How much electricity does a WAN wireless use?

[techs]

Originally posted by: PottedMeat
Is this a 802.11a/b/g network? Or is this a real ISP with their own transceiver equipment where the subscribers purchase their own antennas/adapters/downconverters? The power consumption may be considerably more for non 802.11 equipment.
edit:
oops - nevermind you said G equip.

Actually its an isp where the customers need their own G wireless card.
I am wondering if they are limited to the signal strength of a home wireless router which I would guess puts the electric consumption at the same as a home router, or if they can broadcast a stronger signal which would necessitate more electric use?

 

[bignateyk]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
buying a kill a watt meter will cost more than ten years of the electricity it uses :roll:

lol. Good point.