Re: Yup; the Internet is screwed up.

[Joel Jaeggli <joelja () bogus com>]

On Jun 12, 2011, at 10:04 AM, Christopher J. Pilkington wrote:

> On Jun 11, 2011, at 7:07 PM, Roy wrote:
>
> > On 6/11/2011 4:29 PM, Christopher Pilkington wrote:
> > > Options seem to be limited to HughesNet and dial for the moment, but
> > > things may change if I put a tower on the property. HughesNet seems to
> > > relax it's bandwidth cap between 2am and 7am, which is helpful, but
> > > still a great shift from what I'm used to at the current residence
> > > (15/2).
> >
> > No 3G cellphone service?
>
> 3G at this location is marginal at best (stand on a hill and hold the phone up above your head.)
>
> That said, are there 3G radios that permit external antennas or are well suited to
> being sealed up in a weatherproof box and being placed on a pole/tower?

there are... some specific to particular interface solutions.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/routers/access/wireless/hardware/notes/ant3gom.html

most expedient approach is a card with a non-fixes antenna (like the huawei usb sticks) a crc9 to sma adapter and the 
appropiate antenna. paired with a cradlepoint cpe and you're probably done for less than $200.

> 3G would get us around the 200-300MiB/day issue, but I'm fairly certain I'll be dealing with similar monthly caps.  I 
> can really hope for a wISP nearby, but so far my research hasn't turned up anything.  Is there some wISP 
> marketplace/directory about?
>
> The final option would be to unofficially put hardware on the roof of my office 50km away with some high-gain 
> antennas, but the path is marginally LOS, I think I might need a very large tower at either end.
>
> -cjp