This is a bit different problem. I think the google search you are looking for is "MoCA". There are a lot of options for data over coax in a distribution environment.
Also don't discount something like HomePNA which is a dsl-like technology you could tap onto a phone line post-demarc. -forrest On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 1:55 PM, Brett A Mansfield < br...@silverlakeinternet.com> wrote: > It's a massive several hundred unit apartment complex. It's privately > owned and they refuse to let anyone put any kind of radio or dish on their > roof. It's three levels. If be able to get a signal to a few on the top > level, but none on any other level. My hope is that if I can get a hardline > to the building (which the city will allow me to do) then I can tie into > the existing coax and distribute that way. The problem is that I have no > idea how to do that. The building owner will not let anyone (not even > Comcast or century link) run any new lines that are not already there. > > Thank you, > Brett A Mansfield > > On Mar 9, 2015, at 1:42 PM, Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> > wrote: > > Are you sure? > > In addition, antennas covered by the rule may be mounted on "masts" to > reach the height needed to receive or transmit an acceptable quality signal > (e.g. maintain line-of-sight contact with the transmitter or view the > satellite). Masts higher than 12 feet above the roofline may be subject to > local permitting requirements for safety purposes. Further, masts that > extend beyond an exclusive use area may not be covered by this rule. > > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net> wrote: > >> OTARD would only apply to their balcony, not the roof. Well, assuming by >> apartment he doesn't mean duplex or town home which have exclusive use >> areas that would cover the roof. >> >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> >> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> >> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From: *"Josh Luthman" <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> >> *To: *af@afmug.com >> *Sent: *Monday, March 9, 2015 2:34:03 PM >> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Coax retransmit >> >> >> OTARD. You win legally. But I wouldn't start a fight/war. >> >> >> Josh Luthman >> Office: 937-552-2340 >> Direct: 937-552-2343 >> 1100 Wayne St >> Suite 1337 >> Troy, OH 45373 >> >> On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 3:31 PM, Brett A Mansfield < >> br...@silverlakeinternet.com> wrote: >> >>> I don't know if anyone has ever had this issue before, but has anyone >>> ever had an apartment complex where they wouldn't let you install a radio >>> on the roof? The next option is to put it on the balcony, but then I have >>> no LOS. >>> >>> I thought put one radio in a hidden spot, but they won't let me run any >>> cables to each apartment. However, they already have coax to each >>> apartment. Anyone know what I could buy to get my ubiquiti radio signal >>> covered to coax to bring them the Internet? >>> >>> Thank you, >>> Brett A Mansfield >>> >> >> >> >
