From benmgroup at earthlink.net Tue Nov 2 08:52:26 2004 From: benmgroup at earthlink.net (Ben Nelson) Date: Tue Jan 18 11:34:42 2005 Subject: [TCWUG] Article: City Takes First Step Toward Citywide Wireless System Message-ID: Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org tcwug-list@tcwug.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list From josh at joshwelch.com Tue Nov 2 10:52:54 2004 From: josh at joshwelch.com (Josh Welch) Date: Tue Jan 18 11:34:42 2005 Subject: [TCWUG] Article: City Takes First Step Toward Citywide Wireless System In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4187BB66.3010401@joshwelch.com> Ben Nelson wrote: > For the complete text: http://www.mplsobserver.com/ > -- > Ben Nelson > 612.685.9116 cell > benmgroup@earthlink.net > 1. $500 Million seems like a really high number to make this happen. 2. The idea of running this thing via a collaborative board of "representatives from government, business, citizens, and other stakeholders" seems like a guaranteed path to a screw up. Own it or outsource it, pick one. Josh _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org tcwug-list@tcwug.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list From mail at RobWentworth.com Tue Nov 2 13:58:00 2004 From: mail at RobWentworth.com (Rob Wentworth) Date: Tue Jan 18 11:34:42 2005 Subject: [TCWUG] Article: City Takes First Step Toward Citywide WirelessSystem References: <4187BB66.3010401@joshwelch.com> Message-ID: <000601c4c116$41fa71f0$d501a8c0@server> It makes one wonder whether a significant chunk of that $500 Million might end up in the pockets of very expensive consultants, some perhaps donated back to cooperative politicians as campaign contributions, and not actually be applied to the announced goal of the project. Good thing that sort of mischief only happens in the movies, and not actually in "real life"... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh Welch" To: "Twin Cities Wireless Users Group List" Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 10:52 AM Subject: Re: [TCWUG] Article: City Takes First Step Toward Citywide WirelessSystem > Ben Nelson wrote: >> For the complete text: http://www.mplsobserver.com/ >> -- >> Ben Nelson >> 612.685.9116 cell >> benmgroup@earthlink.net >> > > 1. $500 Million seems like a really high number to make this happen. > > 2. The idea of running this thing via a collaborative board of > "representatives from government, business, citizens, and other > stakeholders" seems like a guaranteed path to a screw up. Own it or > outsource it, pick one. > > Josh > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > Minnesota > http://www.tcwug.org > tcwug-list@tcwug.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list > _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org tcwug-list@tcwug.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list From nodeengineer at msn.com Wed Nov 3 07:25:54 2004 From: nodeengineer at msn.com (Neal Krasnoff) Date: Tue Jan 18 11:34:42 2005 Subject: [TCWUG] Article: City Takes First Step Toward CitywideWirelessSystem References: <4187BB66.3010401@joshwelch.com> <000601c4c116$41fa71f0$d501a8c0@server> Message-ID: >"representatives from government, business, citizens, and other > stakeholders" Like TCWUG? ;-) _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org tcwug-list@tcwug.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list From kaze0010 at umn.edu Thu Nov 4 16:00:19 2004 From: kaze0010 at umn.edu (Haudy Kazemi) Date: Tue Jan 18 11:34:42 2005 Subject: [TCWUG] Article: City Takes First Step TowardCitywideWirelessSystem In-Reply-To: References: <4187BB66.3010401@joshwelch.com> <000601c4c116$41fa71f0$d501a8c0@server> Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20041104160019.021700d8@kaze0010.email.umn.edu> ---start copy/paste--- 'The system, which Chief Information Officer Carl Kaiser estimated would cost as much as $500 million, would be developed and managed by a private sector partner. The city would provide access to its fiber optic infrastructure, allow some 900 antennae to be mounted on telephone poles, and issue bonds to finance it. The wireless service would be made available to all residents through a tier-based pricing structure and offered free at access centers throughout the city, including libraries, kiosks, and fire stations. “The pricing model will be competitive,” he said. The city would receive a portion of the profits generated by the system, which would be governed by a board consisting of representatives from government, business, citizens, and other stakeholders, Kaiser said.' ---end copy/paste--- Looks to me like this is a continuation of the previous pay-to-use access talked about in the past. Maybe they are trying to recreate Chaska.net in Minneapolis. I wonder how much they are thinking issuing in bonds...the whole $500 million? That pricetag is about the same as for some of the football stadium plans. http://www.stadiumsofnfl.com/future/VikingsStadium.htm That board