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Ask HN: How do i build my own network to access internet in a rural area?
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Re: Ask HN: How do i build my own network to access internet in a rural area?
#2This may be helpful, depending on the geography of the rural area:
Re: Ask HN: How do i build my own network to access internet in a rural area?
#3This may be helpful, depending on the geography of the rural area: https://www.ubnt.com/
thanks.
please share if you found any content on how to develop such a network on my own
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#5This might be a bit much for a single person, but your question reminded me of a piece[0] from last November which covered the creation of a local ISP, the Doe Bay Internet Users Association[1], on the Orcas Island after the residents had poor experiences with CenturyLink.
The ISP also has some technical details on their website[2].
Previous discussion on that piece[3].
[0]: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/11/how-a-...
[1]: https://dbiua.org
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#6Reminds me of this: http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/09/man-builds-house-the...
Re: Ask HN: How do i build my own network to access internet in a rural area?
#7How rural? Is money a top concern? You could cobble together a bunch of wireless broadband devices (or cell phones), a router and some load balancing and voila. That's not really useful if you're too rural for cell service or money is an object.
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#8I live in a very rural area (on a lake with lots of state forest surrounding me) where even to get DSL you need approval from Verizon.
I use Cradlepoint equipment to access the internet over LTE. I have wired the house but also have wireless access points too. I prioritize the traffic exiting so ensure that the really important stuff is first. Stuff related to my job comes before my son on YouTube or Facebook, etc. I also block a lot of outgoing traffic until certain hours of the day. (i.e no YouTube between 6am and 8pm).
On a side note, I have also been looking at tools I use (rsync, scp, etc) to see if there are ways to better help those on really limited connections.
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#9How a colleague of mine managed to get internet access in rural Uruguay https://blog.scrapinghub.com/2016/04/27/a-not-so-short-story...
Re: Ask HN: How do i build my own network to access internet in a rural area?
#10You're basically asking "How do I start a WISP?". What is your existing level of networking knowledge?