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Canadian ISP Co-Op Shows Upside of Line Sharing

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the grass-roots-muni-wifi dept.

Golden Gael writes "The FCC got rid of mandatory line sharing in the US a few years ago, but it's alive and kicking in Canada, and an interesting article at Ars Technica looks at what can happen when there's vibrant broadband competition. 'Wireless Nomad does things a little differently. The company is subscriber-owned, volunteer-run, and open-source friendly. It offers a neutral Internet connection with no bandwidth caps or throttling, and it makes a point of creating wireless access points at the end of each DSL connection that can be used, for free, by the public. Bell Canada this is not.' The ISP has some ambitious plans for the future, including getting involved in WiMAX."

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  1. free lunch by micktaggart · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    There is no such thing as a free lunch, and there is no such thing as a free internet connection. Economies of scale apply as well, and I doubt this model is easily scalable. Less regulation and more privatization is the way to go, not socialized internet.

    1. Re:free lunch by Soko · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      There is no such thing as a free lunch,
      Yup

      and there is no such thing as a free internet connection.

      My neighbours WiFi disagrees with you.

      Economies of scale apply as well, and I doubt this model is easily scalable.

      Well, if the government sanctions it...

      Less regulation and more privatization is the way to go, not socialized internet.

      Is it this easy to piss of a Republican? ;-)

      --
      "Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm." - Anonymous
  2. Clueless americans... by Pig+Hogger · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Americans are really clueles... Titling the article "sticking it to l'homme" for a Toronto ISP is like calling an Alabama ISP "A fine nigger ISP", given how the english HATE the french.