sounds like a rulemaking board for the system that would approve pricing structures and/or rate hikes for wireless services. I think Qwest has something like that with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission. http://www.puc.state.mn.us -hk -----full text follows----- City Takes First Step Toward Citywide Wireless System (Nov. 1) A City Council committee on Monday authorized city staff to take the first steps toward developing a system that could bring broadband wireless Internet access to the entire city. The system, which Chief Information Officer Carl Kaiser estimated would cost as much as $500 million, would be developed and managed by a private sector partner. The city would provide access to its fiber optic infrastructure, allow some 900 antennae to be mounted on telephone poles, and issue bonds to finance it. Kaiser said he hoped to issue a Request for Proposals by next month and negotiate a contract by the second quarter of 2005. “It’s a formidable challenge,” Kaiser told members of the Ways and Means Committee. “But four potential partners are willing to move this forward.” More than 20 cities nationwide are in various stages of planning or implementing this sort of wireless service, he added. Most of them are planning to own the service, but Kaiser said it was “not in the best interest of the city” to implement, manage, and service such a system. The wireless service would be made available to all residents through a tier-based pricing structure and offered free at access centers throughout the city, including libraries, kiosks, and fire stations. “The pricing model will be competitive,” he said. The city would receive a portion of the profits generated by the system, which would be governed by a board consisting of representatives from government, business, citizens, and other stakeholders, Kaiser said. That governance structure raised some issues for Council Member Barret Lane (Ward 13), who wondered whether the city would be able to “pull the plug” on the deal if it was not organized as a franchise arrangement like that which governs cable TV. Kaiser replied that the governance structure would allow the city to influence the service. Lane also said he was concerned about the city taking on such a massive project at a time when it has plenty of other challenges. “There are lots of other things on our plates,” he said. “I’m leery of getting into a whole other business here and letting that distract us from our other business.” The committee voted unanimously to authorize Kaiser to put out a Request for Proposals. He will return with a business plan in the weeks ahead. _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org tcwug-list@tcwug.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list From earl at jarosh.org Fri Nov 5 08:56:56 2004 From: earl at jarosh.org (S. Earl Jarosh) Date: Tue Jan 18 11:34:42 2005 Subject: [TCWUG] Article: City Takes First Step Toward Citywide WirelessSystem References: <4187BB66.3010401@joshwelch.com> Message-ID: <007401c4c347$b25d4d90$a40e000a@D32B5L01> Here! here! Josh has got it right. Fastest way to get nothing done and spend a lot of money is to form a committee. If city governments want to get involved in this wireless stuff they have to stop treating it like some black box fairness thing and instead treat it like any other city road building or sewer project. Earl ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh Welch" To: "Twin Cities Wireless Users Group List" Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 10:52 AM Subject: Re: [TCWUG] Article: City Takes First Step Toward Citywide WirelessSystem > Ben Nelson wrote: > > For the complete text: http://www.mplsobserver.com/ > > -- > > Ben Nelson > > 612.685.9116 cell > > benmgroup@earthlink.net > > > > 1. $500 Million seems like a really high number to make this happen. > > 2. The idea of running this thing via a collaborative board of > "representatives from government, business, citizens, and other > stakeholders" seems like a guaranteed path to a screw up. Own it or > outsource it, pick one. > > Josh > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.tcwug.org > tcwug-list@tcwug.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list > _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org tcwug-list@tcwug.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list From sulrich at botwerks.org Fri Nov 5 10:01:32 2004 From: sulrich at botwerks.org (steve ulrich) Date: Tue Jan 18 11:34:43 2005 Subject: [TCWUG] administravia: ora newsletter (3-nov, 2004) Message-ID: <20041105160132.GA3959@botwerks.org> all- attached is the latest oreilly and assoc. newsletter. -- steve ulrich sulrich@botwerks.org PGP: 8D0B 0EE9 E700 A6CF ABA7 AE5F 4FD4 07C9 133B FAFC -------------- next part -------------- ================================================================ O'Reilly UG Program News--Just for User Group Leaders November 3, 2004 ================================================================ -Putting Together Your Holiday Newsletter? -SitePoint Booklet Samplers for your Members -Looking for a Speaker on Java and/or XML? ---------------------------------------------------------------- Book Info ---------------------------------------------------------------- ***Review books are available Copies of our books are available for your members to review-- send me an email and please include the book's ISBN number on your request. 