Scott,
You may want to check out this article from the Washington Post about a week
ago.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60405-2002Apr27.html
To quote:
--
Don Bailey's philosophy is that Internet access should be fast, cheap,
democratic and convenient. But in his town-house development near Sterling,
none of that was true. After losing battles -- with Verizon Communications
Inc. for a DSL line and Adelphia Communications Corp. for high-speed cable
-- he decided to take his neighborhood's broadband matters into his own
hands.
In March, he custom-ordered a $499-a-month super-high-speed connection -- a
T-1 line -- with enough capacity to service a large office building. ("I was
going to get a race car this year, but instead I got a high-speed
connection," he said.)
Now, Bailey's like the enterprising kid with the lemonade stand on the
corner, except that what he's offering is a new wireless Internet service
beaming from his house for $50 a month, so far to five of his neighbors.
Word of mouth has brought four or five more neighbors to Bailey's virtual
door seeking to get in on the fun. He even offers free access -- about 30
minutes of Web-surfing time -- to anyone able to pick up his wireless signal
within 100 yards of his house.
--
I'm starting to investigate costs right now, but at the next Home Owners
Association meeting I'm going to make a similar proposal. I'd love the idea
of a t-1 line straight to my house.
However from what I understand, 802.11 has a relatively short range - much
less than a mile.
larry
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Larry C. Lyons
ColdFusion/Web Developer
Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer
EBStor.com
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Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795
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Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Raley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 10:10 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Wireless: was: RE:DSL
>
>
> Anyone worked with wireless Internet? I have a customer that
> will let me hook
> up a wireless point to their T1 so I can get internet from
> my house ( I live 1
> mile away) but I didn't know what this would involve in
> getting it hooked up...
> Anyone out there dealt with this? There isn't anything
> between us out of the
> ordinary... few trees and homes.. thats about it.
>
>
>
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