[Linux-ham] Congrats!

[Jim Ray]

i was thinking about using it more for a point to point connection to my
own network rather than finding an ISP.  so much for thinging :-)

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: Kevin Otte [mailto:nivex@nivex.net] 
	Sent: Tue 7/22/2003 2:11 PM 
	To: linux-ham@trilug.org 
	Cc: 
	Subject: Re: [Linux-ham] Congrats!
	
	

	On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 01:32:28PM -0400, Jim Ray wrote: 
	> i have these visions of sitting on a sailboat away from PCS
towers and 
	> wondered if ham is a viable way to get IP. 

	Nope.  There really isn't much being done in the area of amateur
digital 
	networks, and even if you do happen upon a network, there isn't
a direct 
	gateway over to the Internet.  Then of course there are the
legal issues of 
	what you can and can't transmit over amateur frequencies. 

	The short of it is amateur radio is not a viable replacement for
an ISP. 

	-- 
	Kevin Otte, N8VNR 
	nivex@nivex.net 
	http://www.nivex.net/ 

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