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Bushman:
FINALLY!  My dial-up modem comms is no more!  WiMax packet radio was installed yesterday.  And it ROCKS!  I now can actually have hourly weather.  Will put in a PTZ cam.  One thing I find is that occasionally drops part of one of the Weatherlink .gifs  But since it gets updated next hr and the written measure is on the webpage, I can live with it.  WiMax is pretty cool.

Mark / Ohio:
Does that require a license or does it work through a phone?

d_l:
Are there any monthly bandwidth limits on that service?

Bushman:
No license required - this is packet radio at 5.8 gHz.  The antenna is the size of a box of Kraft dinner.  It is on my wx pole; will post a pic later.  The antenna points to a  tower approx. 2.5 kms across the lake - and no attenuation from  the water either (although the first 2.4 box did not work as well)

I'm on a 40 gig/mo plan and that should more than do it.  Cost is about a buck a gig (40 bucks a month) for 3.5/1 and the 40 gig limit FYI.  WELL worth it IMO.

W7DRM (old call was W3DRM):

--- Quote from: Bushman on July 23, 2011, 12:46:21 PM ---No license required - this is packet radio at 5.8 gHz.  The antenna is the size of a box of Kraft dinner.  It is on my wx pole; will post a pic later.  The antenna points to a  tower approx. 2.5 kms across the lake - and no attenuation from  the water either (although the first 2.4 box did not work as well)

I'm on a 40 gig/mo plan and that should more than do it.  Cost is about a buck a gig (40 bucks a month) for 3.5/1 and the 40 gig limit FYI.  WELL worth it IMO.

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How about a link to some additional info on this package? Does the 3.5/1 refer to 3.5MBS down and 1MBS upload speeds?

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