29 Aug
2013
29 Aug
'13
9 p.m.
Hey,
I also apologize for disappearing. Living in the bay area was depleting my
savings faster than I would have liked and I didn't get some jobs I'd
applied for, so I decided to head back to my home in NC for the fall, where
I can live like for cheap and save up money. I'll hopefully be back in the
bay area early next year.
Thanks for the white paper Paige. It definitely sheds light on the value of
Open Garden's approach. But isn't 802.11u designed to take on the issues
that make it hard for a "community of hotspots" to emerge as a viable
solution? I know someone with a
passpoint<http://www.wi-fi.org/discover-and-learn/wi-fi-certified-passpo…
who says it works wonderfully. Open Garden still adds a lot of value,
but the paper would be stronger if it looked at the world we're headed
towards, instead of the one we're stuck in today. Users won't need to
manually select each access point and punch in credentials for that much
longer. To quote the Wi-Fi alliances' FAQ on
passpoints<http://www.wi-fi.org/download.php?file=/home/webs/wifi/public…
:
"For most users, Passpoint means that there will be no need for manual
intervention when
entering a hotspot running on Passpoint equipment with a Passpoint mobile
device.
Automatic detection and secured connection will occur provided the user is
a subscriber of
the entity running the hotspot or is a subscriber of an entity that has a
roaming relationship
with the entity running the hotspot."
Anyway, just my two cents. Look forward to seeing the state of the mesh
when I get back next year. I'll keep listening in in case a problem comes
up I can actually help with. Until then,
Jacob
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Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 09:38:14 -0700
From: Paige <veeforvoluntary(a)gmail.com>
To: mesh(a)lists.sudoroom.org
Subject: [Mesh] Open Garden white paper!
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For those of you who haven't heard the news from Jenny, yet: Open Garden
decided to publicly release the original white paper "Multi-hop Wi-Fi
Offload <https://opengarden.com/Multi-hop_Wi-Fi_Offload.pdf>" by CTO,
Stanislav Shalunov.
Hopefully this brings some inspiration and answers some questions (ex.
Mitar: Why Bluetooth?)
Also, please excuse my lack of participation this past month - I'll be
back in the action next month. I'm also going to a festival called
Libertopia <http://libertopia.org> this weekend in San Diego where I'll
attempt to spread the word. These people are really into alternative,
decentralized services.
I'm starting my drive down tonight so have a great meeting and enjoy the
weekend everyone!
Peace.
-Paige