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Wireless bridge or outdoor 4g antena? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by PovilasID@alien.top to c/homenetworking@selfhosted.forum

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I have a place that I am using USB Ethernet adapter and getting 3-7 Mbps upload on it.

It is ok... but I have have access to a location with good internet 1.3 km away (0.8 mile) that I could raise and antena and skip monthly internet fees. However, there would be no line of sight and I am worried that 900 MHz band might be quite busy. I noticed that there is an intersection wired up with cameras and what looks to be a PointToPoint wireless connectors. It is close to the remote endpoint that I want to connect and any time I pass the intersection I get interference on phones connection.

It looks to me that point to point antenas look like cheaper option but I am worried about stability. However, I am not sure that an outdoor higher rated 4g antena would improve situation that much since the 'Bermuda triangle intersection' is right next to it...

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[–] WildMartin429@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

What all even uses 900 MHz band anymore? I know house phones used to, but they are all 2.4 GHz now. Depending on how populated the area is I wouldn't worry too much about the 900 MHz bands being overfull. That intersection you mentioned might be a problem though. The lack of line of sight is also an issue. t may be one of those situations where you have to try it to see if it would work or not. Depending on how much the antenna costs that may or may not be feasible.

[–] seifer666@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If you don't have line of sight forget about it. Trying to run a ptp in a city with NLOS is going to be garbage

[–] PovilasID@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I had a chat with only ISP that was willing to consider pulling cable to the consultant gave me "3.6k for fiber+ 50 EUR/month and I am saying that only because 3.6k is the cap... Engineers may look at this and say NOPE" also I do not need fiber they just made it clear that if I do not buy pricy plan they will not even consider doing anything.