On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 08:57:57AM +1200, Tony Paterson wrote:
> I have heard my current ISP, Maxnet has signed up to WiredCountry
> but they haven't got their act together to announce prices - I have

Yeah, I've been waiting for them to sort it out as well. Getting really
tired of 128kbps.

> been waiting over a month now. I would really prefer to stay with my
> current ISP, but the offers from Orcon and the like expire at the end
> of this month - or at least if you want to get them at $49. So there
> is a time limit.
>
> I would really like to know if I will actually be able to get Wired
> Country - technically, as there are a few trees in the way. But I
> can't unless I sign up to an ISP, which is a pain!

Maybe not, from what I've read it operates on 3.5GHz, so rain fade and
the water in trees in not going to affect it. You'll have to test it
for path issues caused by the trees.

There is a discuss here that might interest:
http://www.nzwireless.org/postxf314-0-0.html
 

Nicholas

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