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Make Your Own DSL

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the send-me-some-while-you're-at-it dept.

Logic Bomb writes: "Robert Cringley's latest is a striking set of instructions on how to create your own DSL service, or even your own "socialist Internet Service Provider". A cookie goes to whomever manages to implement this first! :-D" Cringley is on a roll.

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  1. Re:Bandwith without connectivity is worthless by Tim+Doran · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Funny, I thought the 'dry pair' stuff was the boring part of the article. I happen to be in telecom and that's all a no-brainer.

    What was fascinating was the potential (admittedly) limited uses for roll-your-own DSL. Read the Lariat homepage - what an amazing project for a small town!

    I think the main points of the article are:

    1) There are lots of last-mile solutions, and they don't all have to come from your ILEC.

    2) Innovative uses of these solutions can have come really cool results - like Lariat, like paying for only one broadband connection, like establishing a neighbourhood network then networking these networks... makes you think ;)