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Hello Jim,
A network of 'Stratellites' (13 miles up) is an answer to wireless broadband
http://www.yenra.com/stratellite/
Monday, January 3, 2005, 8:33:19 PM, you wrote:
JO> On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 10:34:40AM -0800, Liam wrote:
>> The edge of the World occurs a few miles further north... Nearest
>> telco switch is 6-7 miles. Next nearest is 20 miles.
JO> I heard an interview with author Simon Winchester a while back, saying
JO> how in his rural location he had to have his telephone monopoly bring
JO> in a T1 line in order to get broadband. I'd think 6-7 miles would be
JO> well within range for your monopoly to give you T1, at least from
JO> a technical standpoint. They might not be interested, though, for
JO> non-technical reasons. In any case, it wouldn't be cheap.
JO> Someday, maybe we'll all get hooked up via wireless broadband, like
JO> so many other parts of the world. Some communities are even taking
JO> matters into their own hands and forming broadband coops. And just
JO> as fast, the telco monopolies are buying laws against such coops.
JO> Jim
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