[ale] broadband suggestions

[Geoffrey]

David Ritchie wrote:
> Mike beat me to it... Wimax may be your best bet, or one of the
> wireless cards + a router to drive it (available at fry's for ~$200).

Wimax is not available.  Verizon actually has a router with a built in 
wireless card (cell network solution).  This is likely what we will go with.

> 
> All depends on where your church is... another option is HughesNet
> (satillite), but the latency can be really bad (something about a
> 44K link distance)...  Another option is to use a 802.11 bridge to a
> remote location that has the connectivity... but trees
> can be a problem, and you may realisticly need the antenna on a tower
> or a church steeple...

Satellite is ridiculously expensive, so it's out.  Very wooded area, so 
we really don't have an easy solution that would be antenna based 
without adding a tower or some such.

> 
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Until later, Geoffrey

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