From: "Ed Carp [khijol SysAdmin]" <erc@dal1820.computek.net>
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 10:22:22 +0800
To: pmonta@qualcomm.com (Peter Monta)
Subject: Re: Guerilla Internet Service Providers (fwd)
In-Reply-To: <199601030140.RAA03047@mage.qualcomm.com>
Message-ID: <199601030209.UAA27249@dal1820.computek.net>
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> > It seems to me that phone line costs are turning into a floor price for
> > Internet access, when they shouldn't really be.  The main asset telephone
> > companies have, right now, is in RIGHTS OF WAY.  Put an ISP in a business
> > park that allows you to run  your own dedicated copper pairs, and you've
> > bypassed $25/month/line business phone line charges. 
> > 
> > At some point, individual urban and suburban blocks could easily be
> > "guerilla re-wired" for ISP access without serious trenching, etc.  The
> > phoneco would still be involved, but in a far lower-profit mode, as the
> > supplier of a single T1 to a multi-block area.  
> 
> For the "last mile" to the ISP user, wireless could be a better bet.
> Have antenna, will surf.

I can easily visualize mobile and portable systems linking to an ISP, 
downloading email via encrypted POP/UUCP/whatever, using itinerant 2m or 
450 MHz frequencies.  A mobile system connects to any ISP, gets a login: 
prompt, enters "xyz@host.domain", gets thrown into a POP session on 
host.domain, uploads/downloads, then disconnects.  All it would really 
require is implementing "exec rlogin -l xyz host.domain" into getty (a 
very simple patch) and suitable crypto protocols...
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"Past the wounds of childhood, past the fallen dreams and the broken families,
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