kcwireless and roadrunner

[Paul Taylor]

Everest over Time Warner, Cox, or DSL any day.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net
[mailto:owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net] On Behalf Of Gerald Combs
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 9:26 AM
To: DCT Jared Smith
Cc: kclug at kclug.org
Subject: Re: kcwireless and roadrunner

On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, DCT Jared Smith wrote:

> A member of the local kcwireless group received a cease and
> desist letter from Time Warner, part of a growing national trend.
> 
> They're discussing alternate solutions right now. If any one has
> a T1, or a portion thereof, now would be a good time to make it
> available.

T1s still cost a lot of money, around $200-$500/month for local loop
plus
another $200-$500/month for Internet.  Not to mention the potential
security risks of placing wireless on or adjacent to your network.  What
incentive would someone have to do this?

> Btw, can anyone recommend Everest Cable or not; they're on a
> list of ISPs who are friendly to local wireless projects, but I've
> never heard of 'em.

They've popped up out of nowhere.  UtiliCorp apparently owns a big chunk
of them.  I haven't heard if their service is any good, but their vans
are
nice and shiny.