Desk top wireless internet

[Joe Wicked]

What I have for internet is not available in all areas. I have wireless to my house. There is an antenna on the water tower about 1/4 mile from me. Range is up to 6 miles. It is 802.11G, but not the same thing as your Linksys. It is a much higher power level. It is secure and set to not discoverable. With the right software, you can still see it, but it is set to only allow specific Mac addresses access. It costs just a bit more than when I had Cable Modem in the city. It is 1.5Mbps up and 1.5Mbps down. Not the fastest out there, but it beats dial up and those are our options. For web surfing it is plenty fast. From the antenna on my roof, it has a cable that is run to a Cat5 wall outlet in my Computer room. That is connected to my routers. Since I have 2 PCs in that room right next to the routers, I just ran a short cable to each PC. I could easily rid myself of those wires, but I don't have a need to add the expense of 2 wireless adaptors there. I used to not have a phone land line, but when I moved out here (No cable, no fios, etc...) I had to get Satellite TV, so they require a phone line. Plus with no emergency sirens, the county Sheriffs Dept will call all residential phone service phones that are not within a city limits of a town that has warning sirens. I have gotten 3 calls so far (2 tornados and 1 flash flooding) and I have been grateful. Previously I found that I did not use my land line at all. My current land line can only call numbers within my little town of 800 people and 1800 numbers. Very cheap ($17/month)