"Joseph Red" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I was thinking of something similar, only without the business plan:) For
> one, I think the phone co. might try & charge more for the line, since you
> would be in effect competing with them instead of simply using their
> services. I don't know, maybe all the monopoly stuff figures in there &
> it'd be cheaper (get telecom/isp rates). Instead of having a pay service,
> have it be more like napster. Ok, not really, but yeah. If you are
> operating a gateway, you have use of the service. As a gateway operator,
> you can add <x number> of people to the network. That way, it's not a
> commercial endeavor & you can use a residential line. But before anything
> like that can happen, the software has to be written... BTW, wouldn't you
> also need a voice modem?
>
> Joseph Red
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I was assuming these folks had DSL or better lines to the internet,
as otherwise it makes no sense (tie up your network connection while
the dialout voice phone is in use???? That doubles the cost!).
I was also assuming people would not include the cost of the DSL
connection into their figuring, which is admittedly a bit bogus...
Now you know why phone companies charge so much! ;-)
(and why I think the way they do DSL is so RETARDED - we the consumer
basically have to pay for our bandwidth 3 stinking times! Once
to get from our house to the central office, once to get from the
central office to our ISP, and once from our ISP to the internet!
Stupid! Lousy design! Brought to you by the same folks who brought
you "The line is busy. For only 50 cents ..." - Bah!)
sorry, climbing off soapbox now! Back to the question at hand.
Do we have any internet lawyers (tm ;-) who care to pontificate
on the business/cost/etc issues?
On the other hand, how many people would be willing to set up a free
thing like Joseph is suggesting?
And - Should we start our own mailing list???
rc
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