Re: [vox] No DSL, no cable -- options? [amended]

["George Thomas Finch" <finchgeo@piloMAPSt.msu.edu>]

    I was only joking about setting down wire.  Although I do know some people
splitting their Cable Modems in the Midwest by running cable between their
basement windows, from house to house around their neighborhood.  Not many
basements here in California, so the wires become a little more obvious to
anyone passing by...:)

56K still works for me luckily...:)


 > > As for setting up a wired system with Cat 5 cable and 100 or 10BaseT, you
> will find problems as you approch your 100 Meter limits without a repeater
> to boot the signal and then the 5-4-3 rule of networking could also cause
> problems for you.
>
> Wireless can allow you to push Point to Point directional links further
> distances. Fiber Optic (Dual/Single) can allow long distances too. You
> will probably find the cheapest initial setup cost associated with
> wireless though.
>
> Good night,
> -ME
>
>
> On Thu, 19 Jul 2001, George Thomas Finch wrote:
> > So anyone want to pitch in to buy industrail size spools of Cat5 cable?  We
> > can skulk around at night hiding it beneath mulch in the neighbors yard...
> > Linking eachothers homes/Apartmetns, favorite park benches etc...
> > I can't get DSL in West Davis, so this could be a viable alternative....:)
> >
> > > > *
> > Nicole Carlson <nmcarlson@ucdavis.edu> [010712 12:04], about >
> > > :I can see it now... the LUGOD DSL Co-op...  :)