[TriLUG] Wireless access

[Ralph Blach]

Ron,

Look at the latest article on slashdot.  Again, the setup will need to be sanctioned
by the FCC

73's de Chip
KF4WBK

Ron Joffe wrote:
> After all of the discussions about RR and wireless access, I have a question 
> for the group.
> 
> My folks live in northern Durham County (Bahama to be exact). They are too far 
> from the telco office for DSL, and no cable company has reached their street.
> 
> They have been using Satellite based connection, but that is really a pain. 
> The lag is horrendous, and the performance of the system has degraded over 
> the last few years (even though the signal strength has gone up) to the point 
> that dial up is almost as fast. Also Only Micro$oft OS's are supported by the 
> sattelite vendor.
> 
> That doesn't leave them with any really usefull high speed internet 
> connection. Now the one thing they do have going for them is that the house 
> is at one of the highest points in the county. That should allow them to put 
> up some kind of wireless connection (802.11). 
> 
> However the point is who or where to connect to?
> 
> Anybody got any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ron
> 
>