On Jan 31, 2005, at 22:12, andy levy wrote:
> | If he's desparate for high speed, check into microwave. availible in
> | more rural areas than you might suspect but I don't know where you
> might
> | be able to track down providers.
> |
> | the setup fee is a killer since it involves antennea on both ends,
> and
> | getting someone to shimmy up a tower isn't cheap, but apparently the
> | monthlies aren't too bad.
>
> If it's anything like the setup we had in college, forget it if you get
> snow. Connection drops to almost nothing once the white stuff is in
> the
> air.
>
> Although...the bad nights *were* the ones where we couldn't see
> buildings 50 yards away...can't expect too much I guess.
in conditions like that, satellite is just as dead. With the further
downside that it also can get covered in ice or snow and then not work.
-- Michael Maskalans <http://mike.tepidcola.com/> mobile.612.618.4652 home.585.935.7129
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