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Sell Your Wireless Bandwidth

Posted by pudge on from the mmmmm-oney dept.

BilSabab writes "Yahoo! News is reporting on the release of LinSpot 1.0 for Mac OS X. Linspot enables users to sell access to their wireless network to anyone who enters the hot zone." The software is free, but LinSpot takes a cut of the action.

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  1. Interesting read on I, Cringely by oacis · · Score: 5, Informative

    This sort of ties in with the ideas of Robert X cringely, which can be read here:

    For Love Not Money: How WhyFi can turn hotspots into a real industry

    and

    WhyFi Not? - Bob Defends his Wireless Networking Idea

    Yes, I realise WiFi, not WhyFi - those are the titles.

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  2. Only works through CPU not AP by Blinkslowly · · Score: 5, Informative

    What they don't make obvious is you can only sell your bandwith with your CPU acting as the access point. You can't just setup your Air Port base station and rake it in.

    1. Re:Only works through CPU not AP by Greedo · · Score: 4, Informative

      What they also don't seem to mention is that you can't set the price of your bandwidth. They do that for you.

      But, in relation to the parent comment, It'll only be a matter of time before this is ported to Linux, and someone gets it installed on those configurable, cheapo LinkSYS routers.

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