[colug-432] Comcast and connectivity alternatives

[michael at yanovich.net]

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On 02/13/2014 10:43 AM, Jeff Frontz wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Rob Funk <rfunk at funknet.net> wrote:
> 
>> > Are there any options for internet connections around here other than
>> > Time-Warner, AT&T, or (if you're lucky) WoW?
>> >
> How close are you to your local CO?  Over the years, I've toyed with
> forming a neighborhood "ISP" and getting a fiber pulled from our CO (less
> than a mile away). At some point in time, I talked with a guy who I think
> said that the cost for doing something like that would be on the order of
> $20/ft -- which I think included the use of the right-of-way on the telco
> poles (Is that even in the neighborhood of being correct)?  I'm not sure
> there are enough geeks in my neighborhood who'd chip in to get gigabit
> access...and I'm not sure I'd want to do the customer service ("have you
> tried rebooting?").  But every time I have to contend with TWC, the thought
> of being my own ISP crosses my mind.

Back to that, heh, it seems we aren't the only community in Ohio that is/was
interested in creating our own ISP:

https://www.mail-archive.com/discuss@synhak.org/msg02683.html


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Michael Yanovich



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