November 18, 2003

No Broadband? Wi-Fi it. Yes, you too can have it.

Wow, Gerry Curry out on the upper East Coast lives 5km from his 'nearest' broadband connection. He got permission to get cable in a nearby church, setup WiFi via arport and a directional antenna. Then he aimed it at his house. In a few steps, he was in business surfing at 11Mbps. Nice.

A great video of his setup is available here and it is well worth the look. He also has a page with pictures. Quite an impressive feat.

Hmmm. perhaps I should do this for my garage. I have a few old macs to choose from that can move out there to be just be Wi-Fi for my occasional "wrenching" sessions. Perhaps.

Posted by erik at November 18, 2003 06:38 PM | TrackBack
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BTW, I never did the garage thing. But we have Wi-Fi /b/g and Irene loves it :)

I have a WiFi card in the laptop, but it just sits there because it is a wireless monitor, a file server, web and mail server - among other things.

Damn! Need a new laptop.

Posted by: Erik Gilchrist at April 6, 2004 08:23 PM
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