[TriLUG] OT: comms inside a corrugated metal building

[Mauricio Tavares via TriLUG]

On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 8:30 AM Cristóbal Palmer via TriLUG
<trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>
> Greetings fellow nerds,
>
> Do you or somebody you know set up high speed WiFi or a cell site inside a
> corrugated metal building within short distance (~150 yards) and line of
> site of a building that already had network? How did you go about it? What
> did it cost?
>
> I ask because somebody local (a business owner) is complaining that AT&T is
> the only mobile provider that doesn’t work in  this big metal box, and of
> course the WiFi from the building up the hill doesn’t work inside the metal
> building. It feels definitely not worth it to trench and lay cable to the
> building to fix service for one provider, but how can I know if it’s worth
> it if I don’t know what solutions people have?
>
> I’m also not picky about whether your answer was more DIY or contractor. If
> you know of a person or company who does good site surveys and estimates
> for something like this, please speak up.
>
      If user is complaining specifically about AT&T; they used to
have a Femtocell. Would still need to get ethernet to it.

If there is not cable to building, line of sight between the last
connected place to building and then run wire inside?

> Thanks,
> CMP
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