>> Just be my luck that it makes it to the top of my street and no >> further though - from there services are underground already. > Can you go 802.11b from the end of the street to your house? Yes, but then I'd have to go via someone else, there is the bandwidth monitoring issues, where the firewall/ups goes, 2 LANs required if local and DMZ required for servers, network outage if those people move out etc. I'm already looking at sharing a LAN with neighbours, so if net connected too I'd need control of the bill (and would want physical control of the incoming hardware). I have jetstream, so I count myself lucky that I can at least get that. I had thought I could always buy some line modem hardware (high speed serial or DSL) and twist a couple of spare pairs together connecting mine and a neighbour's house in the local street telephone mushroom... but I suspect telecom may not like me (disclaimer: I'm not really considering this, so no need to check, Ms Gattung...) > I am still waiting for TelstraClear or somebody else to wake > up and realize > that Whangaparaoa rd would make a great place to lay cable... their rollout map is here - looks like you may be waiting a while for telstraclear... http://www.telstraclear.co.nz/companyinfo/network_map_central.cfm And no Rob, I'm not stringing UTP across my neighbours' backyards. It is a nice neighbourhood, and they still like me at the moment. ;) cheers H. ------------------------------------------------------------------- To remove yourself from this list, email nzlug-request@linux.net.nz with "unsubscribe" in the body of the message.
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