[CS Bureau] Re: [DDN] Wireless @ WSIS / Kram Centre - will we have to pay...again..?

[Dr. Francis MUGUET]

Dear Robert
> BRING ANY BASE STATIONS THAT YOU HAVE!!

I would agree and I was about to make the same
call to the PCT group.

> 
>  I wish to again raise the issue about Wireless at the Kram Centre.  To- 
> date neither the WSIS ES or the Tunisian organizers have  confirmed that 
> wireless will be free.
> 
> I would like to put forward the position that CS should plan for a  
> worst case scenario. That being, that Wifi will exist and be as  
> expensive as was the case in Geneva/WSIS I.
The PCT group did setup a free wireless network but of a limited range
in Geneva.
The question is to provide a wide range WiFi, in that case some
WifiRouters must be used as repeaters to extend the range of
a single broadcast unit.

> 
> We might be able to complain all we want, but that won't help things.  
> Consequently, i would like to propose that CS do what it knows what  to 
> do best - to be creative and deploy it's own wireless network. The  CS 
> Bureau office has a free internet connection, 
 > and it could be used  as
> the point where the CS free & independant wifi network connects to  the 
> internet.
only if we have routable IP there....
We did not have routable IPs in Geneva in the CSB offices,
until I reconfigured personnally
the network with the service company guy, after a tense
conversation where I hinted that some CS people might be
otherwise tempted  to crack the network.

I have requested further information to the Tunisian
contact provided by the Executive secretariat
and will let you know.

Hope we do have not to waste time on setting up our
own WiFi.

> 
> As for next steps - an adhoc tech planning committee should be  created 
> tohelp manage this. Anyone interested, please contact me  privately.
count me in


Best regards

Francis

> 
> Regards,
> 
> -- 
> Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>
> Director, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
> WSIS Civil Society Bureau, Focal Point for North America & Europe
> Tel +1 416 893 0377 Fax +1 416 893 0374
> 
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