[Fwd: RE: [MLB-WIRELESS] help with last mile in the country...]

[paul van den bergen]

On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 10:19 pm, Steven Haigh wrote:
> Or, if you have got silly amounts of money to spend, buy an EnGenius
> cordless, works on ~900mhz, pumps out about 500mw of power, full
> compatible for external antennas on the base (R-TNC, which is NOT the
> charger unit).. do around 14kms with the external vertical omni.
> Multi-handset capable, walkie-talkie type mode between handsets, beware,
> swamps any normal 900mhz handset in rage :)
>
> Downside? ~$900
>
> Joel
> Mudgee Wireless

No, $900 for an all-conquering voice solution is not bad... considering the 
cost of trenching is around $4k...

My dad considered doing the trench himself - he has a tractor to rip the first 
200mm or so - but (and it is a big one) the line will go over rather thin 
soil with lots of rocks, quartz veins, etc. Including a quartz field some 2-3 
Ha  on top of a hill. Uurgh!  We know the hard way how tough this is... 
suddenly $18/m sounds cheap...

I was hoping to have a combined solution - voice + data - but a side-by-side 
voice and data solution is not too bad either...

On the topic of data, can anyone recomend a country ISP?  or where I would 
find out about such things?  e.g. Moonambel (west central Victoria, past 
Avoca).





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