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Last-Mile Solution For A Rural Land Co-op?
macguys writes "My community consists of about 150 households spread out over several hundred acres in North Florida. We are far enough away from the nearest city that broadband cable and DSL services don't make it here. We're well organized, and used to working together on projects. We have a lot of home based business offices here and high speed access something that many of my neighbors are hungry for.
We've looked at projects like http://www.magnoliaroad.net and know that others have addressed the issue with 802.11b/g/etc.
There is no big problem getting a T-1 to the community. That part is easy. The hard part is distributing the bandwidth among those here who want to participate. Wireless works in places but in general this land is covered in hardwood and pines and the signal drops off quickly.
We have a long history (community is 25 years old) of working together to solve problems. Running copper or coax is not out of the question if we can find a reasonable way of distributing the bandwidth.
Any suggestions are welcome."
Isn't this more like a commune, in the truest sense?
[raging fury] You yanks are sooooo annoying! With your GSM 1900... Why can't you be on 900 and 1800 Mhz like the rest of the world???? 900MHz is what most GSM providers use... It's not a good idea I tell you, not a good idea! When we invade, we're gonna thrust all this technology upon you and force you to all play REAL football!