> -----Original Message----- > From: Wayne Putterill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 2:57 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Quick design question > > That's interesting, the main local system is strongly supported by > government bodies and there have been some legal developments allowing > broadband users to share their bandwidth - we will just have to see what > compromise is reached I suppose.
In the states this is all an ISP thing, and most ISPs will pull your account if they find you "sharing". However it's very hard to discover this and there are still a bunch of groups trying to pull it off - we have so many schools around here (including MIT which accounts for more than a few grassroots efforts) that we're actually getting pretty good coverage. Although while some ISPs are working to stop this others are using it as a feature. SpeakEasy.net for example (a DSL provider) has plans specifically targeted at people that want to share the connection. I think with all the insanely cheap 802.11b hardware out there that we'll see that first with 802.11g taking over later once it's finalized and the hardware gets cheaper. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
