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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Andrew,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Running one computer from a dial up
connection these days (with content-rich pages designed to be fed via a
broadband connection) can be hideously slow. Further sharing that
connection via a wireless network to a number of computers would probably be
impractical although, as the other respondents suggested, technically
possible.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>How many computers did you want to connect on your
network?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Another possibility may be to bring in a backbone
connection from Dili. This could be done cheaply using 5.8 Ghz 802.11a
wireless LAN gear bolted to cheap satellite TV dishes. Melbourne Wireless
members have experimented with this recently with excellent
results.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From memory, the drive from Dili to Baucau took
about 3 to 4 hours (at low speed) and was only about 120 km. There were
some big hills along the way, some with towers. It is conceivable
that you could get 10-20 Megabits per Second to Baucau using 4 or 5 hops of
wireless. That would be enough to run a fairly serious
network.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There is a lot of experience on tap within
Melbourne Wireless, especially with our community network focus, and you
may well benefit from attending a meeting and talking to the members about the
many options available.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David Nuttall.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, June 03, 2007 1:55 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [MLB-WIRELESS] East Timor</DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>G'day, </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am hoping that someone may be able to provide me
with some advice. I am doing some work in East Timor and am interested
in establishing a wireless network in the second largest town, a place called
Baucau. The issue is that the only internet they have available is dial
up. Is it possible to establish a wireless network using dial up as the
connection to the internet?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any advise on how to go about doing this would be
appreciated. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best wishes</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>andrew</FONT> </P><BR><BR>
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