Comment What to do when broadband is not an option (Score 1) 577
I work for the leading regional broadband provider here in Ireland.
Despite the major telco here, eircom, claiming that they have about 95% penetration, only about 60% have geographical access to broadband.
cable isnt a major option here.
DSL is the major player
Wireless makes up the rest.
Thankfully the company I work for uses a fairly innovative form of wireless.
Our home grown technology is based on bog standard cable modems with an attached antenae operating in the 3.5GHz band.
The advantage we have over rival WISP's is that our range can be up to 30km away!
We reach people like you in our licenced areas.
If you could get a few hundred folks together with line of sight to a high point, you could scratch your own itch :-)