Thank you for takeing the time to read this message, here is the problem. I live in the middle of nowhere Texas and have been waiting for 9 years for something better then dial up, finaly we have wireless possible in my area, but here's my problem, There are lots of trees here and I need to put the wireless tower on a hill loacted elsewhere on my land.. However the house that is going to be getting the broud-band is about 1000 feet away from the tower, seeing as how I can not run Cat5 more then about 300 meaters, I have decide to swollow the costs and look into running fiber optics from the tower to my house, my problem is I have no idea what equipment I need to convert the Cat5 cable which comes down the tower from the radio (and is ment to go into my switch and to my computers) into a fiber optic line! Can this be done? can I get the signal i need though the fiber? I can't do a wireless to the house because it's in a bowl on my land and there are very tall trees around it... Can anyone help me with the equipment I need to do this? What kind of fiber do I need? what kind of switchs do I need? I can buy my own fiber once I figure out all this stuff but all the diffrnet kinds of fiber its confusing. I have run over 100m of Cat5 before with a repeater and but I can't make it all the way to my house with it even with repeaters.. sorry if I repeated myself.. I've been trying to hunt down the info I need on the web for awhile and this place was the most helpful thus far. Thank you for your time to respond to this! -Jonathan

You need something like this. Although this is a UK site, I am sure you can find something similar in Texas. http://www.lindy.com/uk/productfolder/03/32944/index.php This is going to be one expensive Internet connection. Stuart

What about industrial size coaxial cable the kind used on highways They send high speed signals with that for miles besides a lot less eqipment and know how would be needed I looked at that UK web site that was very cool But you would need a splicer to come and splice the fibers for you I dont think those patch cords came in 1000 foot lengths I didnt see how you convert the signal back to digital electronics from the fiber that would be another card and then I saw somthing about a storage cabinet to hold the cards in? Fiber or coax you will need equipment on both ends( maybe not coax, the dish might actually have a coax port set up on it) about the cable coax you can work with yourself with simple handtools and it will be easier to repair when you run it over with the tractor or when the cows start chewing through it,lol Maybe you should ask the company that is selling the dish for advice They should have an engineer who could help with this decision. Let us know how this turns out Verizon Splicer NYC

Maybe it would be easier to get your broadband by satellite. How is the ISP providing the wireless? How far is the nearest access point to your location?

Cant do Satt, because you can't get good pings on game servers.

True about the long ping times with Satellite service (long way up and back down). But if that is also a critical issue, have you tested ping times with this wireless service you want to install? In remote areas some of these services use wireless relay from tower to tower and this can result in long ping times. I know that SBC has installed fiber optic cable into many of its rural areas and is starting to offer high speed DSL in some remote areas of Texas. If they provide the phone service, contact some of their service people and see what might be available. For a price, they might just run a fiber to your house if they have ran it along a road near you.

How are you getting power to your tower? The interface between ethernet and fiber is not that difficult. A fibre enabled switch on both ends. If you are going to bury the cable it is going to take a lot of work. Also you should use armoured cable to prevent damage. The old ethernet 10Base5 (FAT cable) can have a 500 meter segment at 10 Mbs.