A Boston company wants to offer people free access to a communal broadband network if a user pays for about $300 in equipment, according to an interesting summary over at Stop the Cap. The site profiled NetBlazr, which hopes to deliver free broadband with speeds of up to 60 Mbps to companies that will share that access with others in range while turning over management of the gear to NetBlazr. From the post:
NetBlazr starts with gigabit fiber from Cogent Communications, and then delivers free or low-cost access to any customer willing to do two things:
Spend $299 for the basic installation kit, which includes a high-speed router, three antennas, and some cabling; Use the included equipment to receive service from NetBlazr and agree to share it with anyone in range of the wireless antennas included in the kit.
To read the full, original article click on this link: Cool idea: Communal broadband — Broadband News and Analysis
Author:Stacey Higginbotham
