I wtched an interesting programme on TV last night about bringing broadband to remote communities by radio links. All you needed was a broadband connection connected to a central radio aerial and radio modems on each computer. Some of the modems shown used the memory slot on laptops and the presenter was shown walking around in a school playground sending an e-mail from his laptop. There is no reason why this system could be used to serve the whole of your block which could have it's own web address, so that the system was in fact a WAN (wide area network) linked by radio to the internet. The amazing thing is that the system could cover an EIGHT MILE RADIUS! so it could cover whole towns, and only needed around 40 subscribers to bring the costs down to conventional broadband connection costs. The trailblazer who was said to have pioneered this concept was said on the programme to be a Retd. Colonel Dave Hughes of Old Colorado Town and his internet address was given as [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Why not look into this system? For people living beyond 8 miles from their nearest land based broadband connection it's possible to feed the central aerial from a satellite connection for a little extra cost. Eryl
