There are dozens of companies (MikroTik) that has been selling technology like this for a very long time. This summer I worked in Mountain Home AR for VistaVox wireless. Using $250 worth of equipment (router, cable, dish, mounts, etc) we were able to provide 18Mbs/s connections up to 30 miles.
If you check the MikroTik forum you will find people who have sent signals 150+ miles using similar equipment to what we used this summer.
One this is somewhat certain as far as human population on the Earth goes: at least according to my High School AP Environmental Science book. Populations in whatever constrained area have what's called a "carrying capacity"(called K). This is the effective numerical limit of population as it is constrained by limited resources. Global Warming aside, the generally accepted number K for humans on Earth is around 12 Billion. I don't know about you, but sitting currently at 6.5 Billion with 6 announced only a while back, I feel like 12 Billion is scarily close.
Oh yeah...if I remember right the book said we would probably hit K sometime between 2045 and 2065.
Once we hit K, there is a kinda population cleansing. 15-20% of the population dies in a very untimely manner, and we kinda start a little cycle of population. 12 Billion now, 10 Billion in a decade, 12 Billion in another decade, etc. This is a pretty consistent phenomenon in the animal world, and can be easily observed in rabbit populations in North America. They have around a 7 year cycle. There are even hunting laws in the U.S. that are synchronized with these K cycles (keeps populations more consistent). Of course, I've never heard a politician apply these concepts to humans...
I'm just saying things don't exactly look to green on my side of the fence.
There is a company called MikroTik(mikrotik.com) that produces incredible long/short range 802.11 equipment, and they have been using solar powered stuff for quite some time(I think it might be third party, but the community has been embracing it for a while). If any of you are looking for some cheap and very powerful linux platform wifi solutions, I suggest you give them a good hard look as my expierence with them has been bliss.
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There are dozens of companies (MikroTik) that has been selling technology like this for a very long time. This summer I worked in Mountain Home AR for VistaVox wireless. Using $250 worth of equipment (router, cable, dish, mounts, etc) we were able to provide 18Mbs/s connections up to 30 miles. If you check the MikroTik forum you will find people who have sent signals 150+ miles using similar equipment to what we used this summer.
One this is somewhat certain as far as human population on the Earth goes: at least according to my High School AP Environmental Science book. Populations in whatever constrained area have what's called a "carrying capacity"(called K). This is the effective numerical limit of population as it is constrained by limited resources. Global Warming aside, the generally accepted number K for humans on Earth is around 12 Billion. I don't know about you, but sitting currently at 6.5 Billion with 6 announced only a while back, I feel like 12 Billion is scarily close. Oh yeah...if I remember right the book said we would probably hit K sometime between 2045 and 2065. Once we hit K, there is a kinda population cleansing. 15-20% of the population dies in a very untimely manner, and we kinda start a little cycle of population. 12 Billion now, 10 Billion in a decade, 12 Billion in another decade, etc. This is a pretty consistent phenomenon in the animal world, and can be easily observed in rabbit populations in North America. They have around a 7 year cycle. There are even hunting laws in the U.S. that are synchronized with these K cycles (keeps populations more consistent). Of course, I've never heard a politician apply these concepts to humans... I'm just saying things don't exactly look to green on my side of the fence.
There is a company called MikroTik(mikrotik.com) that produces incredible long/short range 802.11 equipment, and they have been using solar powered stuff for quite some time(I think it might be third party, but the community has been embracing it for a while). If any of you are looking for some cheap and very powerful linux platform wifi solutions, I suggest you give them a good hard look as my expierence with them has been bliss.