On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Austad, Jay wrote: > I checked about 6 months ago. Even if I can get it, I don't know if I > want to give Qwest any money. I'm Qwest free now thanks to > Vonage.com. Vonage offer local phone numers yet? > Qwest's loop fee to my place is $210 a month. Although, when Onvoy was > running their $299 T1 deal awhile back, they (onvoy) tacked on a $420 loop > fee. I nailed them on this and they said they'd "work with me" on it, but > they wouldn't go below $350, so Onvoy is jacking the price on the loop fee, > paying qwest their share and keeping the rest. Sheesh! You got yourself a good loop price. :) Could be that Onvoy was including their pvc charge in that fee, although that shouldn't be more than $20-$30/mo, on the high end.. > I might. He would need a mast antenna though, and since his lot is > small, it can't be very tall. I'm in brooklyn park, and the max > height of your antenna is dictated by how many feet back it is from > the road (1 foot of antenna for every 5 feet from the road, or > something like that). My lot is 220 feet deep, so I can get high > enough, but I don't know if he can. I would doubt much would happen > if either of us went too high. As long as the antenna is painted to > blend in, most neighbors probably won't report it as an eyesore. Get Ham Radio licenses, then you can do whatever you want (within reason). > I'd probably be able to hit my place of employment, but getting our > building to let us put things on the roof is nearly impossible. I > don't want to be connected to this network anyway. Heh, yeah. -- Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500