Sorry for the rush and that I didn’t give you all a chance to place orders - but I was contacted by a guy in Hobart the other night interested in getting involved in the Free Australia Wireless project … and seeing I’m going to Hobart in a few weeks I thought I should grab a few Merakis to take with me! Plus I’ll be passing through Sydney on the way there so maybe the Sydney folk might need some, plus I have 3 people here in Canberra wanting Merakis.

So I’ve grabbed:

8x Meraki Minis
2x Meraki Outdoors
1x Meraki Panel Antenna

Also this news is a few days old now but if you haven’t heard the NSW Government has once again scrapped plans to roll out free wireless in the Sydney CBD and major areas. I think this is the third time now?

Just shows that even with a budget of millions of dollars - it’s just not the way to go about. It’s a flawed model and approach. It goes to show who has the greater power and influence and ability to make this happen. Us.

So how many nodes and access points have we got in Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth now under the Free Australia Wireless project? Forty? Let’s add a few zeros to that figure. Let’s make this happen.

Another interesting article, brought to my attention by Justin: Free Wi-Fi, but Not for All

Steve, Terence, Dean and Noel - I’ll email you shortly to arrange deliver; Brad, give me a couple of days and I can work out if I have a spare one for you, and “Griffmiester” I’ve put your two Minis + antennas aside to bring down to Melbourne at Easter.

COD is easiest for me, but I can provide bank details for direct deposit if you prefer.

Meraki antennas with standard antenna for scale
Meraki Outdoor with booster antenna

I intend keeping a few spare Merakis handy at all times in-case anyone needs or wants one at short notice (although shipping them from the US is very quick) - so right now I have 2 surplus Meraki Mini indoor units; once I get around to doing up the copy for the leaflet I intend distributing in our street and the adjacent two I hope at least a few neighbors will get on-board and I can sell or lease the units to them … but if you need one or your bust yours then contact me.

Ordered 3 indoor Meraki Minis and 1 outdoor unit yesterday - I’ll probably replace one of my indoor units with the outdoor one and two of those Minis will be for the web-blast07 sponsorship - leaving me with two Minis surplus, which I’ll be trying to flog off to the neighbors to expand my pureCaffeine network here in Amaroo.

Free Canberra Wireless will be sponsoring this year’s web-blast event in Canberra, hosted by SMS Management and Technology.

Our sponsorship will comprise the contribution of a pair of Meraki Mini indoor units; not sure yet if it’ll be a door prize or lottery.