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| Thread ID: 53420 | 2005-01-17 03:22:00 | Getting Internet Connection in Rural Area? | tinggg (6894) | Press F1 |
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| 314959 | 2005-01-17 03:22:00 | Hi A friend of mine lives in Raetihi, a very remote area. She would like her kids to have access to the internet (the nearest school with an internet connection is 2 hours away). She phoned NZTelecom (driving 2 miles out on a quad bike to get a connection for the family's mobile phone) Telecom wouldn't even quote her for a landline because of the amount it would cost to do this. They said her only option would be a Radio Link - they said that this would cost NZ$20000.00 and she would need to pay one third of that cost. My question is even if she pays $6500 - will a Radio Link cost a lot to maintain and use? Is it as expensive as a wireless connection to use? Is anyone aware of any other options open to her to get connected? Many thanks for your help. |
tinggg (6894) | ||
| 314960 | 2005-01-17 03:28:00 | 2 hours away? Is that counting the trip there and back?...because Wanganui is only 50 minutes from Raetihi. Sorry, No real help from me, Just curious, I know nothing of Radio links. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 314961 | 2005-01-17 03:55:00 | The alternative is to setup a bunch of solar powered wireless repeaters. Get all the neighbours involved as it'll benefit them too, then it's just a matter of design and implimentation. If properly designed and implimented, there will be minimal maintenance involved. Training someone to the maintenance wouldnt be too hard either. It's a lot harder than I make it sound, because I know :@@: |
whetu (237) | ||
| 314962 | 2005-01-17 18:38:00 | As a Telecom faultman I do work on radio links from time to time. We have several of these systems in the Franklin district also varying in size and capacity. The are stable but from time to time the old card will go faulty and we prove and change it out. I don't know what Telecom are planning in this instance for the $20K but it could be similar. The sites I know of, the cabinet and aerial is installed in a suitable location, (access, signal, etc ) a copper cable is then run to the user/ users. I haven't observed anyone using interent over this system at all but it's a fair guess that some do, bear in mind it'll be at dialup speed whatever that may be... Many of the sites out here were "upgraded" from long copper feeds from the exchange sometimes up to 20Km long. Now the cabinet is the exchange as such and the local loop may only go a couple of Km's in either direction. |
EX-WESTY (221) | ||
| 314963 | 2005-01-17 23:18:00 | is your friend in such a remote place that there is no telephone? | Prescott (11) | ||
| 314964 | 2005-01-18 00:12:00 | Actually come to think of it.. is there a marae out near where your friend is? I know a guy with access to a sattelite who is doing a rollout of wireless using the sat as a backbone. It's for Marae and surrounding communities, I did a bit of consulting for him... |
whetu (237) | ||
| 314965 | 2005-01-18 09:41:00 | Hi I believe Telecom hope to have two way satellite internet coverage for the whole country by the end of this year. That was there plan so maybe you should enquire about this option. Still would be expensive but not as much as you are quoting and should have good speed. |
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