How cheap is cheap?

Robert Cringely made some ripples when he did about a 6 mile connection
back in 2001.[1][2]  But he cites a cost of about $1,400 to do it, an
amount I would not call cheap.

Maybe you need to start a neighborhood version of Seattle Wireless[3] and
make several hops to your friend's house along with some additional
neighbors in the mix.  That will take much longer to create but could be
fun along the way.

Alan

[1] Part 1: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20010628.html
[2] Part 2: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20010712.html
[3] http://www.seattlewireless.net/


On Thu, August 10, 2006 2:50 pm, Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr. wrote:
> At 3 miles, you are going to have some difficulty connecting.  Depending
> on
> where you are located, 2.4GHz and 5.7GHz frequencies could be very noisy.
> You could build a cantenna, but you would need line of sight and it could
> be
> difficult aligning both sides of the connection.  The first thing I would
> do
> is get up on your roof and your friends roof and see if you can establish
> a
> clear line of sight.  Trees and building are killers for wireless signals.
>
> There are other P-to-P wireless technologies out there from Motorola,
> Cisco,
> Adtran, Orthogon, Redline, and others that also use unlicensed bands that
> work very well.  The only problem is cost ($2,000 and up).
>
> Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr.
> Operations Manager
> Phoenix Internet
>
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> Technomage
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> Subject: high speed wireless over 3 miles..
>
> ok, I have a few questions.
>
> I would like to create a high speed link device for a friend of mine. he
> lives
> far enough away that putting in cable or DSL is not practical and the only
> alternative is to somehow get an 802.11x signal to reach from his place to
> the node where I have setup internet.
>
> any suggestions?
>
> I am looking for DIY/cheap solutions here.


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