How They Got High-Speed Internet

How They Got High-Speed Internet COMPUTERS Computers 29-6-31 Brothers Clair and Warren Wilson's farm and manufacturing businesses are located down along the Illinois river bottom. But, Clair's house is up on a bluff high above the river. With business booming for their custom-fabrication business, they needed high-speed internet at their shop as well as at their house but they couldn't get a signal down below the bluffs. Then, someone gave Clair an 80-ft. antenna tower. "To make it high enough to clear the tree line, Clair built a 20-ft. base from used irrigation pipe and angle iron," says wife Claudia. The tower sits on top of the 250-ft. bluff and catches the internet signal broadcast from a water tower almost 10 miles away. The signal is then transmitted by cable to both shop and home computer. "We now have fast internet access at both places," Clair says. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Clair Wilson, 34 Hillview Rd., Winchester, Ill. 62694 (ph 217 742-3918; cwcw@wilsonfarms.ws).

To read the rest of this story, download this issue below or click here to register with your account number.