If you're looking at a T1 for $550 then this is probably not a real T1. Unless this is a favor from a friend or does not include bandwidth charges this might not be a clear/full T1. Some ISP's will implement a PPP over ATM "T1". This usually goes through the same (almost always very over subscribed) ATM network that the ISP provides access to it's DSL customers. After all the overhead you're lucky if you get a meg out of it. The other disadvantage is also latency. 20-30ms to your default gateway is not uncommon and can be in the hundreds of ms to the next hop.
Now I am a little biased (since my company offers T1 service as one of it's main products). Our list pricing is $699 and only in very rare cases we're not able to match or beat a competitors T1 pricing. If I were you I'd be very weary. You shouldn't have to pay $550 for DSL equivalent service. Just my $.02 Dan. Layer42.Net On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 01:24:03PM -0700, Matt Almgren wrote: > Wow! We're practically neighbors! :) Unless you are on the other side > of San Thomas or Homestead. I'm within 100' of Nicholson and Robiero. > Just driving around I have seen a few grid antennas pointed towards the > West, but not sure if they're connecting to anything or not. > > Currently, I just got a wireless card and small antennae, along with my > own wireless network at home, but I have been doing research and it looks > promising. > > I'm just throwing around numbers, but getting about 20 neighbors at > $50/month would eaily cover the cost of a T1 line. (I checked already > and they run about 550 for 2yr aggreement with local loop, router, and > included installation) to my house. I can see more rooftops than that > from my house. The hard part I see is just getting people involved and > finding a cheap way to install the client antennaes. I've looked around > at other community co-op web sites and it CAN be done with the right > planning and marketing to people. Or getting them to dump Comcast at > 49/month and go wireless. :) > > This something that I definitely want to look into and get feedback from > others, especially if you live nearby and know of possible problems, > ideas, etc.... > > - Matt > > > > > > > > --- Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Matt, > > > > Where are you, exactly? There are a couple of us near Homestead/San > > Tomas > > Expy who are thinking of pooling our access, mainly for reliability, > > but who > > knows... And I keep meaning to cruise the neighborhood with > > NetStumbler to > > see who else might be able to participate. > > > > -- > > Nick Arnett > > Phone/fax: (408) 904-7198 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Matt Almgren > > > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 3:10 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [BAWUG] Co-op in Santa Clara ? > > > > > > > > > Does anyone know of a co-op or cheap WISP either starting or already > > > formed in Santa Clara ? Not the county, but the city. If so, please > > > send me any pertinent information. I am familiar with BARWN, but it > > > doesn't seem to stretch that far down into the south bay. I'd like > > to > > > get involved with either helping with network infrastructure or just > > > being a client. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Matt > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > > > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > > -- > > > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > > > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
