Re: [WISPA] Can you believe this?

2006-01-17 Thread Tom DeReggi
amp; Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: "David E. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 10:41 PM Subject: RE: [WISPA] Can you believe this? Jonathan Schmidt wrote: But,

Re: [WISPA] Can you believe this?

2006-01-17 Thread David E. Smith
Charles Wu wrote: 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. Out of curiosity -- how does allowing "connection sharing" qualify as being "friendly

RE: [WISPA] Can you believe this?

2006-01-16 Thread Charles Wu
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. Out of curiosity -- how does allowing "connection sharing" qualify as being "friendly" to the geek market

RE: [WISPA] Can you believe this?

2006-01-16 Thread David E. Smith
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."

RE: [WISPA] Can you believe this?

2006-01-16 Thread Jonathan Schmidt
nd hub and wire up the building and "give free Internet access."   . . . 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 8:06 PMTo: 'WISPA General List'Subject:

RE: [WISPA] Can you believe this?

2006-01-16 Thread Kurt Fankhauser
Jonathan 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 Ser

Re: [WISPA] Can you believe this?

2006-01-16 Thread David E. Smith
Jonathan Schmidt wrote: [ stuff ] This isn't terribly new, but it's a neat marketing gimmick. There have been routers available for years that will accept multiple Internet connections, and bond them (after a fashion). This will probably have the same sort of limitations as that technology --

RE: [WISPA] Can you believe this?

2006-01-16 Thread Jonathan Schmidt
quot;   . . . 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 doesn’t sound like a good idea, if th

RE: [WISPA] Can you believe this?

2006-01-16 Thread Kurt Fankhauser
That doesn’t sound like a good idea, if they even do get it to work they will have a hard time tracking down someone one that is spamming, making viruses, etc. Wonder what those guys were smoking when they thought of that over there in mushroom laboratories?   Kurt Fankhauser WAVELIN