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Share my Internet access with my estate?

So, I live in medium sized estate (about 100-150 houses), it's quite a new estate, so not a lot of houses have the Internet yet. I currently have 50mbps (truly unlimited/uncapped) broadband access, which I would like to share with people.

I have quite a good, wireless N router, but that only just reaches next doors computer.

Is there any omnidirectional/high gain type routers, that would pump out my Internet to about a 1 mile radius, so the residence could benifit? I already have software set up, it's just the physical equipment I need help with?

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago
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    You are not permitted to do this under the terms of service of your provider unless you have subscribed to a commercial package allowing re-distribution. They would consider this use to be theft of service and you can go to prison for it. They would definitely terminate your service without notice and hold you liable for the outstanding minimum contract payments. Your contract is for Internet service to your OWN household. Boosting the router signal will not help anyway as the other people's equipment will not have the power to talk back to it. Transmitter power of a router is limited by law due to health risks. Boost the power and you are creating a serious risk of cancers and blood diseases. this again can get you a prison sentence. You would need to get permission to erect a mast to distribute the signal, at a height of probably 60 feet or more to accommodate the increased power without such risk.. You would need to prove your capability of maintaining such equipment safely. And 50 Mbps will NOT cover that number of households it would definitely be too slow to even watch a video, and at busy periods would probably cause page timeouts. Multi household providers generally have at least 400 or more Mbps provision and then restrict that to an amount per household which will not let people run out of bandwidth.

  • 9 years ago

    What your suggesting is highly illegal.

    You are breaking the Terms and Conditions of your ISP.

    You need a Licence under the Telegraph Act because your transmitting

    and receiving wireless signals over a certain distance.

    Any illegal activity that went on, you would be held totally responsible

    for allowing it to happen.

    That could carry a prison sentence on it's own!

    Still want to go ahead?

    Source(s): Experienced1
  • rudel
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

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  • Alan_B
    Lv 5
    9 years ago

    I'm not sure if any suitable equipment exists but it would surely be very expensive if it does, probably costing thousands of pounds. You would probably need a broadcasting licence for that sort of power.

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    It is your prerogative to do so but my humble suggestion is that you don't. The legal can of worms you're going to open yourself up to isn't worth it in my opinion.

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