[arm-allstar] Allstar & WiFi Hotspots - Monthly Cost Guesstimate?

[Robert Forest]

Netbuddy.co is I think $60 a month and you can plug a network cable in
their hotspot

On Tue, Aug 14, 2018, 4:44 PM "Peter Buckley via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> Allstar Hams - The top of Vail Mountain has no "line of site" top of
> Mountain to the Valley below.  Site is also just below the level of the
> mountain top Pine Trees - uWave not an option.  There is a ton of cell
> towers and Vail Mountain resort communications near by at the Mountain Top.
> ERIC:  This is how I'm doing one of my Allstar nodes and at @ 10,000 ft
> you shouldn't have a problem even at 5.8 GHz.
> Pete:  Eric approx. what is your monthly WiFi Hotstop cost?  Who is your
> cell provider for that Hotspot?
>
> Robert:  Could you do P2P wireless from the mountain to town and piggyback
> somebodies broadband?
> Pete:  Negative, no piggyback options.  That's why were considering a WiFi
> Hotspot - but need a monthly cost guesstimate.
>
> ERIC: No cell company will Port forward. But you can solve this issue by a
> reverse ssh tunnel. Better to use p2p if you can afford the initial cost.
> Pete:  Eric your above comment a non-issue.  Outbound only connections
> from top of Vail Mountain (Allstar Node) to our Allstar Server/Hub
> elsewhere on the Internet.
> Outbound (only) Allstar connections - require no port forwarding.  Another
> major reason I prefer Allstar over IRLP.
> Guys - still need some comments on Monthly (WiFi HotSpot - monthly
> Guesstimate costs) and recommended (by your personal experience) a reliable
> HotSpot vendor.
> Thanks,
> -pete  N0ECT
>
>
>
>     On Tuesday, August 14, 2018 1:46 PM, Peter Buckley via arm-allstar <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
>
>  To all experienced Allstar Hotspot Users....
> Am looking for a WiFi Monthly Cost - Guesstimate..
> We have a Mountain Top Repeater location (10,000 ft.) that can be easily
> supported by a WiFi Hotspot into Allstar.Plan is (then) to have that
> Mountain Top Allstar Node - connect into our Ham Club Allstar Server/Hub
> already online and connected to the Internet via a cable modem.
> Am aware that total monthly WiFi/Hotspot cost will be dependent on the
> total amount of monthly data passed through the Mountain Top Allstar Node.
> Am looking for some comments from Hams who are using HotSpots today (to
> get some idea on cost) and which WiFi HotSpot providers provide the best
> monthly deal.Verizon? AT&T? Sprint?  Those vendor Hotspots - all available
> in our geography.
> Thanks!
> -pete  N0ECT
>
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