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Wireless Internet Co-Ops?
einstein asks: "How many other geeks out there are purchasing high speed commercial net connections to the remote areas they live, and then selling access to their neighbors to help cover costs? I know of a remote area with about 20-30 house all of which could access a wireless lan connection to share a 1.5 ADSL connection. I'm planning on bugging the neighbors to see if there interested soon, and I'd like to have some idea if this has worked for other people. So, who's doing this in a Co-Op fashion, and how is it working?" This probably won't be possible with most residential DSL providers, however would they let this fly on their commercial lines?"
If you're truly serious about bugging the neighbors, may I recommend www.spyworld.com?
Got friends?
other than that, good luck with the neighbors. It's not like any of them care whether you personally are alive or dead.
And all the people said, What a shame that he's dead, But wasn't he a most peculiar man?
Nah, not new here, just haven't seen anything like this before... I browse at 0, so it's quite possible that it's all be modded down to -1 before I saw it. I noticed that the parent of this got modded down while I was researching and writing my reply.
I would mourn the loss of karma, but I'm still at "excellent"...
I want my number back, dag nab it.
Whoever stated that signature sizes should be limited to one hundred and twenty characters can just go ahead and kiss my
Stop being so stupid. Their restrictions are of economic value not because they will be sued for what you do. The ISP sells you an ADSL connection for 50$/month with the stipulation that it will be for your personal use (read: residential service.)
If you pay 50$/month and then connect your entire neighborhood, you've cheated the ISP out of selling those people the same $50 service. You're acting as a commercial entity... from a house in a residential zone... without reporting the income from your little venture to the IRS.