[MLB-WIRELESS] (Squid Proxy) Paths clearing for wireless networks

[Andrew Wagstaf]

I don't know if this already been discussed but this sort of set up would be 
classified as an unlicensed ISP !
There is a sizable article in July's PC User about wireless networks, and 
sharing an internet connection across a wireless network was mentioned and 
they informed readers they would be running an unlicensed ISP!

Regards

Andrew Wagstaff

>From: John Dalton <john.dalton at bigfoot.com>
>To: melbwireless at wireless.org.au
>Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] (Squid Proxy) Paths clearing for wireless 
>networks
>Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 17:38:59 +1000
>
>
>I gather each person on a cable service has a monthly
>download limit.  Does each person's 'month' finish at
>the same time?  If not, the following idea (an extension
>of the original cache idea) may work:
>
>Say 300 people on a wireless network have a cable Intenet
>connections.
>
>Each of them runs a cache.  Each person has a 3GB/month download limit.
>For most of the month, each cache simply serves up stored pages
>and does not access the Internet.
>
>Six hours before the end of the month, each cache is
>allowed to pass requests through to the Internet, allowing
>that cache to be replenished.  A cache will stop fetching
>requests when either the month is up, or the monthly cable download
>limit for that minus a safety factor is reached.  The safety
>factor should be chosen so there is negligible probability of
>the person who pays for the cable connection exceeding their
>download limit in the 6 hours before the month is up.  This person
>could also decrease the '6 hour' time to reduce the probability of
>going over their cable download limit.
>
>When a person inside the community network wants a page, they
>search each cache in turn (in random order?) until their request
>is found.  If the page they want is not already cached, they will
>eventually hit an 'enabled' cache and their request will be fetched
>from the Internet.
>
>The net result of this scheme is that:
>1) The community network has continuous Internet access (due to
>the random distribution of 'months end').
>2) It is very rare for a person who pays for a cable connection goes over 
>their
>download limit, due to the community network.
>3) It has close to zero impact on the Internet usage of people
>who pay for cable connections.
>
>If 'month's end' is the same for all users, the scheme could be modified
>to pick a random time, with some fixed data volume.  The chosen data
>volume should be small enough to not impact the cable users.
>
>Getting really fancy, the data volumne or 'enable time' could be
>automatically adapted over time to fit usage patterns for that
>cable connection.
>
>Regards
>John
>
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