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Get Your 802.11 Media Fix From SeattleWireless TV

Posted by timothy on from the what-about-divx;) dept.

Michael Pierce writes "SeattleWireless TV brings you the latest information on Community, Corporate, and Home Wireless applications, hardware, security, and innovators in the field. July 2003 Show Summary: On this month's show, Peter and Michael report on the wireless project called 'SnowNet,' a project where Casey Halverson plans to use mountain tops to connect communities via a 802.11b backbone. We then check out the first link connected to SnowNet. TacomaNode,' located in Tacoma, Wa. It will connect to Seattle via a wireless backbone through SnowNet. Scott Kennedy, the owner of the Drinkmore Café, tells us why he has decided to provide free WiFi to his customers while other places charge. And finally we had a chance to try out a new Linux embedded product called the Prismiq MediaPlayer. Using this device, you no longer have to watch your media files on your small computer monitor. Using a wireless card, it can hook up to your network anywhere! You can view by choosing your player: Windows MediaPlayer or RealPlayer. If for some reason they don't stream there are some download links on the site. Also, if the stream links get messed up for any reason they are on the site, too." SnowNet is too cool to ignore.

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  1. Nice Advertisment! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting
    On this month's show...

    Nice advertisement. Of course, I don't live in Seattle, so I can't watch the show. Which begs the question, why is this on Slashdot at all? I mean, other than the fact that we keep seeing suspicious "ad-like" stories on a daily basis...

  2. Just great by DogIsMyCoprocessor · · Score: 1, Interesting

    We already have all these butt-ugly cell-phone towers that enable SUV-driving morons to not pay attention to what they are doing. Now we're going to mess up the skyline with butt-ugly wireless towers that enable pasty-white geeks to get their porn faster instead of going out for a hike in those same goddamn mountains.

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  3. Six months from now... by southpolesammy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    "And our top news headline tonight, SnowNet, the ubiquitous free Wireless ISP found throughout the greater Seattle area, has been sued into oblivion by the RIAA after failing to be able to identify specific users on their network found to be file sharing...."

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    Rule #1 -- Politics always trumps technology.
  4. Re:I'll get modded down offtopic for saying this.. by JUSTONEMORELATTE · · Score: 2, Interesting

    doesn't this article seem like an advert?

    Yes, but at least it's not astroturfing.
    The story was submitted by Michael Pierce, and the email addy for his story submission is michael@gir.seattlewireless.net
    Of course he sounds like he's advertizing Seattle Wireless -- he is -- but he's honest and forthright about it.

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