On 25/06/2020 19.26, James Knott wrote:
On 2020-06-25 12:53 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 25/06/2020 18.45, James Knott wrote:
On 2020-06-25 12:23 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
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What may be possible from a strictly technical perspective, might not be from a practical or legal one.
I know.
As I mentioned, I live in a condo. There are 48 units in my building. That means there will be a lot of people sharing the signal. Depending on location, some may get better signal than others. Also, I'm on one ISP, my next door neighbour might be on another, the next on yet another. Whose ISP do we go with?
One ISP for the building, that's all, with a commercial contract, not a home contract. Similar to what an hotel does.
That friend I mentioned, who can't get WiFi to pass between rooms, lives in a condo where they have that setup. He's limited to 10 Mb download, IIRC. I get 75 (actually low 90s) and can get a Gb if I want.
In such a place, a communal setup would not be practical, unless they also created one access point per home.
Some engineer would have to do the planning and setup several APs in the common corridors, with proper frequency and pattern distribution (single SSID). More work for us chaps ;-)
I frequently call my ISP to see what I can do to improve my package. In fact I did that on Monday. One of the changes I got was I went from 500 GB limit to unlimited and my cell phone went from 7 GB to 10. I do this completely independent of what my neighbours do. Also, if there were one company for the building, I might wind up on one which I have vowed to never do business with again (long story that involved a complaint to the government about them) and they're not even allowed to contact me again.
Sure. But it would not be you who would hold the contract, but the building owner (condo) or the association of owners (Spain). And of course, would not include the mobile, probably not the cable TV. Only internet. Like an hotel. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.1 x86_64 at Telcontar)