Comments on: Sydney Free Wireless group offers free Wi-Fi http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/02/sydney_free_wireless_group_off/ tips and downloads to help you at work and play Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:18:57 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Sarah Stokely http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/02/sydney_free_wireless_group_off/comment-page-1/#comment-4860 Sarah Stokely Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:30:05 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/02/12/sydney_free_wireless_group_off.html#comment-4860 <p>Not at all - the project sounds great. :)</p> Not at all – the project sounds great. :)

]]> By: NathanaelB - Free Canberra Wireless http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/02/sydney_free_wireless_group_off/comment-page-1/#comment-4859 NathanaelB - Free Canberra Wireless Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:22:39 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/02/12/sydney_free_wireless_group_off.html#comment-4859 <p>Thanks for the mention!</p> <p>Tim, Meraki has a web interface where you can monitor usage and block (blacklist) any devices that are connecting to your Meraki wifi network that are abusing the bandwidth.</p> Thanks for the mention!

Tim, Meraki has a web interface where you can monitor usage and block (blacklist) any devices that are connecting to your Meraki wifi network that are abusing the bandwidth.

]]> By: Simon http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/02/sydney_free_wireless_group_off/comment-page-1/#comment-4858 Simon Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:05:12 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/02/12/sydney_free_wireless_group_off.html#comment-4858 <p>I think the idea is not to become a free ISP, but to give people a chance for a spot of browsing. I can imagine making it possible for a couple of people a day to use 50MB of my bandwidth - enough for a quick spot of webmail and not so much bandwidth that I would suffer if people did it every day (2x30x50=3gig or so).<br /> I'd feel good about myself for helping people out and making Sydney more wired.<br /> Meraki, the company behind this hardware, also lets you bill people. So one could even turn a quid!</p> I think the idea is not to become a free ISP, but to give people a chance for a spot of browsing. I can imagine making it possible for a couple of people a day to use 50MB of my bandwidth – enough for a quick spot of webmail and not so much bandwidth that I would suffer if people did it every day (2×30x50=3gig or so).
I’d feel good about myself for helping people out and making Sydney more wired.
Meraki, the company behind this hardware, also lets you bill people. So one could even turn a quid!

]]> By: Tim http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/02/sydney_free_wireless_group_off/comment-page-1/#comment-4857 Tim Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:56:23 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/02/12/sydney_free_wireless_group_off.html#comment-4857 <p>I applaud the sentiment and would consider doing the same with my WiFi. BUT... this sort of thing will never work here in Australia as long as we are all stuck on expensive bandwidth capped internet connections. No way am I opening up my WiFi for others to use up my measly (but precious) 12GB per month.</p> I applaud the sentiment and would consider doing the same with my WiFi. BUT… this sort of thing will never work here in Australia as long as we are all stuck on expensive bandwidth capped internet connections. No way am I opening up my WiFi for others to use up my measly (but precious) 12GB per month.

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