Not naive, just being sensible about it. What's wrong with getting a non-profit license and running it as a non-profit. There is already a good website/non-profit organization out there where some people are doing this. I would LOVE to model a co-op here in Santa Clara exactly like that.
http://lcwireless.org/ Check them out. They have a good business model and yes, they are non-profit. -- Matt --- Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Matt Almgren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 3:16 PM > > ... > > > Well unfortunately, unless you have a business-class DSL line or T1, > > I do, but I'm still sharing the Internet... ;-) > > > Well, this would not be a wISP per se. It would not be a business > but a > > non-profit organization that is setup for providing wireless > services. > > I'm sure there will be a few speedbumps, but I doubt we'll see any > > roadblocks. > > I really don't mean any offense, but this sounds quite naive. A > non-profit > business is still a business! If money or services change hands, then > it > has to be well-run for me to trust it. On the other hand, if we're > talking > about essentially pooling our excess capacity, that's a different > story, > since any one participant theoretically could screw up without causing > others any problems. > > > Let's see who else in the area might be interested. > > It is definitely worth exploring, especially considering how many > wireless > users there apparently are around here. > > Nick > > -- > 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
