[TriLUG] TriLUGnet (was New to the area now, and DSL issues)

[Greg Brown]

Ah..... yes.. this kind of thing can work:

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/2490846/

http://www.wilsonnc.org/living/fiberopticnetwork/

Package Downloads Uploads Monthly Price
10Mbps Tier 10 Mbps 10 Mbps $34.95  20Mbps Tier 20 Mbps 20 Mbps $54.95  40Mbps
Tier 40 Mbps 40 Mbps $99.95  60Mbps Tier 60 Mbps 60 Mbps $199.95  100Mbps
Tier 100 Mbps 100 Mbps $299.95

On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 12:46 AM, Cristóbal Palmer <cmp at cmpalmer.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 11:40 PM, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > "shortest biggest open pipe first" routing scenario D.C. is very close in
> > terms of bandwidth and real throughput between peering ISPs.
>
> Peering is the operative word there, yes? TWC and AT&T don't have a
> financial incentive to hook up such that two neighbors in Cary have a
> four-hop traceroute.
>
> Pretending people will go along with me if I keep the idea of a coop
> ISP in the Triangle alive for a bit... what would be the draw for new
> members? FTTC? FTTH? Clearly that would mean raising significant
> capital, getting right-of-way, digging trenches, etc. etc. Would the
> draw instead be low-cost adsl? Would the draw be some added feature,
> eg. better-quality VoIP than what you get from TWC? As much as I love
> supporting coops (Weaver Street Market comes to mind), we would need
> some way of differentiating ourselves in order to get critical mass.
>
> Unless you want to enlist far-sighted folks who happen to work in
> local government... get them to champion a project.... [0]
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Cristóbal M. Palmer
> "Small acts of humanity amid the chaos of inhumanity provide hope. But
> small acts are insufficient."
>    -- Paul Rusesabagina
>
> [0] http://www.wilsonnc.org/living/fiberopticnetwork/
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