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Home arrow Don's Blog arrow 2006 - 07 - 07 - SFD, Public WiFi and a Free Root
2006 - 07 - 07 - SFD, Public WiFi and a Free Root PDF Print

This week I'm driven on a number of projects, Software Freedom Day 2006, Public Access WiFi in Christchurch, Liunx Education Sessions and more WokFry!

The highlight of my week had to be the free root I got from my neighbours for a bit of internet access!

(DISCLAIMER: This is a real student flat, these are not paid actors!)
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It was about 3pm, I was on the phone and I got a knock on the door and there was a pound of flesh and a free root!

I have a bunch of students next door who have become the test platform for our community networking.  Tom and I spent a couple of hours running a wire from my server, across the drive and in the window so they now have 24/7 broadband internet access. 

With a bunch of laptops in the house they can either take turns or connect to the public access wifi node that my house also broadcasts.

 

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The free root and pound of flesh was their way of saying thanks! Cheers Guys.