Wireless in Rural areas?

I was talking with a client the other day and he was wondering what options
are available for people whole live in Rural area's, specifically rural
Alberta. I didn't have any answers. I was wondering if people could give me
some answers? I'm interested in performance and rough costs.

1) If a wireless network is reachable from a local ISP what can I expect?
2) Is anyone using satellite Internet? Is there such a thing as "high speed"
or bi-directional"?
3) What technologies are available for in vehicle internet (Email and
general surfing)

On Thu, 1 Feb 2007 09:32:56 -0500, "HotRod" <NoSpam@YourEmail.com> wrote
in <12s3ugetljvq67f@corp.supernews.com>:

>I was talking with a client the other day and he was wondering what options
>are available for people whole live in Rural area's, specifically rural
>Alberta. I didn't have any answers. I was wondering if people could give me
>some answers? I'm interested in performance and rough costs.
>
>1) If a wireless network is reachable from a local ISP what can I expect?
>2) Is anyone using satellite Internet? Is there such a thing as "high speed"
>or bi-directional"?
>3) What technologies are available for in vehicle internet (Email and
>general surfing)

Start with the wiki below.

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Best regards, FAQ for Wireless Internet: <http://Wireless.wikia.com>
John Navas FAQ for Wi-Fi: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi>
Wi-Fi How To: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi_HowTo>
Fixes to Wi-Fi Problems: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi_Fixes>

"HotRod" <NoSpam@YourEmail.com> wrote in message
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>I was talking with a client the other day and he was wondering what options
>are available for people whole live in Rural area's, specifically rural
>Alberta. I didn't have any answers. I was wondering if people could give me
>some answers? I'm interested in performance and rough costs.
>
> 1) If a wireless network is reachable from a local ISP what can I expect?
> 2) Is anyone using satellite Internet? Is there such a thing as "high
> speed" or bi-directional"?
> 3) What technologies are available for in vehicle internet (Email and
> general surfing)
>
I have wireless high speed in rural Sask and I am happy with the performance
and uptime. You could check out www.yourlink.ca they have quite a few
wireless towers in Alberta.

Thanks for the help, it doesn't look like this covers my client ranch though
since they are closer to Edmonton. I'll keep hunting and see what I find.

Any ideas about invehicle access? What speed are available?

HotRod wrote:
> Thanks for the help, it doesn't look like this covers my client ranch
> though since they are closer to Edmonton. I'll keep hunting and see
> what I find.
> Any ideas about invehicle access? What speed are available?

No idea in Canada, but I lived in a rural area in Northern Idaho, and
contacted the local school to find out who they use (most schools have a
wireless net, and usually have a high speed connection to the internet for
the students... In my instance it was a microwave link to the top of a
nearby mountain, however, about 6 months ago they added WiFi isp stuff too
that people in the area could subscribe to.

As for in motion internet, are you looking at in motion sat (like in planes
and cruise ships... very expensive), sat internet when you stop? Cell phone
tethered to a computer or router?

Once again, there are many resources for US stuff, don't know about
canadian.. But there are several groups you may want to check out

For US providers (don't know if canadian yahoo has em) at Yahoo you may want
to check out

Internet by cell phone
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/InternetByCellPhone/

Internet by WiFi
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/InternetByWiFi/

Internet by Sat
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/R...etbySatellite/

These are all from when I lived/traveled in my RV.... Fraid they are mainly
US related, have no idea if they have them for yahoo in canada.. Tried using
..ca instead of .com on the above addresses, but they came up as not found..

Thanks.. We can get most of the same stuff you can get in the US.


"Peter Pan" <PeterPanNOSPAM@AkamailNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
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> HotRod wrote:
>> Thanks for the help, it doesn't look like this covers my client ranch
>> though since they are closer to Edmonton. I'll keep hunting and see
>> what I find.
>> Any ideas about invehicle access? What speed are available?
>
> No idea in Canada, but I lived in a rural area in Northern Idaho, and
> contacted the local school to find out who they use (most schools have a
> wireless net, and usually have a high speed connection to the internet for
> the students... In my instance it was a microwave link to the top of a
> nearby mountain, however, about 6 months ago they added WiFi isp stuff too
> that people in the area could subscribe to.
>
> As for in motion internet, are you looking at in motion sat (like in
> planes and cruise ships... very expensive), sat internet when you stop?
> Cell phone tethered to a computer or router?
>
> Once again, there are many resources for US stuff, don't know about
> canadian.. But there are several groups you may want to check out
>
> For US providers (don't know if canadian yahoo has em) at Yahoo you may
> want to check out
>
> Internet by cell phone
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/InternetByCellPhone/
>
> Internet by WiFi
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/InternetByWiFi/
>
> Internet by Sat
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/R...etbySatellite/
>
> These are all from when I lived/traveled in my RV.... Fraid they are
> mainly US related, have no idea if they have them for yahoo in canada..
> Tried using .ca instead of .com on the above addresses, but they came up
> as not found..
>
>
>

I am using Satellite. I did a lot of research and felt that Hughesnet
is the safest bet. There are people who complain about all the
satellite connections, but Hughes has a good history and a large
base. Satellite at it's best is delayed due to distance; it's less
than perfect but close enough to work acceptably for us.

We got together as a community group and bought a business class
system (.98 dish and 2watt radio). I believe that going with biz
class system and account, as well as getting a good installer explains
our success. We are sharing the $100 a month service among 8 users.

Right offhand I can point you to this newsgroup: http://
groups.google.com/group/alt.satellite.direcpc/topics?lnk=iggc

There is very little activity there, but the expert who answers there
(DonB) is one of the best and will point you along to the right places
for answers on satellite internet.

Steve