Originally posted here by SodaMoca5
The only setup I know that allows for this type of sharing (in America) is a guaranteed bandwidth such as a point to point T-1 and few people are willing to pay the price for this and then share the service freely.
Not so true. In many areas the cable and phone companies offer cable and adsl/dsl conections for commercial use. You can even get the same connections in home as well as ISDN ( altough ISDN is not so good for sharing more than a home or small business network ). As some of you know. At one point I had a commercial cable connection that was better than T-1. I had dedicated 1.5m bits up and 1.5 down. Which is adequate for smaller wans. The local telco and cable companies here offer dedicated guaranteed bandwidth. If you want to pay. Thats the crux of it is price.