I hate AT&T/sbcglobal

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Bootstrap Bill

Stay away from Comcmast. They're going to implement a cap of 250gb per month.

While I may or may not be in favor of their overall model, the odds of the average home user surpassing 250gb of bandwidth usage in a month are slim to none. If you disagree with the concept and don't want to support Comcast, then don't give them your money, but in terms of evaluating whether the service would fit your needs, consider that in June, the LoT saw a big spike in monthly traffic resulting in the highest bandwidth use in the history of the board: 10.5gb. Yes, it's just a web site with lots of text and small images, but that's 10.5gb between the 40-50 people who check here daily, loading and reloading pages thousands and thousands of times. 10.5gb.

250gb is a LOT of bandwidth. Unless you're downloading movies and music regularly, it's unlikely to affect you.

Would it be possible to create a city-wide intranet using a series of linked 802.11x routers? Apple says you can extend the reach of their Airport devices by adding additional units. What if we take that to the extreme and blanket all of L.A. and Orange County with these things? Could we create our own free alternative to the Internet?

You might successfully create a city-wide intranet, but you would still need to rely on a service provider for access to an internet backbone.