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Seattle Wireless TV Releases June 2004 Show

Posted by timothy on from the torment-the-torrent dept.

drewzhrodague writes "Seattle Wireless TV just released their June 2004 Show, containing a segment by (me) Drew from WiFiMaps, called 'Booze and Wi-Fi,' which is an interview with Doug Luce from Telarama (the world's third ISP). Doug talks about their successful ultra-low-cost hotspot setup, and shows us how they are being deployed. Also, Jason Levitt of Less Networks presents 'How Less Networks and Austin City Wireless Project beat T-Mobile,' a presentation on why every day should be a free Wi-Fi day, how a $100 press release with a good message is worth more than a million-dollar ad campaign, and about their AP/captive-portal setup. Check it out for Realplayer, Windows Media, or MPEG torrent."

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  1. Re:Anyone else concerned about... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    If we let the criminals use the streets and highways then they can get away faster! Untill we have some sort of road regulation we are letting the criminals drive too.

  2. Re:Anyone else concerned about... by 3terrabyte · · Score: 2, Funny
    Sadly, I have recently found out that at my library, we now have to type in our library card number to log on to their very, very secured computers to access the internet.

    Never thought I'd have to steal a peak at someone else's library card before...

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  3. Re:World's 3rd ISP ? by nacturation · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, well my company is uh... FOURTH! Right! Telerama beat me to the registration office by a minute, so they got the prestige of being third. Want another unverifiable fact? Bill Gates and Steve Jobs both made private anonymous investments in my company!

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  4. 700MB would be nice, too :) by timothy · · Score: 2, Funny

    There's some rough editing, as you say, but the more annoying thing is that the MPEG version of the show (whether in the editing process or the compression phase) isn't boiled down to a nice CD-R size like 700MB. 900+ makes it too large for a single disk, and a fair chunk of my hard drive :)

    timothy

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  5. "Wireless" TV? by Blaede · · Score: 5, Funny

    What a breakthrough! And all these years I'd been thinking, "if someone could just come up with a way to deliver content that didn't require my TV to be tethered to a cable, they'd make millions!" Can you imagine the possibilites? One could take a small portable TV, plug it into a power connection, turn it on and start watching! Heck you could watch it in the middle of nowhere, and no longer depend on your local cable company for programming. Why didn't they think of this sooner?

    1. Re:"Wireless" TV? by ColaMan · · Score: 3, Funny

      Don't laugh - see the Sony Wireless TV.

      I saw that and thought WTF?!? They're marketing a wireless TV? This is THE BEGINNING OF THE END of marketing!

      "Yeah, this TV it's, er, wireless - it's the new hotness. Only cost me 3 grand!"
      "Wait, you mean wireless, like all TV's have been since their orginal release in the 1930's?"
      "Er... Go away now."

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  6. Re:Anyone else concerned about... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    We are talking about ease of hacking and launching viri to the wild anonymously. Not simple phone phreaking or cussing up a storm to someone via crankcall.
    I'll play paraphrase.
    We are talking about ease of using public phones to set up murders/credit card fraud/drug deals anonymously. Not simple data loss by people too stupid or ignorant to secure their own system.