- Feb 28, 2003
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Okay, I'm moving soon because I got a new job. The place where I'm going to live gets free cable including all movie channels and such because the previous house owners knew someone who worked with the cable company. If we get a cable modem hooked up we're going to have to start paying for cable too probably, so that could effectively cause the cost of cable modem service to be ridiculous. (basically it would then become cable modem + cost of cable = effective cable modem cost)
DSL is not offered in the area for some reason. I have no idea how much DirectPC type internet service costs.
Now, we do have one semi-option available to us. The guy's brother in law lives 2 or 3 houses up, roughly 50 yards away, from the house I'll be living in. He's offered to let us try to get a wireless network configured if we share the cost of the cable modem with him. I recently bought one of those Linksys wireless G routers that can use the sveasoft firmware that supposedly ups the reception range. Do you guys think it will be at all possible for a signal to carry that far? Or am I probably just screwed back into the stone age of dialup?
Bleh, I just thought of something. I don't even have a modem.
DSL is not offered in the area for some reason. I have no idea how much DirectPC type internet service costs.
Now, we do have one semi-option available to us. The guy's brother in law lives 2 or 3 houses up, roughly 50 yards away, from the house I'll be living in. He's offered to let us try to get a wireless network configured if we share the cost of the cable modem with him. I recently bought one of those Linksys wireless G routers that can use the sveasoft firmware that supposedly ups the reception range. Do you guys think it will be at all possible for a signal to carry that far? Or am I probably just screwed back into the stone age of dialup?
Bleh, I just thought of something. I don't even have a modem.
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