Wireless Network Distance?

[rgoble1]

My Cable company wants $3,600 to run cable from my neighbors property to mine:mad: .
My neighbor has has high speed internet via the cable company (not currently wireless).
There is 350 feet between our houses, and 200 feet of that is wooded, including a creek.
Looking for feedback on if it is feasible to install a wireless network between the two houses.
His current cable modem is in the front of his house, and of course my house is facing the back of his. So I assume I would have to put in a wireless router at his cable modem, then put some type of repeater in the back part of his house (garage). And was hoping to put a repeater in the window at my house. Therefore no "parts" outside.
Any thoughts on if a decent signal would make it to my house?
Dial up is killing me, DSL is not available, Satellite doesn't seem to work with my companys VPN service...

[Mr T]

You'd be lucky if there is even a signal at your front door. Walls, trees, ect all knock down signal. If his AP was on his roof, and it was open air, you still would not get a reliable connection due to the distance. Home use equipment is designed for use in -A- home. Besides, if you want to stay "legal" I believe their service agreements state, for use in a single home. This would violate it.

Our cable company did the same thing to our neighbors. They built a house, a house on each side of theirs. $400 to extend 'their' line the length of 1 more telephone pole. They had a dish mounted to the back of their hosue a few days later.

I would think that they cant charge for extending their lines to near your house. Cable companies are just evil pigs. Anything to make a buck. You may want to contact the FCC to see their view on this. Keep bugging your phone company. IF there is enough demand for DSL in a area, they may try to make it possible. I'm a few thousand feet too far for it here, and on the waiting list.

[suemarkp]

I think this would be a perfect application for a fiber-optic extension from your neighbors house (if he's willing). Get a 400' 62.5u duplex multimode cable and two 100baseFX adapters, and you can have a 100 Mb network in your house. The big issue is can you string the cable between houses in a manner that it won't be broken or damaged. A 6" deep slit trench would probably even work, and use a short run of PVC conduit to cross the creek.