Advertising supported might work without city funding. Maybe a few tiers: * free - advertising supported, 256/256k with a 1GB cap/device/day before throttling down to 64k/32k. * ad-free - no ads, 256k/256k with a 2GB cap/device/day. Two simulanteous connections per account. * premium - no ads, 1024k/512k, 3GB cap/device/day. Two simulanteous connections per account, discounted additional connections. All of the tiers should have caching with image compression. The premium tier can disable image compression. Why compression? It reduces over-the-air bandwidth as well as backhaul internet connection bandwidth. I think a good balance can be found. All of the tiers should be billed per day/week/month as well as quarterly and annually. Interesting idea. The only problem is finding places to put the backhaul equipment and getting right-of-way to mount the APs. A pretty high capital investment with a mixed possible rate of return. It could work, though. Cheers, Nick <blockquote type="cite">On Jan 13, 2010 1:31 PM, "David Thomas" <<a href="mailto:dthomas@zimbra.metrocourt.state.nm.us">dthomas@zimbra.metrocourt.state.nm.us</a>> wrote: oh I like the idea of the city not being involved. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kurt von Finck" <<a href="mailto:mneptok@mneptok.com">mneptok@mneptok.com</a>> To: "Ubuntu US New Mexico ...Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 1:28:27 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain Subject: Re: [ubuntu-us-n...On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:27:36 -0700 Eric Krieger <<a href="mailto:grammatoncleric@ubuntu.com">grammatoncleric@ubuntu.com</a>> wrote: > Morning, > >...-- David Thomas IT Specialist Manager Bernalillo County Metropolitan Courts 401 Lomas NW Albuquerqu...ubuntu-us-nm mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-us-nm@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-us-nm@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ub.">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ub.</a>..</blockquote>