-->"Skip" == Skip Montanaro <skippobox.com> writes:

  Skip> This is probably painfully obvious to the Australians on the
  Skip> list, but for the benefit of at least this American, can you
  Skip> tell me why the wireless community networking phenomenon seems
  Skip> to be so strong in Australia?

i suspect it's mostly because the local Telcos/ISPs don't provide
reasonable bandwidth at a reasonable cost.

cable/adsl here is expensive, in terms of installation, monthly access
fees and (particularly) bandwidth charges above the very low free
bandwidth caps.

the AUPs are also very odd, with the providers refusing to specify (in
some cases) a volume limit other than "excessive downloads" and yet
the penalty is disconnection from the service ...

and then the costs for T1-equivalent lines (megalink, etc) kill that
alternative.

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