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Appropriately, one of his remixes appears this year on Cirque du Soleil???s 20th Anniversary CD. http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2004/10/26/rizzo_db.html ================================================ O'Reilly User Group Wiki ================================================ Don't forget to check out the O'Reilly UG wiki to see what user groups across the globe are up to: http://wiki.oreillynet.com/usergroups/index.cgi Until next time-- Marsee -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org tcwug-list@tcwug.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list From leif at utne.com Fri Nov 5 11:59:39 2004 From: leif at utne.com (Leif Utne) Date: Tue Jan 18 11:34:43 2005 Subject: [TCWUG] Re: Article: City Takes First Step Toward CitywideWirelessSystem In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <769A8164-2F54-11D9-B477-000A95DB3176@utne.com> It strikes me that someone ought to show the city council a copy of the Wireless Commons Manifesto, http://dev.wirelesscommons.org/node.php?id=2 Also, there are some good ideas for how to approach this at http://www.democraticmedia.org/ddc -- Leif Utne Associate Editor, Utne Magazine Co-coordinator, Let's Talk America 612.338.5040 x348 www.utne.com www.letstalkamerica.org http://public.xdi.org/=Leif.Utne -- _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org tcwug-list@tcwug.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list From cncole at earthlink.net Fri Nov 5 12:16:12 2004 From: cncole at earthlink.net (Chuck Cole) Date: Tue Jan 18 11:34:43 2005 Subject: [TCWUG] Re: Article: City Takes First Step TowardCitywideWirelessSystem In-Reply-To: <769A8164-2F54-11D9-B477-000A95DB3176@utne.com> Message-ID: Sounds like you are the one who should since you're part of a downtown business, etc, and know about various publications. Chuck > -----Original Message----- > From: tcwug-list-bounces@tcwug.org > [mailto:tcwug-list-bounces@tcwug.org]On Behalf Of Leif Utne > Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 12:00 PM > To: tcwug-list@tcwug.org > Subject: [TCWUG] Re: Article: City Takes First Step > TowardCitywideWirelessSystem > > > It strikes me that someone ought to show the city council a copy of the > Wireless Commons Manifesto, > http://dev.wirelesscommons.org/node.php?id=2 > > Also, there are some good ideas for how to approach this at > http://www.democraticmedia.org/ddc > > -- > Leif Utne > Associate Editor, Utne Magazine > Co-coordinator, Let's Talk America > 612.338.5040 x348 > www.utne.com > www.letstalkamerica.org > http://public.xdi.org/=Leif.Utne > -- _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org tcwug-list@tcwug.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list From leif at utne.com Fri Nov 5 12:18:12 2004 From: leif at utne.com (Leif Utne) Date: Tue Jan 18 11:34:43 2005 Subject: [TCWUG] Re: Article: City Takes First Step Toward CitywideWirelessSystem In-Reply-To: <769A8164-2F54-11D9-B477-000A95DB3176@utne.com> References: <769A8164-2F54-11D9-B477-000A95DB3176@utne.com> Message-ID: <0DE19CD5-2F57-11D9-B477-000A95DB3176@utne.com> Whoops! Seems that link for the Wireless Commons Manifesto doesn't work. Try this instead: http://amsterdam.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-0212/ msg00136.html -- Leif Utne Associate Editor, Utne Magazine Co-coordinator, Let's Talk America 612.338.5040 x348 www.utne.com www.letstalkamerica.org http://public.xdi.org/=Leif.Utne -- On Nov 5, 2004, at 11:59 AM, Leif Utne wrote: > It strikes me that someone ought to show the city council a copy of > the Wireless Commons Manifesto, > http://dev.wirelesscommons.org/node.php?id=2 > > Also, there are some good ideas for how to approach this at > http://www.democraticmedia.org/ddc > > -- > Leif Utne > Associate Editor, Utne Magazine > Co-coordinator, Let's Talk America > 612.338.5040 x348 > www.utne.com > www.letstalkamerica.org > http://public.xdi.org/=Leif.Utne > -- > _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org tcwug-list@tcwug.