Other options may include using one of the satellite TV sources as an ISP (Internet Service Provider, Dish Network offers this service I think), and most recently some electrical utilities are rumored to be getting into the ISP game using the electrical grid.
-Max -----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Jim Cathey Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 1:57 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] No cable > DSL, that ain't exactly a big ticket item as it uses the existing > telephone lines and seems to work pretty well most of the time. So long as you live within X distance of the switch office. Which we don't. We live 12 minutes from a shopping mall (10 from the freeway) and DSL doesn't come out this far, not by a substantial margin! No cable, either. New, all-digital, TV _barely_ makes it here, once we put an antenna that looks like a bedspring up on the roof. Most days it works fine. Urban thinking sucks. We do happen to have wireless, courtesy of a BBQ-sized microwave antenna and a 1W RF amplifier nailed to the side of the house. And a lot of chainsaw work. -- Jim _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
