[MLB-WIRELESS] TIB net????

[Matt]

Don't shoot me for saying this and I may start a religious war and I 
understand that melbwireless isn't about net access but..... since the bulk 
buy works so well for goods why not give it a go for internet service/access.
We could make it available as an offer on TIB, see what discounts we can 
get for bringing along a few hundred customers, talk to the ISPs that deal 
at this level and maybe use the bulk muscle to get an agreement that 
doesn't prohibit sharing the connection wirelessly, this might make a 
couple of those big 35gb aardvark/comindico accounts very affordable.

My first ISP was a startup in sydney that was reasonably cheap and reliable 
at the time and cut costs by not providing much in the way of tech support. 
ie they didn't have a number you could  call to get someone to help you set 
up your pc. Most of the melbwireless guys&gals are savvy enough to set up 
an adsl connection I'm sure.

As long as we limit it to melbwireless members and don't make any money out 
of it I'm reasonably sure its even legal.

Just throwing the idea in for discussion. I'm not talking about purchasing 
a big pipe for a nonexistant melbourne wireless network and everyone 
pluggin into that. I'm talking about getting us a means of access to the 
prices that wholesale providers can offer and at the same time reducing the 
costs by being able to split that between 2 or three people who live in 
your neighbourhood. This might be the sort of thing that would encourage a 
few more people to put up antennas. It would also be a good idea to involve 
other computer groups in melbourne perhaps. This sort of thing is going on 
at the moment (sharing net access between a few ppl wirelessly) surely 
theres a way to use it on a larger scale.

Disclaimer: I've never worked for an ISP and I don't have an IT job, it may 
very well be pie in sky stuff, enlighten me.

Matt


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