On Sun, 2001-12-09 at 18:57, Stuart wrote: > > > > > > You might be interested with what we are doing a www.evanton.net , > and > > > its going to be run on BSD and Linux Servers as well. > > > > Broadband? Care to expand any more , whats the technology behind it > , from > > what i can gather conventional broadband doesn't stretch past > Inverness? > > > > Its a combined BTO Sat uplink and ISDN over a 11mbps Wireless Lan. > Nothing to fancy... > Bit like what you are thinking about in the next paragraph > > > I've toyed with the idea of sharing my SatModem connection with the > locals > > if/when i can ever get hold of it. The general population here can't > afford > > internet access here and even when they can , the best they can > achieve with > > a normal modem is 31k. There is ISDN here but currently the only > user ( > > considering BT's pricing of it ) is the post office in the village. > The local > > schools have computers but little/no net access from what i can > gather. > > Same problem here, Thats why we decided to run as low a cost as > possible wireless lan, as much bandwidth we can afford ( 4 x64k ISDN > and one 512/155ish ADSL Satallite link- leased line to replace ISDN if > we can afford it!), and share it with the community. Run local mail, > web, chat,ftp,cashe and even game servers (when I have a spare box) > and allow the locals to use it.. > > > > > Fortunately i've got the funding of a large IT company for my net > needs. > > Afterall what use is a SatModem if i only ever need terminal access > anyway. > > > > I've looked into the idea of sharing the connection , but not in > much detail. > > From what i can gather all i'd need is a good location ( i'm sited > atop a > > hill looking down over the entire village 4 miles away ) and a big > antenna. > > > 4 miles is pushing it , although O'Reilly using wireless links shared > some of thier bandwidth to a small community 21 miles away > You could use a point to point link to a reciver in the village..... > But I have enough problems with the local logistics here!! > > > > If the antenna here is big enough then the locals would be able to > access it > > with just a conventional wireless lan card ( if i read the technical > stuff > > correctly - all new to me though ). I'd need a license though. > > Not if you use 803.11b, 2.4ghz band licence free... One of the reasons > we are using it... And big Antennas!!
Yes. There are license issues with this band, especially for anything deemed commercial use. I had planned to create a similar service but the legal technicallities seem to be a grey area. IANAL. David > > Stu. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 55421702 > Z1000J, GT250- almost done!,KZ1000G1- Missing > "I Miss my ex-wife, But my aim is improving" > home www.techybod.co.uk > work www.ttscomputers.com > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk > http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