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list From rsiggy101 at yahoo.com Fri Nov 5 13:31:43 2004 From: rsiggy101 at yahoo.com (Rob) Date: Tue Jan 18 11:34:43 2005 Subject: [TCWUG] RE: tcwug-list Digest, Vol 14, Issue 3 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <001d01c4c36e$3fb8efc0$0500a8c0@rdslaptop> Hum, when I worked for Qwest we did a very similar study and field trial and came up with a lot less cost for Denver back nearly two years ago (2001) with equipment from Cisco. Even then we could not make the business case work because our DSL was less costly out of the CO to run to homes and businesses. Again when I was at Qwest I did a business case for a Qwest WiFi system built as an overlay to their remaining Qwest Public Telephones, that are a loosing business since wireless phones took off. Placing DSL to existing Telephone with a WiFi Unit built into the Telephone would make these Qwest WiFi hot spots as an add on feature to home DSL or Qwest Wireless phone contracts for less than $5.99 per month. This was not picked up on back in 2003 because the Business case was not profitable for 22 months, outside the required less then 12 months due to Qwest poor financial health at the time. There is already a company (www.implex.net) building out a WiFi or WiMax system in downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul as I read in an article last week in the Pioneer Press. http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/business/technology/10040849.htm I would have many questions regarding this proposals accuracy and business assumptions and if they considered checking with Implex.net or Stone Bridge Wireless as to their plans. Rob Sigmundik BroadbandWizards, LLC rsiggy@broadbandwizards.com -----Original Message----- From: tcwug-list-bounces@tcwug.org [mailto:tcwug-list-bounces@tcwug.org] On Behalf Of tcwug-list-request@tcwug.org Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 10:44 AM To: tcwug-list@tcwug.org Subject: tcwug-list Digest, Vol 14, Issue 3 Send tcwug-list mailing list submissions to tcwug-list@tcwug.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to tcwug-list-request@tcwug.org You can reach the person managing the list at tcwug-list-owner@tcwug.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of tcwug-list digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Article: City Takes First Step Toward CitywideWirelessSystem (Neal Krasnoff) 2. Re: Article: City Takes First Step TowardCitywideWirelessSystem (Haudy Kazemi) 3. Re: Article: City Takes First Step Toward Citywide WirelessSystem (S. Earl Jarosh) 4. administravia: ora newsletter (3-nov, 2004) (steve ulrich) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 07:25:54 -0600 From: "Neal Krasnoff" Subject: Re: [TCWUG] Article: City Takes First Step Toward CitywideWirelessSystem To: "Twin Cities Wireless Users Group List" Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >"representatives from government, business, citizens, and other > stakeholders" Like TCWUG? ;-) ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2004 16:00:19 -0600 From: Haudy Kazemi Subject: Re: [TCWUG] Article: City Takes First Step TowardCitywideWirelessSystem To: Twin Cities Wireless Users Group List Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20041104160019.021700d8@kaze0010.email.umn.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ---start copy/paste--- 'The system, which Chief Information Officer Carl Kaiser estimated would cost as much as $500 million, would be developed and managed by a private sector partner. The city would provide access to its fiber optic infrastructure, allow some 900 antennae to be mounted on telephone poles, and issue bonds to finance it. The wireless service would be made available to all residents through a tier-based pricing structure and offered free at access centers throughout the city, including libraries, kiosks, and fire stations. "The pricing model will be competitive," he said. The city would receive a portion of the profits generated by the system, which would be governed by a board consisting of representatives from government, business, citizens, and other stakeholders, Kaiser said.' ---end copy/paste--- Looks to me like this is a continuation of the previous pay-to-use access talked about in the past. Maybe they are trying to recreate Chaska.net in Minneapolis. I wonder how much they are thinking issuing in bonds...the whole $500 million? That pricetag is about the same as for some of the football stadium plans. http://www.stadiumsofnfl.com/future/VikingsStadium.htm That board sounds like a rulemaking board for the system that would approve pricing structures and/or rate hikes for wireless services. I think Qwest has something like that with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission. http://www.puc.state.mn.us -hk _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org tcwug-list@tcwug.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list From mjbird at clavdivs.org Sat Nov 6 12:05:08 2004 From: mjbird at clavdivs.org (Michael J. Bird) Date: Tue Jan 18 11:34:43 2005 Subject: [TCWUG] Help getting WPA TKIP working on Debian Sarge Message-ID: <418D1254.1060803@clavdivs.org> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org tcwug-list@tcwug.