From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Nov 13 11:07:33 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA07090 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 13 Nov 1996 11:07:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from mercury.jorsm.com (jeff@mercury.jorsm.com [207.112.128.9]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA07074 for ; Wed, 13 Nov 1996 11:07:22 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jeff@localhost) by mercury.jorsm.com (8.6.12/8.6.10) id NAA12106; Wed, 13 Nov 1996 13:12:11 -0600 Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 13:12:11 -0600 (CST) From: "Jeff.Lynch-JORSM.Internet" To: Michael Dillon cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bang bang bang bang - lame lame lame lame In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Not to mention squirrels like to chew through cable. ========================================================================= Jeffrey A. Lynch, President JORSM Internet email: jeff@jorsm.com Northwest Indiana's Full-Service Provider Voice: (219)322-2180 927 Sheffield Avenue, Dyer, IN 46311 Autoresponse: info@jorsm.com http://www.jorsm.com On Wed, 13 Nov 1996, Michael Dillon wrote: > On Wed, 13 Nov 1996, Joe Greco wrote: > > > > What if I put fiber on the > > > poles, and dropped into people's homes at say, 100 megabit duplex > > > ethernet? Then microwave myself back to the real world to connect to > > > the net... > > If you have no experience with outside plant and your investors have less > than $10 million dollars, then forget this idea. Stick to inside plant > better known as LAN's and ISP networks. > > Outside plant is a whole different animal. Greater distances, > weatherproofing, strain relief from the weight of the cable plus wet snow > and birds perching on it, noise ingress, etc..... > > Michael Dillon - ISP & Internet Consulting > Memra Software Inc. - Fax: +1-604-546-3049 > http://www.memra.com - E-mail: michael@memra.com >