[OFB Cafe] Fwd: Introduction

[Derek Broughton]

On July 9, 2008 18:38:11 Timothy Butler wrote:
> > I'm waiting (and not expecting it to happen soon) for such a
> > solution here.  I
> > have to use a satellite modem, which costs $100/mo and gives me a
> > 10th of
> > ADSL speeds _with_ a download cap.
>
> 	Satellite is painful. Ouch. I'm sorry to hear that. You need to
> figure out something with Wi-Fi. :-) I'm looking into the howtos I've
> found on using an old satellite dish to push wi-fi over longer ranges,
> myself.

I only have line of sight to a couple of places with cable, and I can't 
convince them to let me put up an antenna (I _have_ got approval from the 
cable company).  WiMax would give me more options.
-- 
derek