[MLB-WIRELESS] TIB net????

[rik]

does there AUP say a ORG may share there access?


----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt" <matthew.c.boyd at uts.edu.au>
To: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 12:56 AM
Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] TIB net????


> Don't shoot me for saying this and I may start a religious war and I
> understand that melbwireless isn't about net access but..... since the
bulk
> buy works so well for goods why not give it a go for internet
service/access.
> We could make it available as an offer on TIB, see what discounts we can
> get for bringing along a few hundred customers, talk to the ISPs that deal
> at this level and maybe use the bulk muscle to get an agreement that
> doesn't prohibit sharing the connection wirelessly, this might make a
> couple of those big 35gb aardvark/comindico accounts very affordable.
>
> My first ISP was a startup in sydney that was reasonably cheap and
reliable
> at the time and cut costs by not providing much in the way of tech
support.
> ie they didn't have a number you could  call to get someone to help you
set
> up your pc. Most of the melbwireless guys&gals are savvy enough to set up
> an adsl connection I'm sure.
>
> As long as we limit it to melbwireless members and don't make any money
out
> of it I'm reasonably sure its even legal.
>
> Just throwing the idea in for discussion. I'm not talking about purchasing
> a big pipe for a nonexistant melbourne wireless network and everyone
> pluggin into that. I'm talking about getting us a means of access to the
> prices that wholesale providers can offer and at the same time reducing
the
> costs by being able to split that between 2 or three people who live in
> your neighbourhood. This might be the sort of thing that would encourage a
> few more people to put up antennas. It would also be a good idea to
involve
> other computer groups in melbourne perhaps. This sort of thing is going on
> at the moment (sharing net access between a few ppl wirelessly) surely
> theres a way to use it on a larger scale.
>
> Disclaimer: I've never worked for an ISP and I don't have an IT job, it
may
> very well be pie in sky stuff, enlighten me.
>
> Matt
>
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