On Jun 11, 2011, at 7:07 PM, Roy wrote: > On 6/11/2011 4:29 PM, Christopher Pilkington wrote: >> Options seem to be limited to HughesNet and dial for the moment, but >> things may change if I put a tower on the property. HughesNet seems to >> relax it's bandwidth cap between 2am and 7am, which is helpful, but >> still a great shift from what I'm used to at the current residence >> (15/2). >> > > No 3G cellphone service?
3G at this location is marginal at best (stand on a hill and hold the phone up above your head.) That said, are there 3G radios that permit external antennas or are well suited to being sealed up in a weatherproof box and being placed on a pole/tower? 3G would get us around the 200-300MiB/day issue, but I'm fairly certain I'll be dealing with similar monthly caps. I can really hope for a wISP nearby, but so far my research hasn't turned up anything. Is there some wISP marketplace/directory about? The final option would be to unofficially put hardware on the roof of my office 50km away with some high-gain antennas, but the path is marginally LOS, I think I might need a very large tower at either end. -cjp
