me@privacy.net wrote:
> "Peter Pan" <PeterPanNOSPAM@MarcAlanNOSPAM.info> wrote:
>
>> I have one
>> up on the garage roof and cabled to a router
>
> How is it working out for you?

Adequately, I live on 10 acres in northern idaho, and cept in the months
when there is a lot of foliage that blocks the signal, works okay on my
laptop and pda, (outside dsl and cable areas, so I have sat internet tied
into my home network)... unfortunately it works best in the winter, cept
there was over 3 feet of snow on the ground, so It was a bit too cold
out/hard to walk around.....

As an aside, that was the cheaper consumer way, (now) in the area (spokane
washington) Skynet of spokane (http://www.spokaneskynet.com/) has a several
hundred square mile hotspot, with commercial grade repeaters on the
mountains in the area (last count, 20.... they spent lots of bucks, but it's
really cool)

Where do you live at? There are several other commercial nets already
available, you may want to check online to see if there is already one in
your area.....