First Node of NYC wireless by sportal · · Score: 5, Informative · on A Motley Crew Beams No-Cost Broadband In New York
    I put of the first NYCwireless node 3 1/2 months ago (after seeing the article about Seattle Wireless here) so I thought I would respond to some of the valid the comments.

    * As far as violating the terms of service, most of the internet connections we are using we are ok, since we are not reselling the service, only sharing it to the our immediate friends and neighbors. Providers may choose to change there terms of services though. We are paying for this service, and choosing to let people use bandwidth we have already bought.

    * As far as the network getting used by to many users and becoming useless. Most of the access points have Linux or FreeBSD machines as gateways. If this becomes an issue we will just install traffic shaping software on the gateway. The goal is not to provide you with a superfast connection that will make you give up your home cable modem and DSL line to sit in the park (though that would be nice). The goal is to provide a public free open wireless network for anyone to use. Even if the network gets saturated and we are only providing each person with 10kBytes/sec, that is still double the speed of dialup and adequate for web browsing and email. I watch the bandwidth usage very carefully, and people have been very good about using the free network.

    * Wireless is not a replacement for a wired network, and free networks are not a replacement for commercial networks. That being said we are never going to replace commercial wired networks. We can provide an alternative for you to use though.

    If your interested in starting a project in your area, do it.

    1. Put up a simple web page on geocities or something.

    2. Start a mailing list on Yahoo Groups

    3. Post links to your website on the Seattle Wireless and Personal Telco web pages. -That is how NYCwireless (originally RooftopsNYC) got started.

    -Maybe there is a group in your area, check: Personal Telco Wireless Communties List

    If your in New York City, your welcome to use my node at 84th Street and Lexington Ave. Relax at the corner, or have a coffee at the coffee shop.

    www.nycwireless.net

  5. From the owner of the First Node of NYC wireless by sportal · · Score: 5, Informative · on A Motley Crew Beams No-Cost Broadband In New York
    I put of the first NYCwireless node 3 1/2 months ago (after seeing the article about Seattle Wireless here) so I thought I would respond to some of the valid the comments.

    * As far as violating the terms of service, most of the internet connections we are using we are ok, since we are not reselling the service, only sharing it to the our immediate friends and neighbors. Providers may choose to change there terms of services though. We are paying for this service, and choosing to let people use bandwidth we have already bought.

    * As far as the network getting used by to many users and becoming useless. Most of the access points have Linux or FreeBSD machines as gateways. If this becomes an issue we will just install traffic shaping software on the gateway. The goal is not to provide you with a superfast connection that will make you give up your home cable modem and DSL line to sit in the park (though that would be nice). The goal is to provide a public free open wireless network for anyone to use. Even if the network gets saturated and we are only providing each person with 10kBytes/sec, that is still double the speed of dialup and adequate for web browsing and email. I watch the bandwidth usage very carefully, and people have been very good about using the free network.

    * Wireless is not a replacement for a wired network, and free networks are not a replacement for commercial networks. That being said we are never going to replace commercial wired networks. We can provide an alternative for you to use though.

    If your interested in starting a project in your area, do it.

    1. Put up a simple web page on geocities or something.

    2. Start a mailing list on Yahoo Groups

    3. Post links to your website on the Seattle Wireless and Personal Telco web pages. -That is how NYCwireless (originally RooftopsNYC) got started.

    -Maybe there is a group in your area, check: Personal Telco Wireless Communties List

    If your in New York City, your welcome to use my node at 84th Street and Lexington Ave. Relax at the corner, or have a coffee at the coffee shop.

    www.nycwireless.net

  6. The NYC Wireless website by Damion · · Score: 2, Informative · on A Motley Crew Beams No-Cost Broadband In New York

    It seems that nobody has mentioned the group's website at http://nycwireless.net/.

  7. NYCWireless by slashkitty · · Score: 1, Redundant · on A Motley Crew Beams No-Cost Broadband In New York

    Here is the link: http://www.nycwireless.net/. There is a map of acess points and the meeting schedule.

  8. Network Stumbler by Some+guy+named+Chris · · Score: 5 · on Wireless Network Auditor

    This is already a fairly common practice, known as "war driving".

    Marius Milner has written an incredible tool for Windows very similar to this called "Network Stumbler" which will scan for 802.11 networks, log them, and log the access point lattitude and longitude to disc for you.

    I had my doubts about driving around being able to pick up anything without an external antenna, but here in little podunk Valdosta, GA, I managed to pick up the local university dorm network with ease.

    It's groovy.

  9. Free New York City Wireless Project by sportal · · Score: 2 · on Long-Range Networking
    www.nycwireless.net is a free public 802.11 project in New York City. We already have two nodes active with more coming soon.

    A complete list of free wireless projects at PersonalTelco.