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Soon im moving to a farm where even the landline is patchy. The one satellite providers best plan is like 1gb data for $110 a month and performs about as good as 56kb most of the time. I've seen setups using a 'yagi' directional antenna that can pick up a signal and send it back down to the farm but im not sure how to even go about it. Do i get a sim card for every provider and wander round the hills till I get a signal? This is a description of what I want to do http://www.milkwood.net/2011/07/08/diy-remote-area-internet/ . But I know so little about cellular signals that its hard to get started on a plan. Is there a kind of buisness that could come and work these things out? Are there any tools I can use to find where will get what signal from which provider? Currently my folks are so frustrated with their current internet and phone that they'd be willing to pay alot of get it improved, and at the moment small buisnesses can make purchases up to $20000 and have them tax deductible so money isnt much of an issue. Im having a hard time getting started as any google search i can come up with mostly just are articles about how bad the service is and how sometime in the future it will be better. Is there a site that could teach me some basic concepts about doing this? SE Australia btw Isaac fucked around with this message at 08:19 on Jul 23, 2015 |
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Open signal has a small patch of medium signal in the nearby town maybe 10-20km away through bushland. There are no towers for maybe 50km. Apparently there are some spots on the farm where you can pick up signal. So would I buy one of these directional antenna and stand on the hill rotating it around till i pick up a signal then work on beaming it down to the farm? Both phone and wifi would be tremendously helpfull either if its one or the other. Edit: Thanks for your links as well
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