-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday January 15 2004 10:10 am, Jay R. Ashworth wrote: > 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
Yes, consider all that - plus - how many of them will really pay their bills reliably? - -- Jason Straight [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] SkyCon Networks phone: (231)627-3528 http://www.skycon.net/ ICQ: 1796276 pgp: http://www.jeetkunedomaster.net/~junfan/pgp.key -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iQCVAwUBQAbRlhFHZPcobeHxAQLfwQP8DfrtMyzT8fsP1AgjwpxZLnhY5dE/A/pl OGTX0Gd+7wcLnvwAZdU2lvUeUXsmA2bVFyqljEv1qfuX438LQZxqzBy72Hx9wxDj eOCeWRpR+TU3JgujV4fN8eDnAoyAPTP4HYbIq7itYK6CPOVgJey5PJzwcCGYN+XG imQpebU3dKU= =Qsmi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
