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Ask HN: Internet Acess Options in a Wilderness Area?

by EwanG·15y ago·4 comments·view on hn ↗

Without getting into a long discussion over the "need" to access the Internet in such a place, there are large areas of Sequoia National Park and Rocky Mountain National Park where you can't get a cell signal or wifi. Short of petitioning for repeater stations (which I believe would be correctly seen as spoiling the place), are there any other options besides satellite service (which is very expensive if you want it to be portable enough to carry with you)?

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You could run dialup over a satellite phone, though it would be extremely expensive.

Yes, which I believe is why I mentioned that in my original question :-)

Could you buy a wimax router and put it at the furthest in place, like a rangers office or whatever has a phone line?

Good question. I suppose I could ask, but I get the impression that in both of those parks I might need to find something outside the park. I thought about getting an outdoor antenna, putting it outside my hotel window, and pointing it in the general direction of the park, but not sure that would be useful when you are talking miles and not necessarily line of site.