Comments on: Of course people care about Internet access. http://nela-isc.net/blog/2010/03/08/of-course-people-care-about-internet-access/ Members and Neighbors Welcome Mon, 05 Apr 2010 23:36:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Jared Hardy http://nela-isc.net/blog/2010/03/08/of-course-people-care-about-internet-access/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Jared Hardy Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:45:23 +0000 http://nela-isc.net/blog/?p=6#comment-4 This question doesn't seem to be in context with this particular blog post, but I'll try to give a rough answer anyway. The transport layer just depends on what local resources will allow. Participation in the Google Fiber for Communities project might even allow for bundles of gigabit fiber to be distributed to neighborhood corners. License-free wireless links are the most well developed option in other communities, like Sonoma County and Seattle, WA. A good local place to look at the kind of wireless hardware you can get is <a href="http://www.wlanparts.com/" rel="nofollow">Pasadena Networks, LLC</a>. Some of their directed antenna equipment claims ranges as far as <a href="http://www.wlanparts.com/product/ROCKETM2/ROCKETM2-24GHz-Hi-Power-2x2-MIMO-AirMax-TDMA-BaseStation.html" rel="nofollow">50 kilometers or more</a> (~30 miles). I might write another post going into more technical details about deployment methods, but the possibilities are so varied that it would be better to address that once a budget is in place. Please take the <a href="https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGRUQ0FWdXVzc2FoVkp1N1NqQ0RwUHc6MA" rel="nofollow">survey</a> to help with our budget calculations. This question doesn’t seem to be in context with this particular blog post, but I’ll try to give a rough answer anyway. The transport layer just depends on what local resources will allow. Participation in the Google Fiber for Communities project might even allow for bundles of gigabit fiber to be distributed to neighborhood corners. License-free wireless links are the most well developed option in other communities, like Sonoma County and Seattle, WA. A good local place to look at the kind of wireless hardware you can get is Pasadena Networks, LLC. Some of their directed antenna equipment claims ranges as far as 50 kilometers or more (~30 miles). I might write another post going into more technical details about deployment methods, but the possibilities are so varied that it would be better to address that once a budget is in place. Please take the survey to help with our budget calculations.

]]> By: M Turmon http://nela-isc.net/blog/2010/03/08/of-course-people-care-about-internet-access/comment-page-1/#comment-3 M Turmon Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:13:38 +0000 http://nela-isc.net/blog/?p=6#comment-3 Hi Jared, What would the transport layer be made of? What's the range of the point to point wifi? Hi Jared,

What would the transport layer be made of? What’s the range of the point to point wifi?

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