[Shenlug] Reputable handyman servie to mount EVDO antenna for ISP ??

[John Chadwell]

You thought about possibly calling your local DirecTV or Dish installer and seeing if they do that kind of stuff? Just a shot in the dark. When I lived in Vienna I had a guy who came out to do my HDTV antenna, but, I doubt he would come out to Winchester.

Enjoying 1.5Mbps up and down out in the wilderness of Fort Valley,
John Chadwell

> Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:18:55 -0500
> From: moliver at mmoliver.org
> To: shenlug at tux.org
> Subject: [Shenlug] Reputable handyman servie to mount EVDO antenna for ISP ??
> 
> 
>   Can anybody in the Winchester Area recommend any handyman or other 
> services that could mount an antenna on my roof for me?
> 
>   I've been 'struggling' with a lousy ISP, Wave2Net and given poor service, 
> high latentcy, and a big monthly price tag for the last 3 years since 
> coming to Winchester.
> 
>   Where I live, Cedar Creek Grade (Rt.622) south of Opequon is a 
> wasteland for Internet services. No Cable, CO Too far for DSL, and Forget 
> HugesNet or Wild Blue as their service is just as lousy as Wave2Net I 
> hear.
> 
>   I work for Sprint and was issued an EVDO card for the laptop and inside 
> the house I can get only 1xRTT speeds with a 150dn/100up max. The EVDO 
> signal stops about a mile away from my house.
> 
> Outside with an external Antenna at ground level I have been able to 
> get EVDO speeds with weak signal. Placing the antenna on the roof should 
> bring the signal in and give me comprable speeds as my existing connection
> of 700dn/300up and possibly even better.  The signal could be even better 
> with an amp.
> 
> Which brings me to mounting the new Antenna on the roof.  I've called 
> several handyman services in Winchester and NOBODY is returning my calls. 
> I even called A1/Antenna, thinking they would be able to help and was 
> told,  "We don't do antennas anymore".
> 
> I need to find an insured company that will be willing to spend 2 hours to 
> come to my house and mount my new antenna on the roof, feed a line into 
> the vent and take down the Wave2Net antenna.
> 
> I don't want some 'fly by night' company that if the guy survived the 
> fall off my roof would he would be looking to take over my house once 
> he healed up..
> 
> Wave2Net would charge me anyway to take down the antenna and I couldn't 
> trust them to properly seal the holes made from their mount.
> 
> Anybody know of a company that actually RETURNS CALLS and is willing to do 
> a small job? 20 years ago I would have been all over this roof myself but 
> not now.
> 
> Miles D. Oliver
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