I just got a call from a remote community, this is in "the mountains" so to speak. It's actually a canyon with a river in the middle and houses on both sides. It's not straight, and there's trees galore. In other words, longest distance with 2.4 is going to be "not very far".
But, there's a lot of people here, equivalent of a small town, and no other broadband, and only some of them could even use satellite, which they all seem to hate. The populated area that's in this valley/canyon is spread over about 6 miles, the first 3 of which is open enough to use more conventional wireless setups. The last 3 miles, the canyon has bends and narrow spots, and vastly more trees. So, I got to thinking that an outdoor mesh might work for part of this, but I have yet to read of any truly successful outdoor meshes -especially that can deliver a large amount of bandwidth. Anyone? ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Neofast, Inc, Making internet easy 541-969-8200 509-386-4589 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
