curmugeon ([personal profile] curmugeon) wrote2010-02-10 09:55 am

how I get broadband...









This is the antenna that connects me to one of the regional antenna for the wireless network in our valley. I'm getting good speed and it only glitches under heavy snowfall when it gets slower.

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[personal profile] gracegiver 2010-02-10 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
that's an antenna?? what does the other side look like?

I meant to ask you how you were getting broadband up there.

[identity profile] cathy-edgett.livejournal.com 2010-02-10 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
It looks rather "home-spun" to be getting something so advanced.

[identity profile] n6vfp.livejournal.com 2010-02-11 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
The other side is a plastic cover to keep the snow off. It is aimed at an antenna about a mile away. The system is simple, the valley is one large network operating as G network... I'm running it direct to my router.
Edited 2010-02-11 02:38 (UTC)

[identity profile] n6vfp.livejournal.com 2010-02-11 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
It is fairly advanced, a real wide area network with amplified antennas.
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[personal profile] gracegiver 2010-02-11 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
where did you get it? is there a website I can read?

[identity profile] cathy-edgett.livejournal.com 2010-02-11 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
Impressive then, and wonderful indeed!!