From: Peter Monta <pmonta@qualcomm.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 96 17:40:48 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Guerilla Internet Service Providers (fwd)
In-Reply-To: <m0tXAsV-00090IC@pacifier.com>
Message-ID: <199601030140.RAA03047@mage.qualcomm.com>
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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.

(Not speaking for Qualcomm, etc.)

Peter Monta   pmonta@qualcomm.com
Qualcomm, Inc./Globalstar