Streetwiseguy said:
I have a friend who lives about three miles outside the city, and his internet sucked donkey balls. I also have a friend about seven miles north of him, with clear line of sight. There are two small antennas pointed at each other, and country friend pays city friends internet bill. I know nothing of such things, but it works pretty much flawlessly for the last four or five years.
I also heard about a guy who broadcasts his city homes signal off a repeater mounted on a grain bin 40 miles out, which then sends it to his farm, another number of miles further out.
The world record for a wifi connection is around 124 miles...
Pete. (l33t FS) said:
Streetwiseguy said:
I have a friend who lives about three miles outside the city, and his internet sucked donkey balls. I also have a friend about seven miles north of him, with clear line of sight. There are two small antennas pointed at each other, and country friend pays city friends internet bill. I know nothing of such things, but it works pretty much flawlessly for the last four or five years.
I also heard about a guy who broadcasts his city homes signal off a repeater mounted on a grain bin 40 miles out, which then sends it to his farm, another number of miles further out.
The world record for a wifi connection is around 124 miles...
I also read this study, two massive satellite dishes hooked to wifi routers with the packet timeouts turned way up, pointed at each other from mountaintops so that the curvature of the earth wouldn't get in the way.
