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Long-haul LoS can be pretty much impossible in parts of the Pacific Northwest due to the geography and ecology (read: hills and trees). The short point-to-point
by rohansingh 12y ago
Long-haul LoS can be pretty much impossible in parts of the Pacific Northwest due to the geography and ecology (read: hills and trees). The short point-to-point option with a cooperative neighbor could definitely work.
- vkjv 12y agoThis. Most people, unsurprisingly, are quite nice. I think a lot of people would be willing to do this if they get high-speed service for free.
- jf22 12y agoWhy didn't you just write "the hills and trees". This read: thing is getting out of hand.
- dagw 12y agoIt's been 15 years since I last had anything to do with long range LoS wireless bridges, but at least back then they also tended to flake out during snowstorms and heavy rain.
- mikeash 12y agoMy wired Comcast connection sometimes did this too, back when I had it. Might not be any worse!
- MertsA 12y agoThat's probably not their equipment up on the poles causing that, you can probably fix it for good by replacing some old splitters around your house and just re-terminating all of the coax connectors.
- mikeash 12y agoI don't think anything in my house was getting wet. The stuff outside seemed to be in pretty poor condition, and was underground where it could get immersed and such. Their techs liked to just forget to put covers back on things after they were done working, which I'm sure didn't help. In any case, I don't live there anymore so not a problem I have to deal with now.