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How I got broadband from a mile away
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So speed was your primary motivation for jumping thru these hoops. I can understand that but I have some questions.

I looked into satelite for my grandmother who does not have access to dsl or cable modems. At that time I was quoted $80/mo. Dick mentioned that it was expensive so I'd like to find out if I'm missing something. I know some companies are not mac friendly and you have to use a pc as a router but even that couldn't cost more than $300 or so.

tuqqer the speeds you quoted for the cellular internet are in line with what I've been told, but you also mention that you couldn't share that bandwidth. I think you could if you used an inexpensive wallstreet as your receiving point and then used osx's share feature to share that bandwidth to a wireless router in the house. There are keepalive issues but that can be overcome.

Anyway, you needed the speed so I can see why you want the way you went but wanted to point out the above items and maybe get some more input as I'm sure you've explored them.

Dave
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How I got broadband from a mile away - by tuqqer - 10-04-2006, 09:19 PM
Re: How I got broadband from a mile away - by Phy - 10-05-2006, 03:56 AM
Re: How I got broadband from a mile away - by davemchine - 10-06-2006, 03:11 PM

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