Re: [SLUG] DSL to DSL connections

[DaZZa <dazza@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 6 Oct 2000, Alan Lee wrote:

> We want to get all of our stores hooked up together, so we can do major
> filesharing (50mb documents) and also internet conectivity etc.
> 
> Seems ADSL isn't the go.. and HDSL is going to be too costly..
> 
> .. What other means are there of getting rather high speed connections
> between offices(one of them been about 60km away) (but on average, 5km from
> each other) without spending a few million bucks a month for connections,
> and probably without going via a ISP, satalite?

Spreadspectrum radio.

Up to 11 Mb/s at ranges of up to 42 miles {line of sight dependant}.

Costs a bit to setup, but works a treat once you've done it - with no
ongoing costs, because it uses the public spectra {I forget the exact
bandwidth, but it's in the 2.7 gigahertz range, I _think_}.

DaZZa