us extension cables for hsdpa dongles?

x in the city

Lads

Is is possible to get huge, 10metre+ extension cables and attach it to a say, 3Ireland usb modem and lob it up on your roof...

?!

http://industrialcomponent.com/opticis/optusbext.html

much better coverage....!

Rsaeire

x in the city wrote: »

Lads

Is is possible to get huge, 10metre+ extension cables and attach it to a say, 3Ireland usb modem and lob it up on your roof...

?!

http://industrialcomponent.com/opticis/optusbext.html

much better coverage....!

I haven't heard of 10m USB extension cables but I have heard of 2m ones. You could always daisy chain 5 of them together and see; that is, if you can't find a 10m cable.

x in the city

They have them on that linky....if you saw it

Gran Hermano

This might be worth a punt if you've some spare Cat 5 about
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.6640

(You will suffer speed issues with long cables).

or one of these:

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.5873

Rsaeire

x in the city wrote: »

They have them on that linky....if you saw it

Sorry, I missed the link completely. Not bad, but I wonder what sort of performance hit you would get with the signal being carried that far. Personally I've only daisy-chained 2x2m USB cables and had no issue.

Ron DMC

I dunno if I'd feel too great having a 3g dongle and usb cable up on the roof, you'd need to make sure it was well protected and weatherproof. I don't think wind and rain would do it much good.