Hi,

I have 5 acres with a workshop 200 yards from the house where we have
our main PC.  We are unable to get cable or DSL and must use a dialup
service.  We can get a Satelite dish and I'd like to be able to use my
notebook PC in the workshop to access the internet.

I understand that I'm going to have to have a wirless setup and some
type of "booster" to do so.  Has anybody else done this?  If so, I'd
like to know how it was setup.  If it's working for you, I'll
duplicate the system here.

T.I.A.

So, you are considering DirecPC, right?

Anyway, MIMO routers are good and I like the ParkerVision 1500, but others
will tell you to get an antenna and mount it on a tower. My problem with
antennas is that it's so variable -- it might work in your shop, it might
not. Well, all wireless tech is that way, so...

I've tested 50 routers and 10 antenas and had better luck with routers
getting that far. Incidentaly:

MIMO -- 1500 feet, G
PV1500 -- 2 miles, but B only
Antennas -- 600-1000 feet or entire neighborhoods

If it was me (and, by the way, it *is me -- I am going to go with the
ParkerVision soon) I would moutn the sat. in the shop and feed up to the
house, because the shop is where I would really need reliable access, and
the house would be more optional.

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   For the record,  Starband (starband.com) is a viable alternative for
Satellite Internet, albeit pricey.



   Ed

I am in the same shape having to use a 26.4 dial-up connection for 4 PC's. I
am hoping that WildBlue will come to my rescue sometime this summer.

http://www.wildblue.com/


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    WildBlue has been hyping their system for 4 years.  It appears they
finally got their satellite launched?  Personally, I'd recommend at least
looking at Starband  ( http://www.starband.com ), before contracting with
WildBlue.  Starband has 5 years of real consumer service under their
belt, and unless Wildblue equipment prices and installations are really
really cheap, they aren't any cheaper or better than Starband.  Their
rates certainly aren't any cheaper than Starband's.


     Ed   ( former Starband customer since their day one. )

Wildblue equipment will be $199.99 and monthly fees and faps are as
follows:
$49.99- 256K Up/512K down     Fap 3GB/Month Up-10GB/Month Down
$69.99- 256K Up/1M down     Fap 4GB/Month Up-16GB/Month Down
$79.99- 256K Up/1.5M down     Fap 6GB/Month Up-22GB/Month Down

Ed wrote:
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    On the Wildblue.com  website the only reference to equipment costs
states,  " *Installation and equipment fees are extra and will be
determined at a future date ".   I assume your information is accurate? 
If so, then Wildblue sure beats the equipment costs of Starband, although 
the unknown installation fee may still be a killer.


    Ed

What I like about the service is they just hand it off to you as an Ethernet
port and there is no extra software to install. Just front end it with
something like a Linksys router. I also saw a posting in Broadband Reports
that showed that Oklahoma will be in the second group.

Lars

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Lars <ABClvinge@att.invalid> wrote:
That would be identical to the current DirecPC offering.
Except for the Oklahoma part, DirecPC is available all over the US.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA  38.8,-122.5

Ed <Huckleberry_REMO***@bigvalley.net> wrote:

Lack of coverage might be important as well.
I put in about 10 zip codes before I gave up.

The zip coder finder wasn't working yesterday.  Try it again. Every zip
I've put in says 2nd Quarter 2005 (which is two weeks away).

d***@XReXXmorph.usenet.us.com wrote:
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We have Direcway Satelite internet going out from a Linksys WRT54G wireless router into a amplifier, antenna on a mast, and 4 buildings as far as 6-700 feet away get the internet with WAP's on the other ends with directional antennas and it is just as fast for them as it is for the LAN from the router.  300 feet away I use a laptop with a Senao card and a 2db 3" antenna and get full reception/transmit. -- gwoiler brought to you by http://www.wifi-forum.com/

if you dont want to put out the money for a satelite, you can use
wireless with a dialup too. I did for quite a while

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