<p>If you've got line-of-sight with a ckear fresnel zone to a friendly neighbour you might be able to get by using a cantenna. I've got a bookmark about the maths of the optimal dimensions if you're interested, and The Register have recently had some articles under the tag "not-spot diary" by a scotsman with ADSL issues.</p>
<p>Emyr</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 1, 2011 4:10 PM, "Mark Summerfield" <<a href="mailto:mark@qtrac.eu">mark@qtrac.eu</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> Thanks for the comments so far.<br>> <br>> Plus.net are still saying 48-72 hrs before it'll be looked into. (They<br>
> said the same last Thu and Fri, and now today:-(<br>> <br>> I don't have a 3G phone. I use Debian (although I do have Ubuntu on a<br>> netbook). I'm no sysadmin so I really want an out of the box solution<br>
> if poss.<br>> <br>> Just saw the reply about using the WiFi thing - that sounds good; I<br>> assume I could get a card for my PC to make my desktop PC able to<br>> access it? Or could my router use it? Ah, academic I tried their post<br>
> code thing and my area isn't covered for mobile broadband.<br>> <br>> Anyway, thanks for the info/ideas.<br>> <br>> -- <br>> Mark Summerfield, Qtrac Ltd., <a href="http://www.qtrac.eu">www.qtrac.eu</a><br>
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