Internet through DTV

[kurt at verruckt.org]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Kedrovsky" <greg at iglesia-del-este.com>
To: "Jonathan Hutchins" <hutchins at tarcanfel.org>; "kclug" <kclug at kclug.org>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: Internet through DTV

> On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 10:47:49AM -0600, Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
> > Of course, if you are in line-of-sight with any location where you might
be
> > able to get a decent connection, you can set up a wireless link to relay
it
> > to your location.
>
> Ooo... that's another idea. What kind of wireless? How far do I have?
> What kind of hardware do I need? I'm up on top of a mountain. I have
> line-of-site to over half the city, and some of my friends live in
> sight, also. I keep showing them rifle, and reminding them of my
> training in the U.S. Marine Corps.  :-)  It's perfect: high ground,
> line-of-site.
>
> So, I could hook up one of my friends with cable modumb (our "broadband"
> down here) and then share with him, getting my link via the wireless? Is
> that right?
>
> Cool.
>
> -gk
>

I read about a line of sight wireless connection that spanned several miles.
The author used a discarded DTV dish, with a "cantenna" in place of the
regular reciever. If you have line o' sight with someone in broadband area,
that would be the way to go imo.

Kurt

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