>From a technical perspective, the plan you have in mind should work. Mobile satellite products are now being developed with Wi-Fi capabilities built-in. So, repeating the signal some distance from the news van should be fine.
Your only issues will be that of any other long distance link: line of sight, signal strength, client antennas, etc. Also, satellite internet is pretty fast if you are willing to pay for it. A news van should be able to handle a dish that can beam up 768-1.1 Mbps without trouble. -Mike -- Mike Outmesguine Chairman, Wireless Relief on Post-Tsunami Reconnect, http://www.crow.net Author, Wi-Fi Toys, http://www.wifi-toys.com President, TransStellar, Inc., http://www.TransStellar.com Chairman, Southern California Wireless Users Group, http://www.socalwug.org Blogger, Weblogs Inc., http://wireless.weblogsinc.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Direct: +1-818-889-9445 x102 Fax: +1-818-337-7420 IM-AOL: SOCALWUG IM-Yahoo: mikeoutmesguine IM-ICQ: 176284 VOIP-Skype: mikeoutmesguine VOIP-FWD: 498477 Say: /OUT-mess-geen/ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Humphrey Cheung Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 2:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [SOCALWUG] Mobile Satellite Internet Define vigilante? No I'm not with the Minutemen, but I'll be in the same area at the same time as them. (not a smart-aleck remark, it's true) Humphrey Cheung Editor - Tom's Guides Publishing LLC www.tomshardware.com 31225 La Baya Drive, Suite 107, Westlake Village, CA 91362 tel: 818.991.0282 extension 203 fax: 818.991.0285 AIM: hcheung5150 Skype: humphrey_cheung -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jo3 Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 2:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SOCALWUG] Mobile Satellite Internet Are you one of those "Minuteman" vigilantes? Humphrey Cheung wrote: > Hello all, > > > > Anyone played around with mobile satellite internet before? I'm looking > to provide wifi access to a spot in the desert (specifically southeast > Arizona - by the border. literally right by the border). Satellite > internet to a news van, shoot it south with an 18db panel antenna, > receive on a parabolic and broadcast with a yagi (to people stationed > along the border, which is a straight road for several miles). > > > > Does this sound plausible? > > > > I do realize that upload bandwidth is gonna really suck, but I'm only > running webcams that update maybe once every 30 seconds. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Humphrey Cheung > > Editor - Tom's Guides Publishing LLC > > www.tomshardware.com > > 31225 La Baya Drive, Suite 107, > > Westlake Village, CA 91362 > > tel: 818.991.0282 extension 203 > > fax: 818.991.0285 > > AIM: hcheung5150 > > Skype: humphrey_cheung > > >
