[MLB-WIRELESS] Public internet access

[gabrielle harrison and Paul van den Bergen]

On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:38:30 +1000, Zik Saleeba <zik at zikzak.net> wrote:

> On 9/22/06, Rowan 2006 <rowan2006 at sensation.net.au> wrote:
>>
>> Is $50/mo competitive for 1.5Mbit/sec bandwidth shared between 30 houses
>> with 10Gb download allowance each, delivered via a non telco grade  
>> network
>> that was set up by hobbyists who cannot reasonably be expected to be on
>> call 24/7 if something goes wrong? Probably not...
>
> I expect that the main attraction for most people here is the thrill
> of running their own network. Even so, by your calculations above it
> does come in at around the same price as home ADSL. Ok, so there's no
> support hotline but real men don't need that :)
>
> Cheers,
> Zik

How many members do we have? and they all have built their own network  
nodes? If that's not better than a help desk, I'll... um. be very  
surprised.


anyhoo, I've occasionally wondered why we can't get an ISP to provide the  
_club_ with internet access, as an entity.  that way what we do with it is  
our business. they to access the internet you just have to join the club.   
Would that sidestep the service provider requirements? (I presume the law  
wrt multi premise businesses is pretty messed up by now with wireless on  
the scene)

-- 
Dr Paul van den Bergen
Chance favours the prepared mind