Fwd: anybody have experience with this outfit?

[David Bandel]

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From: David Bandel <david.bandel at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:54:23 -0500
Subject: Re: anybody have experience with this outfit?
To: Matthew Carpenter <matt at eisgr.com>


On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 09:57:13 -0500, Matthew Carpenter <matt at eisgr.com> wrote:
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> Aside from obvious cost concerns, I'd buy into the WiFi/WiMax solution.
> Make friends with someone with broadband and work out an arrangement
> with them for a wireless bridge.  The wireless part could be handled by
> a Linux box so long as the wireless card could handle and antenna, or
> you can use some inexpensive commercial equipment.  David's suggestions
> are better if you have the money, but then there we are.
>
> You're still subject to weather, but that would be true of satellite as
> well (and perhaps moreso).

Would you mind expounding on this?  Neither 2.4GHz nor 5.8GHz WiFi are
subject to weather conditions.  Satellite, yes, but that's a frequency
range that's attentuated by water.

The _only_ time you have weather-related problems with outdoor
wireless is if the installer didn't properly waterproof the
connections (I use 3M #23 high voltage rubber electrical tape, not the
garden variety electrical tape).

>
> David Bandel wrote:
> | 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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> Matthew Carpenter
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David A. Bandel
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