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Gordon Henderson wrote: > .... > The problem we had (runing community Wi-Fi broadband access) was always > the last mile. (and to a lesser extent, the first mile) E.g. in Devon, we > had 10Mb connectivity from our base at Sowton to the mast at Marldon above > Torbay, then from there we had a 5.8GHz link of some 17.5Km to a farm high > up on Dartmoor, then another 5.8GHz link from there to another farm above > Buckfastleigh, then from there via 2.4GHz Wi-Fi links to a series of > access points in town. We had similar issues in Cornwall too > (Penwith/Lands End area) > ... Sounds like pringles aerials required. I must try and get in touch with the techies at bristol connect(?) @2.4/5.8G it should be possible to know up reasonably effective helical aerials for point to point - just a few turns of copper wire on a lathe.. now wheres my old uni notes..... Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html