On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 07:48:20AM -0700, Matt Gaston wrote: > If I get a T1 and share it with 20 or so of my neighbors to help pay > for it, what am I getting myself into? I really want to do it, but I > fear I need the better part of wisdom to balance out my desire.
Have you ever *done* end-user helpdesk? It's mostly a case of expectation management: if you're charging them *anything*, then you have to precisely define what you will and won't do for them before they sign up, so they don't feel like you're selling them a pig in a poke. The smarter a neighborhood (technically) that you live in, the easier it will be. If you *know* who the geeks are, start their. And look into books on forming co-ops, which is essentially what you're doing. They're a legal entity, and you can get breaks on some stuff. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Member of the Technical Staff Baylink RFC 2100 The Suncoast Freenet The Things I Think Tampa Bay, Florida http://baylink.pitas.com +1 727 647 1274 Come see Linux Gazette in our new home: www.linuxgazette.net! -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
