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#71  
Hmmm, I hadn't thought of RF radiation. I'll have to inquire. He's supposed to come back today with the boom truck. I plowed the yard for him yesterday and the temps are still cold enough that the ground is frozen. More details later, hopefully from home!
 
   / Rural High Speed Internet #72  
RobS said:
Hmmm, I hadn't thought of RF radiation. I'll have to inquire. He's supposed to come back today with the boom truck. I plowed the yard for him yesterday and the temps are still cold enough that the ground is frozen. More details later, hopefully from home!


Unfortunate that you will not find proof positive of RF or EM negative health studies.

Sooner or later you just have to live your life. Your just not going to stop development and infrastructure without going with part of the "system".

Good luck with it!

-Mike Z.
 
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#73  
Yee haw!!! This message is brought to you by Rural High Speed wireless courtesy of imBroadband!!! Details and pics once I get over this excitement!!!

(and I don't feel any ill affects from it at all)
 
   / Rural High Speed Internet #74  
You lucky son of a gun. Right now our speed is 32 kbs and it doesn't look to get much better for awhile. Good luck with your new setup.
 
   / Rural High Speed Internet #75  
Rob, when you turn light off you may glow in the dark
:D
Jim
:)
 
   / Rural High Speed Internet #77  
RobS said:
Yee haw!!! This message is brought to you by Rural High Speed wireless courtesy of imBroadband!!! Details and pics once I get over this excitement!!!

(and I don't feel any ill affects from it at all)

When I was in the U.S. Navy, I was exposed to all kinds of high powered RF signals from the on-board antennas. Now, when I take my skivvies off, I have to shake the salt out of them. I'm sure it was that RF that made me so salty.:D:D:D

Congratulations Rob. You are gonna love it.:)
 
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#78  
Hey, this is great. I'm on TBN on my desktop and work through VPN on my laptop. Like nearly everything in rural life, there were some extra snags to get it done.

Here's some pics of the install. I had plowed the "yard" last night for the truck but he was spinning on the packed snow. Used some oil-dry for traction and a push by me and the other guy. His boom barely made it high enough but he got to where they wanted (didn't want it all the way at the top). There are two antennas, one for us to recieve and the second is for them to transmit to local residences. It transmits 900mHz, much like a cordless phone. The signal we recieve must be line-of-sight, thus the height but this other signal can penetrate some trees I guess. We're still negotiating the monthly service based on their use of my roof.

Once I get some stuff settled in, I'll do a speed check. Anyone know a good site for that?

(wow, uploading those four pics took seconds!)
 

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#80  
Thanks Dan.

Last Result:

Download Speed: 4942 kbps (617.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 1324 kbps (165.5 KB/sec transfer rate)

All I know is it sure is faster than dialup!
 

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