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Take a look at what we have happening around the building on the following platforms:
Building Wireless Internet
Just IMAGINE it!! Having wireless internet! Wow.
Okay, probably most of us already have this.
But now add a few perks:
- No setup/contracts required
- No hardware/wires in your home
- Available anywhere in the building (maybe even outside)
- Finally, imagine it costing $2/month
The board has thought about starting to implement a system just like this.
In fact, the pilot project will likely be underway sometime in December, as an early Christmas gift to those interested!
Of course there is no mandatory participation here, purely a volunteer basis. For those that wish to keep their current internets can do so and then possibly opt in to have online access in a neighbours house, or in the lobby, or on the exciting walk from their car to their suite.
Naturally those deciding to shed the extra costs of paying for proprietary internet ($20 or $30/month) would save a few dollars every month, and have a hassle-free wireless connection for their laptops, phones, and what-have-yous.
Now some feedback would be great to hear. This is still in the planning stages, and all input would be welcome.
I *personally* think it's a great idea and would welcome the change, but I'm just one resident.
What are some of your thoughts on this?
Dunno
It's well known that Wired Internet is normally faster than Wireless. Less interuptions, etc. Most of it's been said of course. In a perfect world wireless would be perfect. Sadly we don't live in a perfect world. There's people out there that feel the need to download 300-500 gigs of data in a month.
I went shaw at first, and quickly changed to to Telus high speed due to shaw turning to molasses during peak hours.
If the building was 'free' wireless I'd be all for it. But only if it could be monitored in terms of a Download Cap so it didn't get gummed up. Would still happily pay for a private connection that's wired, as I'm an old-school Curmudgeon.
aye
Wired is ALWAYS faster than wireless. But the thing is, the speed required to do anything nowadays is well below the threshold of what wireless can provide.
I mean i'm on my laptop right now, and the second i click to open my email or watch a video on youtube, it happens isntantaneously. Gone are the days of actually waiting for things to load. Unless your computer is slow... but thats another story.
The point here is to give people who want megacheap internet, and available in/around the entire building.
Definitely not for those who want to download gigs upon gigs of data. Those people, if they really have that need... would opt for a dedicated wired connection anyways.
There is definitely going to be some monitoring, but the cap will be high enough that only chronic data hogs will come anywhere near it. I'm confident that we can seat many of the willing participants onto the line without any slowdowns or other issues.
We'll see how that prediction pans out when the 'pilot project' starts in center tower, with coverage of a few floors.
If there is enough interest and everything goes well, then it will be expanded to eventually cover the entire building + thensome.
WI
You know I'm on board! (No pun intended).
Sounds great but
Sounds great but there may be a lot of teenage punks who are bandwidth hogs and download movies all day long. I believe Shaw and Telus charge for over-usage fees.
Personally I tried Shaw before and it was too slow during the peak hours and now I'm with Telus for a year now and it got cut off a few days ago and I need to arrange for it to get fixed.
WI-FI
The idea would be brilliant if everyone in the complex is responsible and not streaming all the time. I stay skeptical on this, but will definitely participate if ways of curbing over-usage are in place.
As for internet, I always heart Shaw over Telus, and especially with their extreme high-speed.
Yeah
Here the idea is to have the system on a volunteer basis.
In a dream world, we could just have it for everyone, and include it into condo fees, and not have to worry.
In my opinion, thats probably quite unlikely, and there will always be dissenting voices or something to stand in the way of an economically and socially sound decision.
But I digress. I've thought a lot about the idea, and even accounted for the possibility of "teenage punks" if you can believe that.
Because it would be an opt-in system, we would not be at the mercy of everyones goodwill. There would be a password in place, given out to those who sign up. Furthermore, we would maintain a whitelist of MACs, so that the system would physically only allow those computers who are signed up to connect to the network (even if someone else had the password).
These two things, combined with the ability to quantitatively monitor upload numbers I think would put us in a pretty good place as far as 'abuse' of the system goes.
I mean, I'm not going to tell anyone to try and cut down their usage. Infact, i encourage people to surf as much as they want. But those looking to fileshare nonstop, or download excessive amounts of data every month... well they might consider keeping a landline in their apartment for those purposes. I mean wireless isnt the best way to do either of those things.