Re: IP backbone

On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Josh Howlett wrote:
> > Sounds like a good plan.  If we can get enough cash behind us for a
> > single  node with connection , we can expand from there.  Advertising
> > need be as  simple as posting fliers though every door within range.
> 
> Yup.  We need to get an idea of how much area we can cover.

Yes, the problem will be geographical inconsistencies, such as 
hills/trees/tall buldings.

> Additionally, if we can provision b/w to "cells" across PTP wireless links, 
> we could reduce the cost of the Internet connection by getting a single 8Mb 
> feed as opposed to 8 1Mb feeds.

Well, we have a possible node on St. Michael's Hill which will have great 
coverage over most of central/south east Bristol.  That'd be great for PTP 
links.  That should get enough coverage to get people starting nodes with 
the premise of free/cheap broadband.  To get this going, we're going to 
need a network that covers enough people to get an ADSL line.  Once we're 
that far, we should be able to bust onto the scene pretty easily 
(relatively)!

BTW, if anyone wants to jump on IRC, I'm on consume.andylaurence.co.uk 
port 6667 in #consume most days.  Also, we have an archive via nntp at 
news.gmane.org in the group gmane.comp.isp.consume.bristol and a web 
interface at http://gmane.org/

Andy


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