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Parent-Friendly Wireless Bridge To Span 500 Meters?
GonnaBRichYeahYeah! writes "My dad lives down a dirt road 500 meters off the main road. The cable company will not put cable down his lane for any less than the ridiculous sum of $10,000.
And he cannot get phone line DSL since he is so far away from the central terminal, so he relied on painful 22k/sec dial-up for access to the Internet.
He got sick of it and relies on Hughes satellite Internet, at $60/month, but he still has to be connected to a phone line to upload to the Internet. It's not a good solution, but better than dial-up.
His friend lives on the corner of the main drag with his lane and has cable, thus hi-speed Internet.
I suggested that he get a wireless access point, and put it at his friend's house and then get a wireless card for access. The problem is that no wireless routers go that far (max range of -N is 200 feet) and WiMax is too complex for a 70-year old man. Any suggestions from Slashdot crowd would be helpful." Plenty of people make wireless links over longer distances, but often they're not suited for people who want simplicity and reliability. What's the best out there right now?
Oh yeah...
Don't forget to fill the trench after you've installed the conduit!
Failing to do so, may turn this solution into a bigger problem than simple "internet access"...
"WiMax is too complex for a 70-year old man." At what age does WiMax dementia set in?
Hoe (one per helper)
The mark of true friendship is helping you lay cable even when you don't hire them prostitutes in return.
Maybe a 300 year old cottage? Just asking...
Witches and hoes.
Aww yeah.
DRM: Terminator crops for your mind!
Of course the low tech solution would be to tie a string to a real mouse and put some cheese on the other end.
keep watching - aroudn where i am that is standard for the tech whom is reparing serivce.. they will run it on top and leave slack.. then a few days later a contractor will come by and bury it 2-3in with a (some odd looking tool)..
but it allows them to get service up to you now and bank on you not mowing your lawn for a few days..
what is fun is when that contractor never shows up.. and told the cable company he did..
i had a similar issue with my power last year.. one of the 120v legs went bad.. so they slapped a transformer on the side of my house -next day techs came out and identified where the leg was bad.. ripped up part of my neighbors driveway to fix the cable.. told them a contractor would come by in a day or so to poor a new patch slab... two weeks later the neighbor is pissed and the power company says it has beenfixed.. all because a contractor never bothered to do the job and jsut said he did it...
'...if only "Jumping to a Conclusion" was an event in the Olympics.'
Ho: "For $20 I'll do anything you want."
Dad: "Here's twenty bucks, lay 500 meters of conduit to my house, b****!"
Give a man a fish and you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish, and he'll say "WHERE'S MY FISH, YOU IDIOT?"
Then go aerial, affix the cat 3 to a wire (for support) and put a 10 ft pole every 10 meters or so.
For 500 meters? Better have some good lightning protection, or things will get exciting first time a thunderstorm comes along.
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I put on my robe and wizard hat..
I'm against picketing but I don't know how to show it.
make sure they know you want to 'lay some pipe'
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