Man builds 60 ft tower in backyard to get internet access
by Cem Basman
With a building blocking his reception, one man would stop at nothing to get access to the only high-speed ISP in town. Why he should do this? Because every man wants a 60 foot phallic monument to high speed Internet in his yard, sez Short-Media.com.
Well, let's listen now to Mr. Kevin "GooD" Lavallée from Canada and his heroic story documented with a series of amazing photographs:
I live in a small town with a population under 2,000. I was stuck with a 56k modem for nine years because no other option is available in my town. However, I learned of a new service provider that could allow me to get between 250 and 320 k/s. It sounded great! Well, the situation was more complicated.
Update: Uh, Boing Boing has the story too - about an hour later ...
Comments
The last step was to buy a 6' grounding rod and install it near the base. This is essential if you don't want thunder to choose your new metal structure as its target.
Yeah. Right. Thunder. ;-)