January 16, 2006
Sharing Broadband to Increase Speed
By JOHN
MARKOFF
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15 - Two West Coast start-up companies have built new
wireless technologies that take to heart Benjamin Franklin's exhortation to hang
together rather than hang
. .
j o n a t h a n
-Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Kurt
FankhauserSent: Monday, January 16, 2006 6:28 PMTo:
'WISPA General List'Subject: RE: [WISPA] Can you believe
this?
That doesnt sound
like a good idea, if they even do get it to
Schmidt
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 2:02 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: RE: [WISPA] Can you
believe this?
Well, Kurt, here's a
piece of the Terms of Agreement that a RoadRunner subscriber
contractually agrees to:
Subscriber will not resell
the Service, or any portion thereof
Jonathan Schmidt wrote:
But, yes,
the Terms of Agreement for broadband contracts usually specify limiting
access to the premises on the address of the contract. Otherwise, for $50
an apartment manager could get a router and hub and wire up the building
and give free Internet access.
It all
snip
Despite working for a WISP, I can't get my company's service at my house. If
it were available here, I'd be a Speakeasy customer in no time, because
they're so friendly to the geek market.
/snip
Out of curiosity -- how does allowing connection sharing qualify as being
friendly to the geek
Hello,
Can anyone get these people to acknowledge what WISP's have done? Or
are we really the ugly stepchild??
Barry
This is from The Jeff Pulver Blog at:
http://pulverblog.pulver.com/archives/002817.html
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