Morac
join:2001-08-30
Riverside, NJ
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| Cringely got one thing wrong
I agree which practically everything Cringely said, but what he's proposing, reselling your broadband service, violates the TOS of most cable companies and many DSL providers. So unless you have one of the few DSL providers which allows resale of its services, your going to need to get a T1 or T3 line which is a lot more expensive. It may still end up being profitable, but no where near as much as using DSL or cable. Other than that it's a good plan.
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russotto
join:2000-10-05
Collegeville, PA
| You don't need a T1. A quick check of Megapath (Business DSL) and Speakeasy business DSL revealed no restrictions on resale of DSL services. These are more expensive than telco DSL but still way cheaper than a T1. You can also resell Speakeasy residential if you give Speakeasy a cut. Cable companies offer business plans too, though I don't know if they are resellable. |
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NGOwner
join:2000-11-21
Leawood, KS
| And how exactly is the ISP going to distingish between services offered for hire, and services used for personal use?
Especially when the traffic generated is not going to look any different than a Internet and Vonage phone user?
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wilburyan
join:2002-08-01
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I also looked into it to see if I could resell DSL to the residents in my condominium. apparantly it doesn't violate the terms of service. The only problem I would have is they may have some problems such as games that require certain ports to be open should they want to host a game.
Another bottleneck to the reselling of DSL (for me anyway) would be available bandwidth, my ISP offers 7mbit down... but that same package only offers 640kbps up. |
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anon900
@rr.com | reply to Morac
I would also bet its a HUGE security risk sharing your connection like this. The router is way over-rated as it is.
I think one software author was upset about Sveasoft using his software in his firmware and charging for it. |
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