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Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 05/06/2002 10:21:09 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: (bcc: Scott Raley/LPEC/ASD/SEMCORINC) Subject: RE: Wireless: was: RE:DSL Scott, You may want to check out this article from the Washington Post about a week ago. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60405-2002Apr27.html To quote: -- Don Bailey's philosophy is that Internet access should be fast, cheap, democratic and convenient. But in his town-house development near Sterling, none of that was true. After losing battles -- with Verizon Communications Inc. for a DSL line and Adelphia Communications Corp. for high-speed cable -- he decided to take his neighborhood's broadband matters into his own hands. In March, he custom-ordered a $499-a-month super-high-speed connection -- a T-1 line -- with enough capacity to service a large office building. ("I was going to get a race car this year, but instead I got a high-speed connection," he said.) Now, Bailey's like the enterprising kid with the lemonade stand on the corner, except that what he's offering is a new wireless Internet service beaming from his house for $50 a month, so far to five of his neighbors. Word of mouth has brought four or five more neighbors to Bailey's virtual door seeking to get in on the fun. He even offers free access -- about 30 minutes of Web-surfing time -- to anyone able to pick up his wireless signal within 100 yards of his house. -- I'm starting to investigate costs right now, but at the next Home Owners Association meeting I'm going to make a similar proposal. I'd love the idea of a t-1 line straight to my house. However from what I understand, 802.11 has a relatively short range - much less than a mile. larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com http://www.pacel.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Raley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 10:10 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Wireless: was: RE:DSL > > > Anyone worked with wireless Internet? I have a customer that > will let me hook > up a wireless point to their T1 so I can get internet from > my house ( I live 1 > mile away) but I didn't know what this would involve in > getting it hooked up... > Anyone out there dealt with this? There isn't anything > between us out of the > ordinary... few trees and homes.. thats about it. > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
