tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25614437.post5623310275560539637..comments2014-08-04T18:12:12.424-04:00Comments on Hawthorn Thistleberry: Fractional T1Hawthorn Thistleberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00358395505794303985noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25614437.post-65999573971672395702009-10-02T10:21:59.511-04:002009-10-02T10:21:59.511-04:00Yes, several years ago I spent a few months workin...Yes, several years ago I spent a few months working on that and researching it. However, it was a non-starter.<br /><br />1) None of the five neighbors is within range of a wired connection. There's no line of sight for wireless without building very tall poles on top of our houses, at considerable cost and difficulty.<br /><br />2) When I talked to them about it, they all had the unrealistic idea I could do it for the cost of DSL or less. In fact, to share a true T1 amongst six houses would cost about $130/month, and most of them wouldn't go above $30. And that's not accounting for the <b>huge</b> startup costs: the setup costs for the T1 plus all the towers and equipment to share house to house.<br /><br />3) Even if we could get past those concerns, a 256K line shared six ways would be slower than dial-up. By time I bump the line speed up to 1Mbps or so, the cost per person is back up to where it is for a 256K just for us. All we'd really gain is the likelihood that one of the neighbors would blow the whole thing on an unthrottled torrent, and I'd be stuck with a tiny bit left over.Hawthorn Thistleberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00358395505794303985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25614437.post-47966649166002951472009-10-02T10:02:58.668-04:002009-10-02T10:02:58.668-04:00Have you considered the feasibility of going into ...Have you considered the feasibility of going into some kind of collective use group with neighbors in the same boat?Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816071659319450675noreply@blogger.com