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

I might leave the order till tomorrow to give people an opportunity to comment; but so far the order I intend to place contains:

• 7x Meraki Mini
• 2x Meraki Outdoor
• 6x Meraki +7 dBi high-gain antennas

On-sell prices:

Meraki Mini: $65 AUD
Meraki Outdoor: $130 AUD
Meraki Antenna: $30 AUD

Manifest has been updated four times since original publication.

They should be here in about a week after placement of order.

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.

Problems experienced with Merakis communicating when gateway unit was next to an aluminum window frame, even though the signal seemed to be strong enough.

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