Sharyn,
Typically your have to pay two entities for DSL service: The phone company
and an ISP (Internet Service Provider). Sometimes you can get both from
the phone company. That is the case here with Verizon (formerly GTE).
You pay the phone company to install the DSL Modem and circuitry
(sometimes packaged at a discount), then you pay them monthly. You also
pay the ISP monthly. The $60/month sounds about right for both Telco and
ISP. Looking at the Telocity site, I don't see anything about Telco
charges, so maybe they have a way around it.
I'd think again about using your personal computer as a rental
unit. Especially if you also use it for your business. Doing so would
jeopardize your personal and business files and put you at risk for losing
them or having them compromised. Not to mention what if someone wants to
rent it while you need it or vice-versa. Also not to mention the other
stuff you don't want them to do and will be difficult or impossible to
control. You would be surprised at how many ways there are to hose up a
computer when you let other people use it.
Pencil it out and decide what you might be able to charge - see what
others are doing in the area, then price out a system. You should be able
to get one that's amply capable for under 1,500 and decide if it's worth
your time. Then if someone messes it up, you just reinstall everything.
On Sun, 19 Nov 2000, Sharyn Woerz wrote:
...
> you, but I am moving my business in a few weeks to a small community that
> has a large resort/RV area. I'm thinking that as a little added income
> there is no reason I can't book my computer with travelers when I'm not
> using it . I in fact avoid traveling any more because I'm not sure I can
...
> published rates: http://kalama.com/packages/index.htm but at the office
> they are saying $60+ to hook up and $60+ per month.
...
> http://www.telocity.com/thome/index.asp They SAY it's available to the door
> of my office, and that's about 2 miles from the physical phone office, which
> I understand has to be within 3 miles of where you are using the service.
>
> Now, nuts and bolts. What is cyber time going for? I see there is some
> cybercafe software available but in the case of one computer w/me on the
> premises, would a timer work just as well? Since It's my personal computer
> as opposed to a commercial computer I don't want sex surfing.. is there a
> way to control this? I don't particularly want kids downloading games
> either..how do you control this? What do you do about people opening email
> attachments? Please.. jump in here and give me some guidance! If I find
> there is an interest I would be willing to take more space and put in a bank
> of computers but for now, is this workable?
>
> Blessings, Sharyn
>
>
>
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