Neighborhood Wireless Service (NWS)

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Charles Pinneo <pinneo () sbcglobal net>
Date: January 9, 2006 9:08:00 AM EST
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Neighborhood Wireless Service (NWS)

Dave,

I know, there's no such thing as Neighborhood Wireless Service (NWS).  
But I have a friend down the street who says it would be fairly easy  
to set up a wireless network in our small development here in a  
suburb of Grand Rapids. He has cable wireless service and I have DSL.  
We both think we are paying way too much as costs for internet  
service come down. Who ever let the phone and cable guys decide to  
charge us through the nose for it? I thought the internet was  
supposed to be free.

2) If you can get free wireless in a coffee house or motel, why not  
set up a wireless system in our neighborhoods and cut out the middle  
man? SBC Yahoo keeps raising prices even though their costs are  
coming down. SBC (now AT&T) keeps sending me email with special  
offering DSL for $20 if we buy call forwarding to Antarctica ;-) or  
some other phone service we don't need. My wife and I pay $100 a  
month for phone service and DSL. I know, I'm the dope who bought  
their package deal. But they won't let you downgrade, only upgrade,  
because they're so slippery. And they keep switching these deals  
around. It's the old switcheroo.

3) Just for the heck of it I connected to somebody's NETGEAR in our  
neighborhood and got on the internet with no problem. Why can't we  
just create a neighborhood wireless service? Does anyone know a free  
thinking attorney who could answer this question from a legal point  
of view? What if everyone in the neighborhood started sharing DSL  
through a NETGEAR or an Apple Airport with an antenna in the attic?  
What if a lot of people all over the country started sharing? What  
could the Baby Bells do? Do they have that many attorneys to chase  
after us? Is there a loophole?

Charlie Pinneo
pinneo () sbcglobal net





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