Re: Owners’ corporation as Internet Service Provider?

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04/06/2018 at 7:22 am #29672
Malcolm
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    Thanks tharra! I didn’t know about nbn area switch, so I’ll check that out.

    We have an in-house technical enthusiast so I’m mostly leaving that aspect aside.

    The process we had in mind was something like:

    1. poll owners to make sure there is enough interest/support

    2. EGM to approve spend and/or by-law

    3. install to basement by wholesale provider

    4. install central hardware (OC; one off fixed cost of a few $K)

    5. install to apartments (managed by OC)

    6. retain commercial support contractor to do tech support

    Payment models could be:

    a) funded from levies OR

    b) sign up per interested lot, and then fixed extra payment covering one equal share of monthly costs

    OC would be locked into a contract with wholesale provider (24-48 months) so it would make sense to get lots to sign up for the same period.

    This would not stop people going their own way for internet, but under option a) they wouldn’t be able to opt out of paying for the shared connection.

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