Uplate
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- Oct 13, 2008
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- 1998 Sea Ray Sundancer 310
Westebeke 4KW Generator
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- Twin 5.7 Mercruiser Carbuerated.
Alpha 1 Drives
So Frank, suppose I had a marina in my back yard and I have Comcast, what would it take (monthly and equipment-wise) got get that large a hot spot set up?
The harware is not the big a deal. My Son in Law is an IT guy at our local convention center and has set up a really powerful wireless device for our home. It carries both data and power over Cat 5 cable. It sits in our attic and I can get a decent connection from the head of our driveway...which is 1500 feet from the house. I have two transformer/boosters installed to get the signal up to my house. I have better than a dedicated T1 line bandwidth as my pipe is only shared with one neighboor. I can get you more hardware info if you like....but the bigger question is _bandwidth used_.
I recently got a notice from Comcast that said they would be monitoring bandwidth use and start charging accordingly. so If you have a residential account and use "business" type bandwidth, then you are going to pay through the nose, or they will cancel your account. So if you set up your big hotspot and everyone just surfs and no big download or uploads, you may be OK...but I would be concerned about users downloading loads of stuff on your "residential" shared gateway.
Evidentlly Comcast will warn you when you approach this limit.
Your mileage may vary.