anybody have experience with this outfit?

[David Bandel]

On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 10:45:39 -0500, dep <dep at linuxandmain.com> wrote:
> http://www.direcway.com
> 
> i'm contemplating a move to a place where there's no cable, no dsl. this
> appears to be the lone alternative. almost sounds too good to be true.
> anybody know about these guys?

Well, I know that satellite is going to be slow and unreliable
(particularly in areas with heavy rains).

What I would do:  do a line-of-site survey to see where I could see
(including, if I had to, from a 50' tower).  Get good signal put in
where I could see and buy a pair of good point-to-point radios in the
5.8GHz range (something like the Wi-Lan Ultima3-ER radios).  These
radios can provide signal with the long range antennas up to 47 miles
(75 km) with good throughput (like 10Mb, same as ethernet).

You can get good towers from Texas Towers (crankups if you don't want
to climb).  To do my 50' survey, I'd just hire a high-lift bucket
truck (here they run me $100/hr, probably a little more where you
are).

Ultima3 radios will run about $2200 for each point on a
point-to-point, but are reliable (make sure you get good lightning
protection installed).

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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