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1354501 2013-09-28 07:03:00 I have a mate who is around 300 to 400 mtrs from me.

He has a dialup connection which is not very reliable, while I have a quite fast BB signal.
Is there a legal way to somehow share my BB ? He is quite willing to pay, on a 50/50 basis.

But how do we go about it ? Is the distance between us going to create a problem ? If it
is, then is there someway we could boost the signal so it reached his house.

Telecom/Chorus have said they do not intend to put more, hmm, what do I call it, connections,
to the roadside cabinet.
Anyway any suggestions/help would be appreciated>
curly (6655)
1354502 2013-09-28 07:04:00 A really long Ethernet cable? :p pcuser42 (130)
1354503 2013-09-28 07:08:00 Hi Pcuser42, well a couple of problems, one is that there is private property between us
and there is a public road problem also :-(

But thanks for the interest.
curly (6655)
1354504 2013-09-28 08:28:00 Start here en.wikipedia.org decibel (11645)
1354505 2013-09-28 18:59:00 Start here en.wikipedia.org

But is it legal to share a BB connection with another household ?
curly (6655)
1354506 2013-09-28 20:24:00 But is it legal to share a BB connection with another household ?

He can always use his laptop whilst sitting in your lounge. Nothing illegal about that. :thumbs:

But otherwise, who is going to know that he is sitting in his own lounge when using your wireless?
FoxyMX (5)
1354507 2013-09-28 21:22:00 But is it legal to share a BB connection with another household ?Yes of course. Greg (193)
1354508 2013-09-29 09:21:00 Yep absolutely legal. In fact for the better part most ISP's don't know, nor do they really care. If anything, it's a good thing for them coz you'll use more data, which means they get to charge more.

Long range WiFi is the go :)
Chilling_Silence (9)
1354509 2013-09-29 21:13:00 Long range WiFi is the go :)

Although that should work bear in mind the connection quality may not be as good as Ethernet, probably higher ping, may have dropouts etc.

But probably a big upgrade from dialup!
Agent_24 (57)
1354510 2013-09-29 21:19:00 An added bonus is you'll be able to use file sharing and LAN gaming etc between the two PC's if you wish to over your local network. dugimodo (138)
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