> 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 > think Implex actually farms out the equipment install and everything to some > other company. They simply pay for the connection to the Antenna on top of > the Pillsbury building, and this other company charges them to set it all > up. They give him a cut of the monthly charge and it's all good. If > Real-time wanted to get involved, they could probably do some sneaky > inquiries and get the installer to call them and then try to work a deal. > :) This is all really good until it rains or snows or perhaps fog. Then you are SOL. Don't worry though, these conditions never exist in the Twin Cities area ;) Tom Veldhouse veldy at veldy.net