Re: [44net] On The Air

On 25.07.13. 16:54, PE1RDW wrote: I do not know how is it over there, but here, noone would pay 500 EUR for equipment and 50 as monthly price, especially for remote location which is used only for DX and contesting. If I cannot manage to allow people to use old obsolete 2m/70cm walkie-talkie, antenna, laptop and simple audio cables to connect to AMPRNet, then I would not do it at all, as that is the most I can expect from people to be ready to invest. And one more thing, it is required that they do not have to mangle with settings. Setting things up should be as simple as possible. If they have to invest more, or mess with settings they will not. If is much simpler and cheaper to buy mobile network internet stick and have it all working in a minute, they will choose that. People will do something if it is interesting. There is nothing interesting for them in spending money on expensive technology that is already behind. I am ready to do something just to do it, as I like to set up and use any kind of communication. I believe most of us on this list do so. But we are minority. If goal is to get AMPR into wide use, then it has to have some purpose that justifies investments in equipment and hassle of learning. Over here we created quite a nice national network of wireless communities, all with iBGP and stuff. It looks really nice and we learned a lot while making it. But it is not in use. We do occasionally ping and traceroute through just to see and admire how it works. Common people are not interested in that. Not even if we offer Internet access for free. They do not see the point to buy WiFi equipment as they get full internet through ADSL or cable with free devices included. The only people interested are those that cannot get internet otherwise. Pedja YT9TP