On Sunday 18 August 2002 12:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I used to run an ISP > > I also have my system configured so I can dial into it > while I am on the road. This gives me internet and mail > access. (I have a T1 with my own mail server) > > You are going to run into a few of problems with your idea. > > 1. It is probably against the user agreement of your isp. > 2. You will need additional phone lines at your location ($12-$15 each) > 3. You will need to have the phone company "roll over" all calls to your > extra lines to 1 number. > 4. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE THAN 33.6K CONNECTIONS > to your friends and family without digital lines at your location. In > order to get the "fast" 56k, you gotta be digital (at least on the > dial-in server side) > 5. Without setting up your own mail server, you will not be able to > provide email addresses for your "clients" > > You will run into more. > > If your motive for this project is to learn about dial up servers, it is a > great project. > > If your motive is profit, forget it. Hire a professional to do the > setup. > > Todd
1. As is what I (and most all of you) are doing right now in our own homes-- sharing the connection among multiple computers on a LAN. User agreements be damned. 2. That's cool, if I actually went through with this as a middle-term thing I'd have to ask people to pick up the cost of the phone line. Still, it may just end up being a weekend endeavor playing around to get it set up and using my home's phone line to do it on. 3. There are only two households I'd be doing this for, but I also don't understand exactly what you mean. Can you explain? 4. Will a 33.6k connection shared by 2 modem clients (using the connection remotely) and my house (using the cable connection directly of course) provide service comparable to a busy local dialup ISP? If not, how significant would the difference be? If significant, what does being digital entail? 5. Both households (my family + my best friend & his wife) use internet mail accounts like hotmail already, so it wouldn't really matter. Still... if I could learn how to set up the mail server, that would be pretty darn cool. What would it involve? Last but not least-- profit is ABSOLUTELY of no interest. I wouldn't be charging a penny, this is my best friend and my family I'm talking about. If I charged them a thing it would only be way after I had completely learned how to do this cleanly and the only thing I'd be asking for was the exact amount necessary to pay the extra two phone bills. I'd also never even consider suggesting they use me as a primary source of internet access until I completely knew what I was doing and could be sure I'd be giving them something better than what they're getting elsewhere. A major issue is that both households are having some money problems and while I'm helping out every way that I can, this would be one more load off their backs. If I can get my hack on and help my friends at the same time, I'm all about it. Hope to hear from you soon. Peace. Isaac
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