From: "Glenn Meadows" 

Wireless would also be a good choice.  There are many options setting up
small boosters with antennae that can take 802.11x to a much more solid
link, and run encrypted....

Fiber would be good, heck, if they can SEE between the buildings, try doing
a laser connection....

--
Glenn M.


"Mike N."  wrote in message
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> On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 19:22:20 -0600, "Glenn Meadows"

> wrote:
>
> >we had to cross a main street, and had to go 2 blocks out of the way to
get
> >to a cross street, then we ran into one pole that was Bell South only,
and
> >we got blocked. If the pole carried Electric, and was NES, we could rent
> >pole space for about 15.00/pole/year, just buy our own wire, and pay to
have
> >it strung.
>
>    Considering the lightning risk, I'd prefer fiber or wireless for this
> solution.   I've seen some pretty severe lightning damage from street
wires
> - it takes more than just running it through a standard surge protector to
> protect the local equipment.
>

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