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justperry

macrumors G5
Original poster
Aug 10, 2007
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I'm a rolling stone.
I live in Indonesia and having an own internet connection is,or slow and a maximum download limit,or expensive.
Now,there are a few shopping malls around me,in an area of about 2-3 km,1 to 2 miles.
Those all have free wireless internet acces(b/g) and it would be nice to connect to one of those.
I can buy a wayangbola,a locally made antenna of a wayang(a parabole frying pan!)and a wireless usb stick,connect this to your computer and its possible to connect but the max. is about 1 km,0.75 mile.
What I look for is a commercially available antenna with a few km-miles range.
And then there is the db factor,how many db I need for such a range.
Another thing is,what kind of modem would I need to look for since is the wireless b/g/n network,usb stick with an antenna socket??
Can anybody give me some answers or direct me to certain sites?
Thanks in advance Perry
 
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