Setting up an ISP

[jaspergreen]

I have the following idea and would like to know firstly if it is possible and secondly how to do it if it is in fact possible. Basically I want to get the fasted possible internet connection for the lowest possible price, this is my idea:

1. A friend of mine has a very nice stable 4mbs adsl line.
2. I am thinking of getting the 384 adsl line from telkom.
3. What I would like to do is to setup an isp type server at my friends place and connect directly to him as my isp.
4. The assumption is then that I would use a local connection to connect to him which is pretty fast. I would then be connected to the internet via him through the faster connection.This most probably will give me a faster than the normal 384 connection.
5. The first price would be if I could connect directly with my adsl modem to him setting him up as my provider.This would save me about R 75 a month seeing that I would not need an ISP
6. The second price would be to use telkom as my isp making use of their free local bandwith to connect to the server(Probably a proxy server) at my friend's place.

Has anybody ever done anything like this?
Would I indeed have faster speeds?
How would you go about setting up that kind of server(preferably linux Linux) and how would you connect to it ?

 

[Lino]

If you line is only a 384 connection, you will not get a faster than 384 connection

 

[zamrg]

is this assuming that your friend is running a radius server or just a proxy for you to connect to? You must remember that even though he has a 4mbit line, his upload speed is limited to 512k and thus you'll only get a theoretical max of around 80% of that. It's also a silly idea since you'll be using 2x the amount of cap with your downloading from him and him uploading to you.

 

[MadMailMan]

You will still need an ISP to connect you to your mate. Nobody can just install a DSLAM and provide DSL connectivity. Telkom owns the ATM which ALL dsl conectivity runs through. Sorry, nice try, and I wish it wasn't so.

 

[Asha'man X]

If your friend doesn't live too far away, maybe you can try to share the connection over a wireless link. You can then pay him an amount every month towards it or something. This is similar to how a WISP works, and I don't think it's legal, but I stand under correction.

 

[BlackChameleon]

jas wireless is your friend - and give your friend some money for hes bandwith