On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 05:01:41PM -0600, Jacob Fugal wrote:
> Brent Thomson wrote:
> | By the way, I think the UUG should be one of the entities with an ISP
> | operating on the network--something with _no_ tech support other than
> | the mailing list. That could be pretty cheap, wouldn't you think? There
> | would still have to be somebody that could fix DHCP, DNS, etc., but I
> | bet a large portion of any ISP's charges cover tech support.
> 
> I don't think this could/would/should happen, since the UUG is
> explicitly connected to BYU. I know, we're trying to get out of the
> clutches of BYUSA, but it'll still be a BYU club with BYU sponsors (e.g.
> the CS department).
> 
> However, I do think PLUG would be a good candidate to head something
> like this up, *if* they wanted to and had the resources. I for one would
> be more than willing to pay to hookup to a city fiber with PLUG as my ISP :)

Hear! Hear!

What would it take?

Alan

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