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[Gil White <gil.white AT xplornet.com>]

I wouldn't be too worried - in DSL terms 4 miles may as well be 400 if the 
cable is being fed in from the other side. Also this way you'll get to enjoy 
faster connect times for at least a year. You might even find yourself 
downloading music and videos to while away next winter.

Up here in Canada there was a Government program administered by our large 
Telco's to improve internet access in most of the rural areas. This is not 
being done by extending DSL. Instead they're putting up cell towers to 
improve the speed and reach of the wireless networks. Which I found out after 
I had signed a 2 year extension with my satelite provider.

Turns out that even though there are supposedly wireless networks available 
in our area, I can't pick up any of them anyway and I'm high up.

If I turn my cell phone on inside the house, I'm lucky to see a single bar. 
Though I suspect that's more to do with the grounded steel roof on the front 
part of the house. In the drive way I usually see 3 bars. Though I did 
discover it's a long distance call from my garage to the house. I left my 
keys inside one morning and called my wife to let me in.  ( The garage is 
about 15' away).

Gil

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On Mar 2, 2010, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:

Will do..and that two year contract is nothing to take lightly. I'm
worried about it, too. Especially tonight.
So guess what..this evening, we come home and on the answering machine
is a message from a lady who lives 4 miles away on the other side of the
loop.