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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I know the bandwidth might not be there but if you can get one of the cellular provider's EVDO, EDGE, etc. connections there, that might work. It probably won't be anywhere near 500Kbps however but better than nothing. You could try some sort of aggregation if you can get service. Typically you'll see</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">~</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">100Kbps up and</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">~</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">500Kbps down, unless you're in a prime location and they have their newer megabit service in place.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Another possibility is a couple (or more) WiFi relays to the nearest town with bandwidth. </FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Yet a</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">nother option might be a TV station to do a remote link maybe in conjunction with a "sister station".</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> And another could be a ground station firing up to a helicopter hovering high enough to relay the signal.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">We used to do RA feeds over ISDN 2B (~128K) with fairly good results. I think the codec makes all the difference. </FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">If all else fails, tape the event a drive the tapes "quickly" to someplace that can air them. </FONT> </SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> I want to get about 500kb/s uplink BW from the middle of the</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> desert in Nevada, temporary installation. What are my options?</FONT></SPAN></P>
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