[MLB-WIRELESS] Public internet access

Zik Saleeba zik at zikzak.net
Fri Sep 22 17:38:30 EST 2006


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



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