Everyone who has a wired broadband connection sets up a 'base station'... and only those who set them up are permitted to access the system through their wireless devices.
This should create a 1:1 environment, so it is truly "shared" and apart from density issues (which may be resolved by base station density anyway) there'd be no huge bottlenecking anywhere.
It would certainly be incredible if this could get off the ground in a widespread capacity, and may be the only way wireless broadband will ever be achieved!
(Then again, communism worked in theory)
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The big-sell factor for IRC at the moment is its age. It's been around forever, and there's enough knowledge of it and how it works / software / literature / networks etc etc out there to form a user base.
It'd be far too hard to implement this system attractively wide scale, simply due to the fact that IRC has been losing usefulness (in it's intended form) for quite a while now.
There's no real demand for such a system. If people care who's listening they use encrypted email / private messaging software - they may themselves not be totally secure but you've got a better chance if you talk to 1 person than a room of 78.
Current IRC users don't give a shit who listens. Just the way it is.
We don't have to *buy* it back. We can *take* it back without paying. Check all the details associated with the way it was privatised. There's a clause to the effect of "any time in the future telstra can be reclaimed"
Telstra is in an interesting situation in Australia.
It used to be a wholly government owned corporation, which was the only telco in aus. Through deregulation + the rise of ISPs + cable tv services and other factors, there are now many telcos and ISPs.
As far as Broadband is concerned, Cable and xDSL are both available.
xDSL is being offered by Telstra and a few other lesser known ISPs.
Cable is available from Telstra and Optus. Coverage rates aren't that great, and through interesting circumstances, only suburbs with above-ground wiring are able to access Optus.
Telstra therefore has an effective monopoly in certain areas, and can pretty well do as they please.
Even in areas where both carriers are available, the duopoly forces mean that if Telstra can get away with it, Optus will do it too.
One of the great features and also annoyances with the Australian domain name allocation system is the requirement to have an Australian registered company/business/name etc before you can acquire the corresponding.com.au... this is mainly to preserve IP rights etc, but is also rather relevant in an identification quest... almost all.com.aus are easily traceable back to their owners.
Obviously the.com sphere cannot possibly be brought under control... it would be impossible to impose these conditions on the millions who already own.coms
anyway...
Did nobody See M:I-1? You just get those semi-transparent glasses that have all the electronics built into them... and even include a camera... i don't really want a man's thumb stuck to my head, if it's all the same to you.
Recent studies concluded that a portable handsfree unit actually INCREASES radiation received from using a mobile phone. Possibly 2 or 3 times that of just holding the handset.
It was based around the principle that the wire acted as an antenna and amplified the signal and radiation, and, of course, it is a rather long wire plugged into the side of your head... so...
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Presumably, a working concept for this would be:
... and only those who set them up are permitted to access the system through their wireless devices.
Everyone who has a wired broadband connection sets up a 'base station'
This should create a 1:1 environment, so it is truly "shared" and apart from density issues (which may be resolved by base station density anyway) there'd be no huge bottlenecking anywhere.
It would certainly be incredible if this could get off the ground in a widespread capacity, and may be the only way wireless broadband will ever be achieved!
(Then again, communism worked in theory)
The big-sell factor for IRC at the moment is its age. It's been around forever, and there's enough knowledge of it and how it works / software / literature / networks etc etc out there to form a user base.
It'd be far too hard to implement this system attractively wide scale, simply due to the fact that IRC has been losing usefulness (in it's intended form) for quite a while now.
There's no real demand for such a system. If people care who's listening they use encrypted email / private messaging software - they may themselves not be totally secure but you've got a better chance if you talk to 1 person than a room of 78.
Current IRC users don't give a shit who listens. Just the way it is.
We don't have to *buy* it back. We can *take* it back without paying. Check all the details associated with the way it was privatised. There's a clause to the effect of "any time in the future telstra can be reclaimed"
Telstra is in an interesting situation in Australia. It used to be a wholly government owned corporation, which was the only telco in aus. Through deregulation + the rise of ISPs + cable tv services and other factors, there are now many telcos and ISPs. As far as Broadband is concerned, Cable and xDSL are both available. xDSL is being offered by Telstra and a few other lesser known ISPs. Cable is available from Telstra and Optus. Coverage rates aren't that great, and through interesting circumstances, only suburbs with above-ground wiring are able to access Optus. Telstra therefore has an effective monopoly in certain areas, and can pretty well do as they please. Even in areas where both carriers are available, the duopoly forces mean that if Telstra can get away with it, Optus will do it too.
I'm reminded of this episode of the Bastard Operator from Hell from last year. Go there. Read it. It's funny.
One of the great features and also annoyances with the Australian domain name allocation system is the requirement to have an Australian registered company/business/name etc before you can acquire the corresponding .com.au ... this is mainly to preserve IP rights etc, but is also rather relevant in an identification quest... almost all .com.aus are easily traceable back to their owners.
Obviously the .com sphere cannot possibly be brought under control... it would be impossible to impose these conditions on the millions who already own .coms
anyway...
There's nothing stopping people, including myself, including false information in their whois entries.
Did nobody See M:I-1? You just get those semi-transparent glasses that have all the electronics built into them... and even include a camera... i don't really want a man's thumb stuck to my head, if it's all the same to you.
Ummm... hello?
Recent studies concluded that a portable handsfree unit actually INCREASES radiation received from using a mobile phone. Possibly 2 or 3 times that of just holding the handset.
It was based around the principle that the wire acted as an antenna and amplified the signal and radiation, and, of course, it is a rather long wire plugged into the side of your head... so...