Several Porple wrote -- "The article left me with one question: First, could they network?" "supporters all over the US set up thousands of relay stations" "Wouldn't it be cool if people started using these bandwidths for small WANs using KISS or some other protocol? " Finally Anonymous Coward wrote -- "This has already been going on for many many years. Get your ham radio licence and get into packet radio." Ham Radio (Amateur Radio) has been going on for over 100 years! We have relay stations across the USA with (Gasp!) "repeater's", Digital Networks "Packet Relay", Satalite E-mail, AM/FM Voice and a slew of other toys. We erect huge antenna arrays allowing us to talk to the world, We bounce signals off the moon, and occasionally chat with the Shuttle Astonauts. In the US a good source to get you started in FM radio is the "Amateur Radio Relay League" at
The highest is at 6,000,100.00 so far..... I wonder if Microsoft is behind the bidding.. trying to capture the entire fossil market share. Or Perhaps some one with a lot of money and a big dog...
There already is a way.. but its expensive... and probably will not be accepted by all.... There is a electronic card called a "Fortezza" card that is in use by the US DOD to sign and authorize electronic documents.... You set up a key and authenticate it. You then assign your "Signature" to it and pop it into your pcimca slot... you then "Sign" your requests... This would fix the fraud or others posing as you but its a hassle....
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Several Porple wrote --
"The article left me with one question: First, could they network?"
"supporters all over the US set up thousands of relay stations"
"Wouldn't it be cool if people started using these bandwidths for small WANs using KISS or some other protocol? "
Finally Anonymous Coward wrote -- "This has already been going on for many many years. Get your ham radio licence and get into packet radio."
Ham Radio (Amateur Radio) has been going on for over 100 years! We have relay stations across the USA with (Gasp!) "repeater's", Digital Networks "Packet Relay", Satalite E-mail, AM/FM Voice and a slew of other toys. We erect huge antenna arrays allowing us to talk to the world, We bounce signals off the moon, and occasionally chat with the Shuttle Astonauts.
In the US a good source to get you started in FM radio is the "Amateur Radio Relay League" at
http://www.arrl.org/
The highest is at 6,000,100.00 so far..... I wonder if Microsoft is behind the bidding.. trying to capture the entire fossil market share. Or Perhaps some one with a lot of money and a big dog...
There already is a way.. but its expensive... and probably will not be accepted by all.... There is a electronic card called a "Fortezza" card that is in use by the US DOD to sign and authorize electronic documents.... You set up a key and authenticate it. You then assign your "Signature" to it and pop it into your pcimca slot... you then "Sign" your requests... This would fix the fraud or others posing as you but its a hassle....