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list From kaze0010 at umn.edu Sat Nov 6 12:07:33 2004 From: kaze0010 at umn.edu (Haudy Kazemi) Date: Tue Jan 18 11:34:43 2005 Subject: [TCWUG] Re: Article: City Takes First Step TowardCitywideWirelessSystem In-Reply-To: <0DE19CD5-2F57-11D9-B477-000A95DB3176@utne.com> References: <769A8164-2F54-11D9-B477-000A95DB3176@utne.com> <769A8164-2F54-11D9-B477-000A95DB3176@utne.com> Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20041106120733.020bad50@kaze0010.email.umn.edu> Here is the full Wireless Commons Manifesto, being that its original site (http://dev.wirelesscommons.org/node.php?id=2) is down: PDF: http://www.sarai.net/journal/03pdf/366_367_wirelessmanifesto.pdf HTML: http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:www.sarai.net/journal/03pdf/366_367_wir elessmanifesto.pdf >On Nov 5, 2004, at 11:59 AM, Leif Utne wrote: > >> It strikes me that someone ought to show the city council a copy of >> the Wireless Commons Manifesto, Does anyone know the best way to get copies to them? Or more importantly, get copies that they pay attention to, to them? -hk _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org tcwug-list@tcwug.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list From sulrich at botwerks.org Mon Nov 8 08:44:25 2004 From: sulrich at botwerks.org (steve ulrich) Date: Tue Jan 18 11:34:43 2005 Subject: [TCWUG] microcasting within the twin cities Message-ID: <20041108144425.GA1796@botwerks.org> all- this is tangentially related to some of the discussions that have taken place here in the past, but i figured i'd float it by folks here as well. lately, my curiousity has been piqued in community radio and community media. however, there's a shortage of options available to folks in this domain. loosely related to the notion of creating a wireless data network within the twin cities metro area is the notion of microcasting content onto the FM spectrum in support of a larger community effort. i've attached some musings in this regard, with the hopes of searching out likeminded/interested folks who might be interested in such a project. for those of you who've secretly longed to be a DJ or host a talk show, or just admire pirate radio operators, this might be just the thing for you. -- steve ulrich sulrich@botwerks.org PGP: 8D0B 0EE9 E700 A6CF ABA7 AE5F 4FD4 07C9 133B FAFC -------------- next part -------------- microcasting in the twin cities metropolitan area Introduction ---------------------------------------------------------------------- recently the walker art center[1] conducted a series of workshops themed "radio re-volt".[2] this was an entertaining and thought provoking series of workshops. personally, i've been quite dissatisfied with the state of local and community radio in the twin cities and this got me to thinking that there might be considerable interst in the community relative to internet based coordinated microcasting. the goals of the walker program were quite noble and the information that they provided was well done. however, in my opinion there wasn't much in the way of coordination after the workshops and practically speaking, there is little satisfaction in broadcasting to yourself. which is all the transmitters provided by the walker program really afforded. what i'm proposing here is a bit grander in scale and perhaps more satisfying from a listeners reached perspective. i'm proposing a network of micro-transmitters which comply with the FCC PAR 15 guidelines, which are fed content from the internet in a coordinated fashion, effectively creating a metro-localized radio network with many, many small transmitters, vs. centralized radio transmission system. allow me to elaborate some of the coarse elements. the challenge ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FCC PAR 15 provides joe/jane american with the ability to run their own transmitter as long as they conform to certain guidelines, primarily focused on the power that they radiate and keeping them from interfering with other transmissions. some time ago the FCC made a series of recommendations to facilitate the use of unused (3rd adjacent frequency) FM spectrum to enhance locally focused community-oriented radio broadcasting. actual action upon these recommendationshas been a tad slow in coming. the establishment and operation of these low power FM (LPFM) stations is a fairly complex process and the barrier of the average joe getting programming content onto them is still fairly challenging. how does a community effectively bootstrap a new radio station without the expenditure of considerable capital in hardware as well as effectively manage the creation of programming content? the RF network ---------------------------------------------------------------------- current commercial transmitters are large high-wattage affairs which are capable of amply blanketing their respective geographic area with their programming. coordinated microcasting, on the other hand, will need to rely on a network of low power transmitters simultaneously broadcasting the same content. by the very nature of the coverage technique in use, coverage will not necessarily be as consistent. small, inexpensive stereo FM transmitters are readily available in