Re: Best way to replace DSL with point-point wirless?

On 06 Jul 2008, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.networking, in article
<48709c3a$0$2517$da0feed9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, A J Hawke wrote:

Baseboards don't tend to exist here. Construction is usually brick from
concrete foundation upwards. Some have the lower floor as brick and the
first floor timber framed and finished off with cladded wood, upvc or
tiles.

Maybe you use a different word to describe the trim located at the
junction between the wall and floor. But if the interior walls are
brick, the 'old work' solution was surface mounted items. This
really hasn't been a problem for a long time here, as there was a
major push to supply electricity to all existing houses in the 1930s
and 1940s. My sister's previous house (about 65 miles NE of New York
City) was built in the 1860s, and has been wired, and rewired twice.
The present wiring was installed during a major "improvement" project
they did in 1948 shortly after they bought the old place.

I've spent many hours chasing cables in walls and it was a relief when I
went to work for BT that all wiring was run on the surface.

Most of the houses I've seen here built since ~1950 have had phone
lines to several rooms installed by the builder. Extending the phone
lines is generally done by the home-owner/resident, as the telephone
companies charge quite a lot[1] for wiring beyond the demarc.

We are now starting to see some new homes now with cat 5 wiring
running back to a termination in the garage or utility room. Some
are even fitted out using 'mediaplex' cable but at about £5 ($9) a
metre it is a rare exception to the rule.

Most new homes still lack this - you do get phone and CATV cabling
into several rooms, but that's about it. One builder is offering to
install plastic or thin-wall steel conduit - a bit pricey, but not that
bad if done during construction. Several real estate agents (people
who assist buyers/sellers of houses) are recommending the seller add
network cabling before putting the house on the market.

Air conditioning is mostly only in commercial buildings. A few homes
have it, funny enough mine being one of them. This was a self fit as I
worked in refrigeration as a junior years ago and I just got sick of
getting hot at night.

In England??? Well, I suppose - I recall seeing the rehearsals for the
Trooping of the Colours in the early 1960s, and seeing the guards men
keeling over in the heat - all of 22C/72F - though in fairness, wearing
woolen uniforms and that big hat while standing to in the sun would be a
problem.

I was not aware you guys had 240v in premesis. I guess that must be some
kind of a twin phase supply?

It's exceptional _not_ to have dual voltages. In nearly all residential
neighborhoods, it's merely a split (center tapped) transformer, with
the center tap grounded, giving 120 volts line to ground, and 240
volts line to line. Rarely, in some neighborhoods (mainly downtown and
industrial areas) you may see two phases of a three phase star - again
with the center of the star grounded - giving 120 line to ground, and
208 line-to-line. The 208-240 volts is normally used for fixed, or semi-
fixed appliances, and not for "portable" services.

Old guy

[1] I was going to put numbers there, but the phone company no longer
advertises them. Internal wiring gets a whole column inch in the
phonebook, with three choices suggested: phone company at fixed fee
plus time and materials, independent contractor (likely with similar
fee structure), and DIY. The last prices I recall were around $50
plus $40 per hour or fraction there-of - meaning a minimum of $90.
.

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