Eat well
Posted on 04/01/2010 4:59:41 AM PDT by knarf
What you would like to become is a “peered” ISP.....
I own a small wireless ISP in SE Florida, we’ve invested close to $3.5M for this network.
Not to mention the re-occurring cost or human overhead necessary to manage it.....
Find a reliable ISP in your area and pay your $45/mo.
The computer is electrons, right?
Cleverly put together, but electrons nonetheless.
If so, are those electrons SO trapped withing a wire or satalite signal they can't be captured some other way?
Yeah ... I guess it IS stealing, in a way .... but like HAM radio and CB's ... a not too expensive outlay gets communication.
Why couldn't a HAM operator "get" the signal?
Hey, it is April first, I’m not buying it. LOL.
was the moose eating cheese? ... did it bite your sister?
A T1 line is only 1.544 Mb. Any cable internet service built in the past 10 years should put that to shame.
Never ever goose a moose.
Goosin' them huge moose,
Goosin' them tiny,
Goosin' them meadow-moose
In the hiney.
Look at Them Moose Goosers,
Ain't they dumb?
Some use an umbrella,
Some use a thumb.
Them obtuse Moose Goosers,
Sneakin' through the woods,
Pokin' them snoozy moose
In the goods.
How to be a Moose Gooser?
It'll turn ye puce.
Gitchy gooser loose and
Rouse a drowsy moose!
Mason Williams
$30/month form Quest. $70/month Blue Sky or Hughs net.
See, the internet isn't just some etherial substance which you can just "get" (a la growing your own vegetables, home solar power, etc.), it's the cooperation of lots of people (to wit: their computers) passing messages around. When you type "http://www.freerepublic.com" and hit enter, your computer creates a message addressed to freerepublic.com and hands it to another computer you're attached to. That computer hands it to another one. That computer hands it to another one. That computer hands it to another one. That computer hands it to another one. That computer hands it to another one. That computer hands it to another one. That computer hands it to another one. That computer hands it to another one. Eventually, in something akin to Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, some computer hands that message to the FR computer. Jim Robinson's brainchild then gathers the data for the home page, stuffs it back in a virtual envelope, and hands it to another computer it's attached to. That computer hands it to another one. That computer hands it to another one. That computer hands it to another one. That computer hands it to another one. That computer hands it to another one. That computer hands it to another one. That computer hands it to another one. That computer hands it to another one. Eventually, in something akin to Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, some computer hands that message to your computer, which displays the web page on your screen.
The problem is that along the line of those connections, most of those computers are paying to connect to each other; some connections are free, but most aren't. And YOU need to connect your computer to one of them, and you'll most likely have to pay for the privilege by hiring an ISP to give you that connection; if you don't, you'll be connecting to someone who does.
Eat well
LOL .... its always good to start a day with a laugh.
Obama’s gonna give you free broadband. Of course he’ll be sure that the internet is scrubbed of any undesirable content and the IRS will be there to tax your hard drive content.
Do you use a laptop or a desktop? I think you can even use wireless internet on a desktop with some cell phone providers and weather isn’t too much of an issue. You are always going to be paying SOMEONE for the connection. It’s like saying “I want to be able to call people, but I get sick of paying the phone company.” I mean unless you want to hook a line up directly to everyone you might call, you are going to have to use SOMEONE’s service. Might as well pay the company that has the infrastructure up already.
However there are satellite internet companies out there. But even then you will have connection issues if a heavy storm is in the area.
It’s not stealing if you use your neighbors WI FI in my opinion. It’s floating around in the air for God sake. On my wifi/wireless router in my house, I have it designated to to stop 20 feet beyond my walls (takes some calculations, but can be done) as the router is in the center of my house and just have a radius it covers. That way I can use the laptop on the porch. But if you are in a neighborhood with houses close together or an apartment, you could probably pick up on that.
Just hope the neighbor pays his bill, LOL!
Well, okay, I suppose you could make yourself your own ISP, but the cost would be prohibitive.
DSL still uses the same copper POTS did, and if you didn't switch to VoIP, that's why your phones (the hard wired ones) still work. If you switch to VoIP, then your phones will be down when the power goes out because they need power just like you DSL modem needs power.
yuze guys iz great!
Ummmmm... I ain’t like 12 years old.
I have a 450 watt inverter and three 6-8 hundred CCA auto batteries stashed.
It had plenty of power.
Now if they were running solely on UPS then I could see them shutting off the DSL equipment to save power for telephone service equipment. But the backup generator should have kicked in long before the UPS batteries expired.
I suppose there might be (probably are) interim hubs between you and the CO that need AC power, and may not have UPS backup. But who knows. Ma Bell ain't what she used to be.
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