Kathryn Cassidy wrote:
> I believe it's less expensive than digging up the roads to put in direct
> lines, only problem is you need a line of sight.
>> I was in the Blackrock office and the internet connection for the entire
> company was through the Dunlaoghaire office, so any time I was on the
> web it was being microwaved to me.
That's not a bad distance for a line of sight. They must have been high
buildings in Blackrock/Dunlaoire.
Can anyone confirm a story I heard about a particularly high powered
microwave link in operation in TCD? Apparently it'll do you a serious
amount of damage if you get between the transmitter/receiver! The urban
myth part of it revolves around lots of dead pigeons dropping from the
sky as they fly through the line of sight.
Kevin
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