Re: Rural broadband

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Thanks Doug.

There's 3 tall antennas mounted on top of one the tallest hills in the area
where I live about 7 miles away. I think this company owns at least one of
them.

Yep, even the windows updates are painfully slow on a phone connection. I
had a cable internet connection when I lived in VA via Cox Cable. Am
familiar with potential for speed. Roadrunner cable here extends as far
west as the closest town limits and stops. A matter of potential customers
vs. infrastructure cost, I would imagine.

Now I have to track down a 6' RJ45 cable with modular connectors. Need it
for the PC to router connection. Lost mine in a move. I don't remember if
its a straight type or crossover, do you have any idea?

--
Dave

"Doug W." <stand@attention> wrote in message
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Have had High Speed Internet for the past year and a half.
Direct line-of-sight tower...12 to 14 miles about max for
reliable transmission of radio wave...mine 7 miles...go for it.
Have "enhanced plan".
What used to take 5 hours to download now takes 15 to 18
minutes. Two CDs from ITunes...12-20 minutes. Read the
literature from the company...they know what they are doing.
Most can accomodate different configurations on your end.

Doug W.
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"Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Fri, 5 Jun 2009 08:43:29 -0500, "Lil' Dave"
<spamyourself@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


I'm still using phone modem and corresponding ISP via phone
modem. Recently
received a flyer from a wireless provider's installer for
internet service
in my rural area. Area is in hill country of central TX.
Among other
claims on the flyer, one is "not affected by weather". They
use ground-base
antennas, not satellite. How is this possible?

Talk to your neighbors and find out what they do, the ones at
the same
altitude as you. If it is via cellphone, how well does your
cellphone
work at home?

Visited their website for more details. Emailed their sales
dept rep for
more info. They don't install any software on the PC per
response. I want
them to connect to a Linksys BEFSR11 router, and indicated it
had no
built-in hub. Response was cound be done, but, not needed
if one PC only,
can connect directly to PC's network card. That's confusing
to me regarding
PC's security while on internet. Comments?

They said it's not necessary. They didn't say it wouldn't
help
security to have a router. And they said you can have one if
you want.
It all seems clear to me. (Although aiui router security is
insufficient and software can provide all the security of the
router
and more. aiui, a router firewall is only a hardware
firewall and
that's not enough. Maybe that's why the isp isn't used to
routers
with only one PC.)

I asked about the closest local antenna to my location for
LOS
considerations and determination of antenna height. (Antenna
height on my
end that is). Total antenna height is part of the
installation cost.
Response was that installers only leave flyers when there is
apparent ease
of installation and service easy to provide. Comments?

The have POP/SMTP email server for my Outlook. No
attachement limit size
made in response about that

Disclaimer: Has nothing to do with current Administration
push for rural
broadband, said company has been working to provide broadband
in this area
since 2002. Don't go there.

On the contrary, I think the previous push for telephone
wires to
rural areas was a mistake.

How is that contrary?
Every rural area that I know of here has telephone wires for
many decades. Huh?
--
Dave





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