At 10:16 PM 9/10/01 -0400, you wrote: >Great discussion, folks. May I throw in a couple more cents worth? > >Re-reading the article closely, vis-a-vis the weather issue, I _think_ at >least one of the setups was indoors, because the guy talked about running >a cable from his apartment to the coffee shop next door. The idea is to >put a wireless base station on a cable modem or a DSL modem and "spread >the wealth". The pilot project could very well be LPL, although I like >the mall idea, too. > >The "kinks in the cable" that I can think of are: > >1) someone is already selling 'Net access by the minute in the mall via a >kiosk, so this would compete with them Not a problem as far as competition goes - but they might not like us removing their source of revenue. >2) Adelphia and/or Verizon may have a "no redistribution" clause in their >subscriber agreement. If they do, this would violate that clause and >give them grounds to cut off service to anyone who did it. That's what I >meant about being a "show stopper". Does anyone have a copy of either >agreement? Well, my initial reaction to the agreement involves an expletive, but I'd say otherwise that we can possibly ask them to give us a freebie and that it would be good publicity (hinting w/o saying that if they don't, it could go over rough). Other access I'm not sure about... -Jeff SIG: HUP
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