Looking at another option for broadband access
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Jan 31, 2007 at 2:02am
Recently, I did a three-part series on setting up satellite Internet on a Mac for those who have no other recourse to broadband access (you can read ‘em here: Part 1, Part II and Part III). However, there’s another, little-known option that may work for some folks.
My friend, Gerry Curry of Curry Systems & Consulting in Canada, has designed and established wireless high-speed Internet connections using standard WiFi equipment and highly directional antennas to extend the range of conventional wire-based connections such as DSL and cable. He uses equipment from a Canadian company called Explornet.
Explorent’s equipment is a combination of using two service delivery platforms—fixed wireless and satellite—that allows folks who set up wireless systems to reach suburban, rural and remote customers who would otherwise would have no access to affordable high-speed Internet. Gerry has made a video of how he’s implemented wireless high-speed Internet connections using standard WiFi equipment and highly directional antennas. You can view it here.
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Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 10,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
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