Warning: new guy chiming in.
I think this is an excellent idea. To defray the cost, perhaps we could explore
a government partnership, say, by housing the facilities within perhaps the
library system or a university affiliate or regional planning authority or some
such public entity with an information objective.
Jeff Barriault wrote:
> I know we've probably beat this one to death but there is a neat article on
> Slashdot about this very same thing titled "Interviews: Ask About Setting Up
> a Community ISP" . . .
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: slug@lists.nks.net [mailto:slug@lists.nks.net]On Behalf Of David
> R. Meyer
> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 3:25 PM
> To: slug@nks.net
> Subject: [SLUG] Here's a crazy idea...
> Importance: High
>
> We all know that ISP's are out to make money...period. Who isn't. That
> also means that for the most part, we're all "hiding" when it comes to
> running our servers because companies like Time Warner get all hot and
> bothered when it comes to people running servers, etc and they can't collect
> their $10.00 per month per machine, or bump you up to business class
> service.
>
> I don't know what the costs would be, but what about the idea of building
> our own SLUG ISP? I'm serious. There are a few of us who have businesses
> that could get anything equipment wise, for everything else there is eBay.
> We could manage it on a volunteer bases or pay someone inside the group to
> man it. Proceeds would go to the project and back into the club.
>
> I know, it's a crazy idea, but perhaps there is something to this...
>
> Just a thought.
>
> Dave
>
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