Seattle ISP encourages WiFi Sharing

Capt'n Midnight

Two chances of getting any of the Telco's to do this here even though non-profit sharing it is likely to be an EU obligation...

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http://www.speakeasy.net/netshare/
Speakeasy developed the NetShare service to assist our members in easily sharing their Speakeasy broadband connection with their neighbors - while subsidizing their own monthly service fees!

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/02/0122216&mode=thread&tid=137&tid=193

...You provide the physical infrastructure, you also provide the front-line support.
All they have to supply is the bandwidth (damn cheap, unless your neighbour is a spammer) and some light-duty billing support (also damn cheap) and email services (also cheap). In return, they get a nice new income stream....

...Sounds like Speakeasy's real benefit comes from the fact that the customers will be directing their questions to their local connection rather than calling up Speakeasy's support line. That benefit alone probably outweighs any losses they are going to incur....

...A LOT of companies (mostly software) do NOT sell their software directly. They use resellers. This creates not only great relationships, but also adds a free sales force. I think SpeakEasy is applying that model here. ...

ednwireland

oooh you woudln't expect our national telcos to do anything like this would you just thinkl of all that capital infrastructure you wouldn't have to put in, just think of all those granst you wouldn't be able to suck out of the gov. maybe you could just provide a service shock horror

SkepticOne

Grass roots wireless networking is very established in Seattle. I think there's an element of 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em' in operation here.