[TriLUG] open wlan in the efland area

[Ralph Blach]

well maybe that would work if they had cellular coverage at their house.
These people out in the country

Chip
kf4wbk

kevin wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-02-20 at 23:28, Ralph Blach wrote:
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> Keep your eyes peeled for Nextel, they are getting ready to do triangle
> wide trials of "wireless broadband". www.nextel.com/broadband
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> Kevin
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>>Brian,
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>>My friends are perfectly willing to pay for access.  (Their neighborhood
>>has no Cable and no DSL).  What I am asking is for a WiFI provider that
>>sells a WiFI service.  I know that their are compaineis that supply this
>>kind of serivice. People use cantennes to connect to them and get
>>distances of miles.  So if anybody knows a provider in the Efland area,
>>please let me know.
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>>Basically what they want is high speed acess in their home.
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>>So, again, does anybody know of any wifi in the efland area.
>>
>>Chip
>>kf4wbk
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>>Brian A. Henning wrote:
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>>>Chip,
>>>  Are you asking what I think you're asking?  It almost sounds like you're
>>>asking if there are any unsecured WLANs your friend could leech off of..
>>>There's a term for that which escapes me at the moment..  Anyway, I am going
>>>to assume I am misinterpreting you and offer what little I know about public
>>>WLAN availability in general.
>>>
>>>WiFi hotspots are gradually becoming more popular among coffee shops and
>>>fast-food joints.  These typically aren't free; one would purchase an
>>>account from a provider such as AT&T (no preference; just the name that
>>>comes to mind) for a monthly fee.  Subscribing would allow your friend to
>>>access high-speed internet connections whenever he takes his WiFi-enabled
>>>hardware to one of these hotspots.  I think I have seen places like Barnes &
>>>Noble tout WiFi hotspots as well.  This would be mostly a matter of driving
>>>around looking for signs/advertisements.
>>>
>>>If your friend has his home in that area and would like to subscribe to a
>>>high-bandwidth service for his home, one first step he could take is to call
>>>his local POTS provider.  They may be able to provide information about
>>>local DSL providers.  Or call his cable company.  Then it would be up to him
>>>how he would like to distribute the connection within his home, either with
>>>wires or wirelessly.  I recommend against Linksys .11b gear; I have seen
>>>them perform unreliably in a number of installations.
>>>
>>>As far as truly public WLANs that may cover his home, it's unlikely; typical
>>>transceiver range on a good day, with line-of-sight and minimal sources of
>>>interference, is about 300ft, or about the length of a football field,
>>>excluding the endzones.  Not to mention that this sort of thing is rarely
>>>free.
>>>
>>>If I'm inadvertantly spinning yarns here, someone please step in and unravel
>>>with my blessings. :-)
>>>
>>>HTH,
>>>~Brian
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