On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Adam Bower wrote:
for the bit of string that connects your house to the ISP. Is it possible to use HAM radio for net connections? there seems to be plenty of things in the Linux kernel for it.
Short answer - you don't want to go there.
Long answer. 9600 baud is considered fast. You need a licence. The radio "internet" isn't connected to the real one. You need someone within range who's prepared to accept your traffic, last time I checked (about 3 years) that meant Cambridge, which meant I'd need an antenna the size of a pylon, or to learn morse... (--- ... :-)
There was talk of a 1.5Mbit link, but I haven't heard anthing in a while, and that was on one of the microwave bands. Welcome to the twilight zone where valves are the vogue and your circuit looks like it's a particularly tricky plumbing problem.