[141838] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Yup; the Internet is screwed up.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher J. Pilkington)
Sun Jun 12 13:05:37 2011
From: "Christopher J. Pilkington" <cjp@0x1.net>
In-Reply-To: <4DF4115E.4030000@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 11:04:46 -0600
To: Roy <r.engehausen@gmail.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Jun 11, 2011, at 7:07 PM, Roy wrote:
> On 6/11/2011 4:29 PM, Christopher Pilkington wrote:
>> Options seem to be limited to HughesNet and dial for the moment, but
>> things may change if I put a tower on the property. HughesNet seems =
to
>> relax it's bandwidth cap between 2am and 7am, which is helpful, but
>> still a great shift from what I'm used to at the current residence
>> (15/2).
>>=20
>=20
> No 3G cellphone service?
3G at this location is marginal at best (stand on a hill and hold the =
phone up above your head.)
That said, are there 3G radios that permit external antennas or are well =
suited to being sealed up in a weatherproof box and being placed on a =
pole/tower?
3G would get us around the 200-300MiB/day issue, but I'm fairly certain =
I'll be dealing with similar monthly caps. I can really hope for a wISP =
nearby, but so far my research hasn't turned up anything. Is there some =
wISP marketplace/directory about?
The final option would be to unofficially put hardware on the roof of my =
office 50km away with some high-gain antennas, but the path is =
marginally LOS, I think I might need a very large tower at either end.
-cjp=
