On Sunday 18 August 2002 12:26 pm, Isaac Curtis wrote: > On Sunday 18 August 2002 12:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I used to run an ISP > > > > I also have my system configured so I can dial into it > > while I am on the road. This gives me internet and mail > > access. (I have a T1 with my own mail server) > > > > You are going to run into a few of problems with your idea. > > > > 1. It is probably against the user agreement of your isp. > > 2. You will need additional phone lines at your location ($12-$15 each) > > 3. You will need to have the phone company "roll over" all calls to > > your extra lines to 1 number. > > 4. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE THAN 33.6K CONNECTIONS > > to your friends and family without digital lines at your location. > > In order to get the "fast" 56k, you gotta be digital (at least on the > > dial-in server side) > > 5. Without setting up your own mail server, you will not be able to > > provide email addresses for your "clients" > > > > You will run into more. > > > > If your motive for this project is to learn about dial up servers, it is > > a great project. > > > > If your motive is profit, forget it. Hire a professional to do the > > setup. > > > > Todd > > 1. As is what I (and most all of you) are doing right now in our own > homes-- sharing the connection among multiple computers on a LAN. User > agreements be damned. > > 2. That's cool, if I actually went through with this as a middle-term thing > I'd have to ask people to pick up the cost of the phone line. Still, it may > just end up being a weekend endeavor playing around to get it set up and > using my home's phone line to do it on. > > 3. There are only two households I'd be doing this for, but I also don't > understand exactly what you mean. Can you explain? > > 4. Will a 33.6k connection shared by 2 modem clients (using the connection > remotely) and my house (using the cable connection directly of course) > provide service comparable to a busy local dialup ISP? If not, how > significant would the difference be? If significant, what does being > digital entail? > > 5. Both households (my family + my best friend & his wife) use internet > mail accounts like hotmail already, so it wouldn't really matter. Still... > if I could learn how to set up the mail server, that would be pretty darn > cool. What would it involve? > > Last but not least-- profit is ABSOLUTELY of no interest. I wouldn't be > charging a penny, this is my best friend and my family I'm talking about. > If I charged them a thing it would only be way after I had completely > learned how to do this cleanly and the only thing I'd be asking for was the > exact amount necessary to pay the extra two phone bills. I'd also never > even consider suggesting they use me as a primary source of internet access > until I completely knew what I was doing and could be sure I'd be giving > them something better than what they're getting elsewhere. A major issue is > that both households are having some money problems and while I'm helping > out every way that I can, this would be one more load off their backs. If I > can get my hack on and help my friends at the same time, I'm all about it. > Hope to hear from you soon. Peace. > > Isaac I use Cox Cable with a small business connection and they know and expect that I will have a LAN connection to their system, I even have an extra static IP for my web server, and the only down size is they have it throttled down to a 128kbs downlink, if I want more than that I buy it in $10/month increments, bummer. So for now two computers share a 20Kbs d/l connection. It is better than two phone lines and 4Kbs connections. Point is, some ISPs are ok with a LAN and some are not. Depends on your contract. Have fun, -- Dennis M. linux user #180842
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