low power tv

[Bill Davidsen]

Tim wrote:

> It sounds like you're keen, so you're going to be the first one to
> invest time, effort and money.  If you're not willing, it's already dead
> in the water.  You'll have to convince your town to put in the
> equipment, even if they don't have to pay for doing so.  Then you'll
> have to start generating interest.  You'll get a few friends involved,
> and some will go away after a little while.  You'll get a few strangers
> involved, and you'll wish you'd never met them.  And somewhere along the
> line you'll have to fight off someone who wants to take over and screw
> it all up.
> 
You need the same approval from the town as any other low power wireless 
router, which is to say NONE. You can buy one of these, put the antenna 
on your roof, and no one has a right to tell you no (unless you cause 
interference).

I don't know what level of access control this has, but I doubt that 
anyone can "take it over" in any case. They might create a competing 
network, but the network which was there first can probably complain 
about interference if someone else deliberately does so.

-- 
Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com>
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