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May 19, 2004

Apartment Building Offers Free But Not Permitted Wi-Fi to Residents

By Glenn Fleishman

An apartment resident worked with his landlord to build out good Wi-Fi coverage for free Internet access—but did he read the Comcast contract?: The page documents how “JC” worked with his landlord to build out ubiquitous coverage for the complex, incidentally benefitting himself by eliminating his personal monthly broadband bill. But he notes they’re paying $60 per month to Comcast for their Internet feed, and at that rate, Comcast isn’t offering shared Internet access in this fashion. Comcast clearly only allows use by people in the same household, and used to charge extra per machine and try to restrict sharing by locking down use to a single Ethernet adapter address.

Given the promotion that JC’s story has gotten, how long is it before either Comcast shuts them down or Speakeasy Networks steps in and offers free access in exchange for promotion? Speakeasy remains the only national ISP that I’m aware of that encourages the shared use of personal or business DSL and T1 connections at all prices. [link via BoingBoing and Nigel Ballard]

Posted by Glennf at May 19, 2004 9:59 AM

Categories: Residential

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