Quoting Austad, Jay (austad at marketwatch.com): > Anyway, wireless..... The only two places I know of here in town that offer > wireless are Implex.net and baldeagle.net. I'm 8 miles from downtown MPLS, > and with a 10 foot telescoping antenna, I have line of sight view. > Apparently the equipment that implex uses has a range of 14 miles, and it's > directional 802.11. However, they get you with the $1500 install charge. I But what is their mark-up? Only 2 players in town tells me you can probably charge what you -think- you can get. > I really really want to be able to keep my machines at my house to serve out > my personal site and stuff, I have to get something done fast because I have > to move soon. But damn, $1500 for install is a bit steep. It's $400 a > month for 512kbps also. For double that, you could have a full T1 with a Small supply, large-ish demmand. They can charge what they want. I can remember when single IP 64K ISDN was $150/month! And now your lucky if you can charge $25/month. Competition is good for the consumer. :-) > If anyone has a big fat connection, and wants to experiment with some > directional 802.11, and is willing to give me a few ip's, I'd be happy to > help (in the name of science of course). :) Have you priced 56K frame (from Qworst of course)? Yes, your local loop would be 56K, but unless you get someone how knows what they are doing Qwest will let you burst way above 56K. Yes, it's only 56K, but how data you really pushing? Yes, it's Qwest, can't find the monopoly. Get one of those really niffy $200 Frame Cards for Linux or -really- go for it an get the $800 model (sorry, cannot remember name, but they are advertised in Linux Journel). Find a friendly ISP (cough) who wants someone to test these Frame cards out. Viola' ? -- Bob Tanner <tanner at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.mn-linux.org | Fax : (952)943-8500 Key fingerprint = 6C E9 51 4F D5 3E 4C 66 62 A9 10 E5 35 85 39 D9