Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Shared Internet Access

[Fred H Olson (fholson]

Kate Nichols <nichols [at] abhost.us>
is the author of the message below. 
It was posted by Fred the Cohousing-L list manager <fholson [at] cohousing.org> 
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When we built Bellingham Cohousing we put in the cable to network, 
so it is all networked and those who want to subscribe (most of the 
33 households) for $10/month share a high speed connection. It was 
expensive to put in. I've moved out and I'm not sure who the contact 
person is now, but check the website if you are interested.

  Kate N. Nichols

>1. Shared Internet Access (Michael)
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>Michael.
>      Here at  Wasatch Commons, 3 homes and the common house share a 
>high speed access.  I think some of the other multiplex units do 
>too. Some community members were concerned about legality, so we 
>checked with the company and they had no objections.  I will have to 
>check on the company name for you.  Mary English.
>
>
>Hi, all! I'm researching shared high speed internet access for our
>community. I'm wondering how many communities are doing something like
>this? I'm particularly curious if people have had problems with large
>providers like Comcast or Qwest considering it illegal to share their
>services this way?


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