'Anti-authority' tech rebels take on ISPs, connect NYC with cheap Wi-Fi

Re:'Anti-authority' tech rebels take on ISPs, connect NYC wi... by isostatic on Thursday May 03, 2018 @02:12AM (#16983711)

Yes, that sounds about right -- we pay about $4k for 1gig midtown-midtown

However GTT offered me 1gig from New York office to London Docklands for $2400! Under $2k for p2p to office in Washington DC.

If local internet is $500pcm , get two lines into the building for $1k/month, charge 50 people $30 a month and give them 1 gig and 25:1 contention ratio, plus the cost of dropping the fibre and a router, leaving $6k a year. It's not going to give you a full time job, but will give you some decent internet and a bit of pocket money to look after it.

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Re:'Anti-authority' tech rebels take on ISPs, connect NYC wi... by notyourday on Thursday May 03, 2018 @09:07AM (#16985606)

There are actually a lot more interesting things that you can do:

Order an SDI video circuit from VZ to one of the interconnect buildings. That's $1.5K/mo but it is delivered as a point to point single mode fiber with VZ gear being plugged in. After they install it and leave unplug VZ gear. Plug in your 10G. You just got yourself a 10G transport for $1.5K/mo.

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Re:'Anti-authority' tech rebels take on ISPs, connect NYC wi... by notyourday on Monday May 14, 2018 @09:55AM (#17065520)

Remember, because it is SDI there's no way for VZ gear to know that it is actually unplugged.

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Re:'Anti-authority' tech rebels take on ISPs, connect NYC wi... by ybloviator on Thursday May 03, 2018 @01:25PM (#16987876)

$4K sounds incredibly overpriced.

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