According to Ray Olszewski: While burning my CPU.
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> 2. There are radio systems that might work, if you have a clear line of
> sight to your friend. I don't recall the details -- last time I looked at
> this stuff was about 4 years ago -- but I do recall they weren't cheap (in
> our case, they weren't cheaper than trenching for cable, itself an expensive
> proposition). Perhaps someone else on the list is current on this stuff?
Well the last time i inquried about things like wavelan cards i got the
shock of my life, something like 1200 bucks for each card/radio.
I being a radio ham have my computer linked via a home made radio system,
with links at speeds from 4800 bauds to 9600, (soon my 19k2 system will be
ready), the cost of the radio is very small indeed about $75, old atf2
telephones, they need some small modifications but thats not a big deal.
The modems are very cheap about $25 a piece, speeds up to 64k can be
obtained, a seperate interface card is the most expensive, about $100.
Anyway you need a ham radio licence for all this, considering your age it
should not be to much of a barrier to study a little and take the ham radio
exam in your Country, then you can experiment with radio waves to your harts
content, no phone bills and still linked computers.
On the other hand many countries now have cable tv which uses glass fiber
optics, the cable company here also vendor internet connections 24/7 for
anyone using the cable system. The cost is very small compared to hireing
telphone lines from the phone company. Of course it all depends in which
country you live in i suppose, + the amount of data you transfer across
the cable.
On yet another note, depending on your Countrys rules and regulations about
the 11 meter band, most commonly known as The Citizens Band, you could use
the same protocols we hams use at lower speed rates, up to 2400 baud can be
obtained on an unmodified CB radio using a small modem directly connected to
your seriel port, the cost here would be something like;
radio $150
antenna $40
modem $20
Add a couple of $'s for wire and connectors and of you go, software is free.
Its all supported under the linux operating system, just a small fact here,
Linux is the "only operating system in the world" which supports the AX25
ham radio protocol.
In this Country, The Netherlands its legal to use "Packet Radio" on the 27Mc
band, there are many electrical stores who sell radios + the modems already
built, even with cables and connecters, (plug and pray stuff).
There is only one drawback, the speed of the link.
Please note, if you are thinking along the "Real networking lines" such as
NFS, FTP etc, then CB radio is NOT for you.
Even at speeds we hams use ie, 9600baud, NFS needs to be configured very
carefully indeed, otherwise it just wont work.
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> 3. The cheapest option might well be for each of you to get a dedicated
> phone line and use them to maintain a 24/7 modem connection. Don't know your
> local phone costs, but around here, umlimited-local-calling residential
> lines go for $15/month and messge-unit ones for about $12, for a total cost
> of $310 per year for 2 lines (one of each kind). Add in the modems and you
> have a first-year cost of around $400-450. This may be more than you wanted
> to spend, but I'll be (pleasantly) surprised if you find any solution that
> is cheaper.
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> At 02:08 PM 1/24/99 -0600, Andrew R. Brink wrote:
> >Since you all are probably the smartest people i know of I'll ask this.
> >
> >I want to network my computer and a friends computer together, he lives
> >all the way down the street......the problem is that i cant think of a
> >way to get cable over the street or under it.....we have a server that
> >we can put in the middle of us too.
> >
> >Can you all think of anything?
> >
> >Thanks
> >Andrew Brink
> >Age 15
> >
> >
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