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Wi-Fi Warsailing In The Netherlands

Posted by timothy on from the english-for-germans dept.

Roland writes "The first war-sailing event ever, AFAIK. A community based WiFi network in Leiden, the Netherlands, WirelessLeiden hold a warsailing event [Dutch links]. The war-sailing event was meant to show that WirelessLeiden is more than just a local city network. On this map you can see that 75% of the route was covered by WirelessLeiden. Vic Hayes, the Father of WiFi, was a keynote speaker during the war-sailing event. He gave a talk about how WiFi was developed. A couple of spin-offs gave presentations, namely AnyWi and KoGeRo. FYI: WirelessLeiden [English Link] has rolled out a free WiFi network covering almost the whole city of Leiden, 100.000 inhabitants, 49 nodes with 30 more to be build this year. This is the NodeMap of WirelessLeiden."

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  1. How? by BlindSpy · · Score: 5, Informative

    Thats awesome but: "The war-sailing event was meant to show that WirelessLeiden is more than just a local city network." how is it more than just a local city network?

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  2. Waterproof? by QuantumSpritz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Gonna need a waterproof laptop for that sort of thing...

  3. Re:Stupid Question by BlindSpy · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'm guessing its wardriving but on boats ;-P Wardriving is driving around and looking for hotspots (places you can connect WiFi).

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  4. Brings new meaning to by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Piracy on the open seas.

  5. Total coverage by Tranzig · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hope the remaining 25% are covered by Linksys routers.