FON interest?

[Ken]

On 2/10/06, Tyler van Houwelingen <tyler at azulstar.com> wrote:
>
> we are working with fire depts for wifi/zigbee applications.  usages are:
> mobile (truck based) access for maps, mobile surveillance, boom mounted
> surveillance, backup Voice, Virtual WAN to interlink firestations, etc.
> lots that can be done here as with all first responders.
>


On a side note, I am curious about what type of security Zigbee supports. Is
it similar to 802.11 based stuff?

-ken


Is FON somehow coordinating IP schemes?  Otherwise moving or "flopping" from
> one node to another will be a big problem
>
> ty
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Chuck Lare <chuck at lareassoc.com>
> *To:* Casey Halverson <casey.halverson at infospace.com> ; ken at ipl31.net ;
> talk at seattlewireless.net
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 09, 2006 10:03 PM
> *Subject:* Re: FON interest?
>
> Thanks Ken & Casey.  Sounds like FON doesn't have the altruistic
> motivation that we share.  What I understand is the their basic model relies
> on hundreds of small home network nodes stitched together, blanketing the
> area, providing WiFi/Internet access.  Add to that the Seattle Fire
> Departments are all connected with fiber optics and most of the government
> buildings.  As a result it seems a large part of the Seattle area is poised
> to be able to be WiFi/Internet connected.
>
> I was a board member of the Washington Association of Telecommunication
> Officers and Advisor, the membership is primarily of those who represent
> municipalities in their Cable TV franchises.  We have had presentations from
> both the City of Spokane and the Columbia Rural Electric Association, both
> who have implemented WiFi in their fire departments and very large areas of
> their communities.  The fire departments are now interested in integrating
> RFIDs and WiFi to maintain real-time inventory of their equipment, personnel
> and triage of victims.
>
> Has anyone references of other fire departments implementing WiFi?
>
> Please advise, stay well.  Chuck
>
>
>
> *Basically you run their code on your ap and get free access to other fon
> nodes, and they charge non foners to use any fon enabled ap. My opinion is
> that  their motivation is not in the right place to be of help to community
> wireless. Its a similiar concept to what sputnik tried to do.
>
> Ken
> Ken
> ken at ipl31.net*
>
> Casey Halverson wrote:
>
> Lots of hype .. its a gimmick.  They want to ultimately push into the
> wifi voip market with this network buildout....
>
> You have to run *their* stuff...
>
> Im not impressed.
>
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> 	From: talk-bounces at seattlewireless.net
> [mailto:talk-bounces at seattlewireless.net <talk-bounces at seattlewireless.net>] On Behalf Of Chuck Lare
> 	Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 5:19 PM
> 	To: talk at seattlewireless.net
> 	Subject: FON interest?
> 	
> 	
> 	Has anyone experience using or recommend FON.
> 	http://en.fon.com/info/what-is-fon.php
> 	"FON is a Global Community of people who share WiFi. Share your
> WiFi broadband access at home/work and enjoy WiFi all over the world!
> FON: small cost, great benefit!"?
> 	
> 	Is FON an open WiFi network to bring free WiFi/Internet to the
> community by sharing of personal WiFi networks?
> 	
> 	
> 	Please advise, thanks.  Chuck
> 	
>
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