[Ipg-smz] Off the Grid

[Dennisf63]

Thanks. Up in my neck o' the woods they can't even spell "DSL"

On 09/04/2019 06:04 PM, Tom Henderson via Ipg-smz wrote:
>
> It's a grid-based WiFi network. There are several successful models 
> around.
>
> One of them is: One key person gets a fat internet pipe, then 
> distributes it to neighbors. Several access points allow multiple 
> SSIDs, as in one for each household/entity distributing it.
>
> There's another that uses the unlicensed 900MHz band, where the 
> electronics are about $200/node ($100 per side). For safety, and if 
> it's sane to do, someone puts a UPS onto the main tap to keep things 
> going if it's DSL; if cable, then it may or may not stay up in the 
> event of power outages., and if satellite dish, it can be made 
> grid-autonomous with a couple of solar panels + two deep cell 
> batteries + inverter.
>
> Lots of ways to do them..... and there's one not far away from where I 
> live.
>
> Ham radio people also can use AREDN, which uses Channel 1 of 
> WiFi/802.11 in 802.11g mode to make metropolitan nets, which is where 
> the M in MiFi comes from (also "M" as in "m"esh).
>
> Tom
>
>
> On 9/4/19 5:50 PM, Dennisf63 via Ipg-smz wrote:
>> On 09/04/2019 02:55 PM, Ken Hess via Ipg-smz wrote:
>>> I wonder if a MiFi unit would work for you?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>
>> You're welcome.
>>
>> Uhhh -- what's MiFi?
>>
>> -- 
>> Dennis Fowler
>> P. O. Box 70
>> Otego, NY 13825
>> dennisf63 at wildblue.net
>>
> -- 
> Tom Henderson
> ExtremeLabs, Inc.
> +1 317 250 4646
> Twitter: @extremelabs
> Skype: extremelabsinc
>
>

-- 
Dennis Fowler
P. O. Box 70
Otego, NY 13825
dennisf63 at wildblue.net

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