[Hidden-tech] T1 --> Wireless neighborhood down in Levrett

[Robert Heller]

At Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:37:24 -0400 "Edbride-PR" <Ed at edbride-pr.com> wrote:

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> Is this legal, sharing a T1 line among residential addresses? Is the house 
> established as a business? Interesting concept.

Sharing a *T1* is legal.  A T1 is not normally a 'residential' thing
(it does not use residential wires -- it is in fact a business service
as far as the T1 vendor is concerned) and generally don't have much in
the way of 'terms of use' restrictions.  In other words as far as the
telco or T1 vendor is concerned, the T1 line is being leased to a
business, since there is no such thing as a 'residential T1 line'. T1
lines are commonly used as re-salable connections -- back before the
use of virtual digital exchanges for dialup, a typical dialup provider
would get a T1, a pile of modems, and a terminal (RS232) server with a
PPPD server and a UNIX box to provide authentication. Going from a T1,
a pile of modems, and a terminal (RS232) server with a PPPD server to a
T1 and a few WiFi units with Yagi antennas is pretty much a nobrainer. 
Whether you are bothering to charge for it or just 'sharing' it, is not
the T1 vendor's problem.

Sharing *Cable* or *DSL* connections are subject to the cable or phone
company's terms of use.  The thing here is that sharing *Cable* and
*DSL* connections directly compete with the *Cable* / *DSL* provider
itself and are more often as not residential services.  Also, the
bandwidth considerations are different and how the backhaul's bandwidth
is affected by 'sharing' also has implications for the provider and for
the provider's other customers.

> 
> Ed
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Korpiewski" <davidk at cs.umass.edu>
> To: "email list Hidden-Tech" <hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net>; 
> "kathleen lugosch" <kathleen at lugoscharchitect.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 12:24 PM
> Subject: [Hidden-tech] T1 --> Wireless neighborhood down in Levrett
> 
> 
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >    In Levrett, there are a series of homes that share the internet by
> > having a single T1 line that comes in to one of the homes and a wireless
> > transmitter shares the internet with the rest of the neighborhood.   On
> > one of these houses, the wireless receiver doesn't appear to be picking
> > up on a signal anymore since the last big storm.
> >
> >    I'm looking for someone who has experience in this type of setup and
> > can provide some troubleshooting/repair.   If you have experience please
> > respond to me and Kathleen (CC'ed above).   This isn't a normal wireless
> > setup, so if you only have experience with home based routers, this
> > isn't for you.
> >
> > Thank you
> > David
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