James Allard, jallard@lplonline.org writes: > You may not >resell, share, sublicense or otherwise distribute the Residential Power Link >Service or any portion thereof to any third party without the prior written >consent of Adelphia. That's what I was afraid of. Probably any ISP will have this sort of provision, with the possible exception of MSLN. Rick...Jim? What the malls might have is another question. Since the wireless could be considered part of their LAN, it might not be a problem. Another possibility would be to expand kiosk access in one or more of the malls using Jeff's idea of inexpensive machines ( a couple of hundred bucks or less ) hooked, via wire or wireless, to a server. Bates is going to junk a bunch of machines that we might be able to get for nothing if we guaranteed not to come back on them for support. Computer cost = $0 Software cost = $0 (downloads from the 'Net) Hard drive = $100 each (Bates removed the hard drives for data security; putting hard drives in makes more sense than messing around with PROMs and such, less server overhead, less work for us.) Monitor = ? (depends on how many working monitors Bates is tossing) Ethernet switch ~ $200 Wiring = ? (would depend on distances and difficulty of running it) Securing machines = ? (some Bates machines have a provision for lock down, but we'd have to buy cables and locks) Furniture/stands = ? This is meant to be brainstorming...run the idea up the flagpole, so to speak. Since wireless access only helps people with laptops, free kiosks would reach a bigger audience, right? Maintaining kiosks could be a real headache, though, what with food, drinks, sticky fingers, vandalism, theft of parts, etc. Wireless should require much less attention once it's set up, assuming the equipment is reliable and coverage of the target area is even. What do you think? What gets you excited to go out and do? David suggests malls other than the Auburn Mall. Who would you approach? Should LPL be first, or a mall? Since Bookland went away, is that mall a logical place? Can we discuss these ideas a little more and then come to a consensus? Jim Hart "Working together we _can_ make a difference."
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