When we were looking to move to Auburn, CA last year we were told by PacBell salesmen that DSL was available at our proposed house location. Using this information I made the huge decision to move from Campbell to Auburn even though I still worked in Mountain View. We move in, call PacBell for the hookup and basically get laughed at by the PacBell engineers. After much hand-wringing we decided to bite the bullet and get a PacBell Frame Relay in our house. That costs us a tidy $998 a month with a 3 year commitment (sheesh). Upon installation some of my neighbors realized that I had more bandwidth (1.5mbps bi-directional, a T1) then I could ever use. Just how to get it there. We inquired about any extra wires in the neighborhood. They are there but we can't use them. Wire along the fence-line? Too tacky. Wireless, hmmm. Months later I finally got off my duff and bought a Linksys WAP11 Access-Point. That takes care of one neighbor. Now I need about 4 or 5 more to make this interesting. With Google's help, I found Geekspeed and its/his glowing endorsement of the Hyperlink Antenna.

This is now on its way and I am dangerously close to being able to provide access to about 20 of my soon-to-be favorite neighbors. If I get enough to sign up, I might need to get another T1. I wonder if PacBell will cut me a deal???