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author | Christian Pointner <equinox@ffgraz.net> | 2012-11-05 23:47:58 +0000 |
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committer | Christian Pointner <equinox@ffgraz.net> | 2012-11-05 23:47:58 +0000 |
commit | 6b3eee0373a72446b3ad8419f08fda2daacba1af (patch) | |
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parent | 2e67e4e7b6a276e3a4f409f6c737238d9b9ed607 (diff) |
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diff --git a/content/en/history.html b/content/en/history.html index a2bff53..3ced8b3 100644 --- a/content/en/history.html +++ b/content/en/history.html @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ The technological basis for FunkFeuer was developed in the 1990s by Franz Xaver' The main focus was on Point-to-Point connections, attempting to extend or replace the DSL-Links with wireless radio links. However, after a long test-phase, Silver Server decided that WIFI was not yet ready for commercial deployment. </p> <p> -The nodes and hardware infrastructure of these links were handed off to the associations Team Teichenberg and Public Voice Lab, which were hoping to use them for their new business idea. Under direction of Franz Xaver and Roland Jankowski, the network was expanded to count 15 nodes. Unfortunately, their firm did not manage to create a solid framework for end-user internet access products. Mainly because, at that time, there weren’t any cheap GNU/Linux based embedded devices. +The nodes and hardware infrastructure of these links were handed off to the associations Team Teichenberg and Public Voice Lab, which were hoping to use them for their new business idea. Under direction of Franz Xaver and Roland Jankowski, the network was expanded to count 15 nodes. Unfortunately, their company did not manage to create a solid framework for end-user internet access products. Mainly because, at that time, there weren’t any cheap GNU/Linux based embedded devices. </p> <p> In order to offset the high cost for individual nodes and their maintenance, the network was to be decentralized and the city's population was given the opportunity to buy the hardware at it's cost. This was the first step towards a free network. |