kit and assembled form that comply with the specifications of PAR 15. by providing workshops for the assembly and operation of these transmitters, the barrier for involvement in a grassroots microcasting effort can be very effectively lowered. giving people the ability to transmit content is no trivial feat, it will require educating participants in the basics of radio operation. to maximize the effective potential of each node, participants must be armed with a basic diagnostic toolkit and a means of mapping their coverage. this is by no means a comprehensive listing of the challenges associated with deploying a network of microtransmitters for such an application, but merely serve as an outline to stimulate some thinking in this domain regarding the concepts. the content distribution network ---------------------------------------------------------------------- getting transmitters online to broadcoast content is only one part of the challenge, and one not to be minimized. the delivery of this content to the participating transmitters is another sizable challenge. fortunately, we have the internet at our disposal and a host of new p2p content distribution technologies, which can be leveraged. by centrally managing the the scheduling of content via a web based interface the microcasting network can provide fairness and provides a straightforward means for participants to submit their content. to prevent centralized, well connected servers from having to distributed all the content and in turn suck down a large bandwidth bill, the actual distribution of audio content can be handled via p2p file sharing systems. the centralized servers are then only responsible for providing a mechanism to verify the validity of the content (i.e.: verify a hash of the files to be transmitted) as well as provide the scheduling mechanism for the content. the use of a p2p filesharing network does require that content submissions be made available well in advance to give participants sufficient time to acquire the content as well as any alternative content that may be required to fill in programming gaps. additionally, if the microcasting network is to be of effective use as a news source in times of extraordinary events, some mechanism to provide flash override must be developed and built into the system. as i stated before, this is by no means a comprehensive discussion of the challenges and requirements associated with this particular aspect of a microcasting architecture. further research and concerted energies will be required to adequately address this problem. reciprocity (or share and share alike) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- now, the previous items in this discussion focused on some of the coarse technical challenges involved in such an undertaking. there are some corresponding "soft elements" which bear discussion. one of the appealing concepts behind radio is letting other people know what's on your mind or sharing your interests and tastes in a publicly accessible format. the radio re-volt project nicely provided folks with a simple toolkit for engaging in personal broadcasting. however, one quickly gets bored with broadcasting to ones self and neighbors, there is a desire to reach a larger audience and to get exposure to the creations of others. it's this itch, that my microcasting proposal attempts to scratch. when creating a larger construct from several disjoint elements, some mechanism for providing, and dare i say enforcing, fairness is required. the content scheduling tools must insure that all parties have equal and fair access to the available timeslots provided by the network. if someone wants to have broadcast time, they should be willing to devote equal broadcast time to others, for this is would be the very nature of microcasted community radio. things clearly missing from this discussion ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i'm painfully aware that this document doesn't address a whole host of topics and issues. here, i'll attempt to list a few that i'm obviously missing. several of these are social/legal in nature. o copyrights and music - i have no idea what's involved here, and what the legal challenges are with broadcasting music. clearly, if the music is in the public domain and/or licensed under something like the creative commons license then it's not an issue. but if someone wants to put commercially avaiable music onto a community network, what happens there? o decency and those george carlin words - another legal issue, i surmise that there'll be some sort of accountability required for folks that want to submit content to insure that they don't broadcast a couple hours of obscenities. o sources for inexpensive transmitters - to provide effective coverage in a city, you need lots of people w/transmitters and internet access. there are several kits available online from a variety of sources. perhaps bulk purchases can be arranged to drive down the cost, research as to what models and circuits