[TriLUG] OT: solar wireless mesh router

[Tim Jowers]

Awesome. Any idea what the cost will be?

I remember hearing SCANA was laying fiber to the meter at the end of the
1990's. The joke was they were laying it to read the meter automatically.

Looks like internet-based TV is not so far off after all.

TimJowers


On 6/12/07, OlsonE at aosa.army.mil <OlsonE at aosa.army.mil > wrote:
>
> Over CAT3 ?!?!? WOAH!
>
> Give me some of that!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> Behalf Of Kevin J.
> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 10:48 AM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] OT: solar wireless mesh router
>
> Very good point about disconnecting last mile from carrier, but who has
> the money/ability to pay for an interface in that last mile connection?
> It's not like DSL where you could install a DSLAM and hook up thousands
> of customers. Fiber will bring a whole new level to the game.
>
> We built a house in a brand new subdivision in SC last year and got the
> latest and greatest in connectivity for data (incl. phone, tv, etc.)
> which consists of a battery backed cable headend in case of power
> outages to provide phone service to cable customers using the cable IP
> phone system and FTTC (Fiber to the curb) from Bellsouth. My brother
> works for BellSouth and mentioned they are rolling out a new service
> starting in FL and moving up the SE coast that provides 100Mb to the
> home over fiber. The amazing thing is that the signal is compressed so
> heavily at the demarc that it can be sent over normal CAT3 phone wiring
> inside the house. He said they will be providing phone, fax, data, tv,
> et. al. through that pipe. How do you compete with that?
>
> Kevin
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Magnus <magnus at trilug.org>
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list <trilug at trilug.org >
> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 10:09:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] OT: solar wireless mesh router
>
>
> Tim Jowers wrote:
> >    I'm with you. I have a good rooftop (HOA withstanding) with
> > excellent coverage of about 100 homes. I live off of Lake Pine in
> > Kildaire Farm. Maybe we can find enough people to justify a T1
> > somewhere and roll this out legally. I guess the legal problems are
> > what killed boingo although I never followed them closely. What
> prototocol? 802.11n?
>
> A T1 only provides 1.54Mbps.  The cost for this is going to be hundreds
> of dollars per month.  Once you start splitting it, it's so slow by
> modern standards it can barely be called "broadband" service.
>
> Even a T3 spreads thin very quickly these days.
>
> To really make a go of it will require serious capital and a commitment
> to providing a compelling alternative to the big broadband ISP's.
>
> I believe the model for the future is not to own both the last mile
> network and the internet connection at the same time.  Establish a very
> fast last-mile network, and allow ISP's to offer exit points from it.
> The last mile network should not have exclusive arrangements with ISP's.
>
> In this day and age I think that when new communities are constructed,
> fiber should be going to each house right next to the power, water, and
> sewage lines.
>
> Allowing the ISP to own the last mile is stifling competition.  The two
> services need to be divorced before we will see major leaps forward.
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