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Man Builds 60-foot Tower to Get Highspeed Access
Matt Russell writes "A church was blocking the only high speed signal in town, so he decided he needed to go higher. This is the story of one man's quest to build a 60-foot reception tower in his yard and retire his modem once and for all." From the article: "Well, if you want to have a tower, you need to find one. Buying a new tower is not a good idea, since there are plenty of used ones. In my case, I was in need of a tower that was at least 50', which would cost around $1,000 USD for a new one. The way I searched was pretty simple. I spread the word around town that I was looking for one, and I drove around to see if there was a house with an old TV tower or something like that. If a 30' tower would be enough for you, go to a small town and look for TV tower. If you find one that looks to be in good shape, just go knock on the door and ask if you can buy it. At least 90% of people don't use them anymore, so it's a good place to start! "
er, what? Wouldn't GPRS or something be a little more bang for buck ? (no, I didn't RTFA)
My name is coaxeus, and I approve this message. In fact, I think it is awesome.
In Scouts we used to lash wood together to build structures. A forty foot tower is not hard to build this way.
Man installs TV aerial
plans to install new mailbox and gutters next weekend
details at 11
Personally, I'd have knocked down the church instead. Less practical, but infinitely more satisfying.
Oh no... it's the future.
I hate when the church does that
O.K., so I read this. The howto can be summarized thusly-
1: Have a Father in the building trades
2: "Dad, help!"
"Speaking the Truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act." -- George Orwell
so what happened in the next few weeks?
:)
(multiple choice questions)
A. The church was blown up in a terrorist attack.
B. The churche's tower was raised by 60 more feet to get the honest christ followers closer to their god.
C. Rogers finally started providing cable Internet at that location.
D. FBI came to the guy's house with various questions on the suspicious activity and took the tower as material proof from the possible crime scene.
or
E. A bunch of angry construction workers burned the house down for stealing all that cement, cement rings and the freaking tower?
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Really, the story should've been called "A man finds a way to get a whole bunch of stuff for free and installs a tower in the meanwhile."
You can't handle the truth.
50 foot tower?
Pah!
He should'a installed a space elevator in his yard. Advantages: antenna can be positioned at any altitude, communications with access points, police, aliens, etc. rendered easy. Pays for itself from orbital launch fees. Can be covered with tasteful beanstalk for camouflage.
Aliens? Where's that nanotube hat of mine?
I built a solar powered repeater for my Internet access. Where is my cookie?!
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Here.
Seeing that he lives in a tiny town with less than 2000 people in Canada I think the official process of obtaining a license to build a 60 feet tower in his back yard consists of the following steps:
Pick up phone and call the local Mayor
"Hey Bobbeee, I'm aboot to build a huge ass tower in my backyard. Can I get permission?"
"Only if you buy me some beer eh"
"Righto"
Getting high speed internet was the most challenging experience in my life. That guy needs a life!
where's all that Karma?
Just another example of how religion gets in the way of technology...
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."