[TriLUG] Re: need an employee --- scratch that -- need a business partner

[Chris Bullock]

What do you mean they should, they do.  If you are in high density
housing, there is no need to "buy" broadband, there should be plenty on
unsecured Linksys and Netgear SSIDs floating around.
;)
cgb
--- Magnus <magnus at trilug.org> wrote:

> Greg Brown wrote:
> > A note about the apartment complexes (condos) I referred to that a few
> > people have brought up:  In both the cases I mentioned the property
> > management company is footing the ENTIRE bill for ALL units - i.e.
> this is
> > not a "per unit adoption cost of $13/month".  All 320 units in the
> first
> > case and 45 in the second will paid for in a single bill each month by
> the
> > property management company to the company contracted for the work. 
> Crazy
> > sounding I know, but this is the way coastal rental facilities are
> going
> > these days.
> 
> 
> Smart move.
> 
> When I lived in an apartment in Hillsborough, they did something like 
> this for cable TV.  They paid a flat rate to Time Warner.  I paid my 
> landlord like $12 a month for cable TV.  Insanely good deal for me, and 
> Time Warner got a big fat check every month for the whole complex 
> regardless of how many tenants subscribed.
> 
> As cheap as it was they could have just jacked the rent up $10-$15 and 
> advertised free cable.
> 
> High density housing these days should be pre-wired for broadband.  High
> 
> speed mesh on the property (100Mbps or more between units) and variable 
> level outbound bandwidth based on tiered bandwidth caps regulated at the
> 
> router.  Here in the U.S. we're sort of behind the curve compared to 
> many other nations.
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