Wireless Freenets As The Parasitic Grid

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday August 27, 2001 @05:12AM from the pejorative-terms dept.

Lester67 writes: "Infoworld has a pretty cool article on the "the Parasitic Grid," which is basically people (mainly in large cities) opening up their high-speed access through 802.11b to anyone that wants to use it, and how it may threaten telecom profits. One guy has a pretty interesting use for a Pringles(tm) can too (but only after you've removed your hand)." This article ties together several of the recent stories on free-for-all community networking, and fits in nicely with the recent post on bridging networks with 802.11b.

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Parasitic? by sulli · 2001-08-27 05:18 · Score: 1, Troll

What a flamebait headline. Kind of surprising for InfoWorld - usually they try just a little to sound pro-consumer. Maybe Ed Foster was on vacation?

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Re:How can this work? by Jack_of_Hearts · 2001-08-27 05:43 · Score: 0, Troll

If you knew what you were talking about at all, you'd realize that you don't need to reboot windows to get a new IP through DHCP.