provide the best cost/performance ratio would need to be explored by far better radio nerds than i. o educating folks on what they can transmit - what's appropriate, structuring your show, etc. o educating folks on what needs to be done to submit content. this includes such things as basic audio mixing and recording techniques as well as encoding to a format that can be distributed. o grassroots marketing - you have to have some plan to let people know what to tune into. o diagnostic toolkits - is my transmitter working, or overlapping with my neighbor? what kind of coverage am i getting? lots, lots more ... conclusion ---------------------------------------------------------------------- my purpose in putting this out, into the ether of the community, is to get folks thinking about the potential of microcasting in our metro area. as the members of the twin cities wireless users group[3] are well aware, there have been several stuttered attempts to create a community based city-wide wireless data network. however, this admittedly has limited appeal to folks that aren't tech savvy and has a fairly daunting barrier of entry to many people. on the other hand there seems to be considerable mainstream appeal to community radio and lots of citizens that would readily welcome the opportunity to provide content, support and resources to something that has wider appeal and utility than a wireless data network. next steps ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i'd be happy to establish a mailing list for interested parties that would like to discuss this further as well as host a meeting for folks that would be interested in participating in this. please contact me via email[4]. references ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [1] http://www.walkerart.org [2] http://projects.walkerart.org/radio/ [3] http://www.tcwug.org [4] sulrich@botwerks.org -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org tcwug-list@tcwug.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list From sulrich at botwerks.org Wed Nov 24 07:10:40 2004 From: sulrich at botwerks.org (steve ulrich) Date: Tue Jan 18 11:34:44 2005 Subject: [TCWUG] administravia - oreilly and assoc. newsletter (23-nov, 2004) Message-ID: <20041124131040.GA5073@botwerks.org> all- see attached ... -- steve ulrich sulrich@botwerks.org PGP: 8D0B 0EE9 E700 A6CF ABA7 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This step-by-step, hack-by-hack guide covers both Windows and Linux, and includes advice on reusing an old PC to offload work from newer systems, as well as ways to prevent security problems. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pchks/ Sample hacks are available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pchks/chapter/index.html ***Degunking Your Email, Spam, and Viruses Publisher: Paraglyph Press ISBN: 193211193X "Degunking Your Email, Spam, and Viruses" outlines Paraglyph's unique 12-step Degunking program, written in everyday language for all computer users, that will teach you all the tried-and-true techniques to keep your computer clutter-free and running well. The "Degunking with Time Limitations" chart shows how you can improve your computer's performance and keep your email better organized, whether you have ten minutes or a few hours. 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"Gaming Hacks" is the indispensable guide to cool things gamers can do to create, modify, and hack videogame hardware and software. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/gaminghks/ Five sample hacks are available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/gaminghks/chapter/index.html ***Smart Home Hacks Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596007221 "Smart Home Hacks" covers a litany of stand-alone and integrated smart home solutions designed to enhance safety, comfort, and convenience in new and existing homes. Learn how to equip your home with motion detectors for added security, install computer-controlled lights for optimum convenience, mount an in-home web cam or two purely for entertainment, and much more. No matter what your technical level may be, this book will help you achieve the automated home of your dreams. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/smarthomehks/ Sample hacks are available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/smarthomehks/chapter/index.html ***Head First Design Patterns Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596007124 In the manner of O'Reilly's popular new Head First Series, "Head First Design Patterns" is visually rich and designed for the way your brain works. Applying teaching techniques developed in response to the latest research in neurobiology, cognitive science, and learning theory, the book will load patterns into your brain in a way that sticks. You'll be able to put what you've learned to work immediately, and you'll find that you're better at solving software design problems. 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