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Seattle Wireless TV Releases June 2004 Show
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."
I am semi-concerned, but there are so many places to get free access already. The library, schools, universities, internet cafe. Some even let you bring your own computer and just plug into their Cat 5 (thats the way we do it at my school if you don't have WiFi). So, it might make it easier, but its not already impossible.
Is there anyone 2 year old who is better versed on this matter who can enlighten my dumb ass as to security procedures in these "pay phones" that the article praises?
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Less Networks is simply a commercial scam making use of free software, their stuff runs on top of free software which anyone can get, and the only benefit of running their software as a AP provider is that its a centralized login server, which in theory is nice, but in reality is just a scam to collect information on users. I would seriously recommend people look at alternatives over LessNetworks and never trust Richard McKinneon, as he's a spin doctor who only has interest in making money off it in the end.
-C-
"Never thought I'd have to steal a peak at someone else's library card before..."
Neither has anyone else, so I doubt they'd treat it securely.
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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.
Life is not for the lazy.
Wireless media distribution is great, but even harder to search and find what you're looking for than text. If anyone can broadcast, the people who co-operate to create something creative and engaging will come out on top. If you create something worth seeing, it ought to make it onto a conventional TV network, though they seem to have lost the concept of "worth seeing."
This is a great idea. If only these press releases could be posted to a major news site that hundreds of thousands of nerds read every day, think of the exposure! Hey, wait a minute....
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