How to get free Internet using a homemade long range wifi antenna

A long range wifi antenna can be easily made to pick up distant free wifi signals allowing free internet surfing. Some versions of these homemade wifi antennas are known as wifi cantenna or dish wifi antenna.

Step 1 - You too can build and use a long range wifi antenna cantenna for free internet surfing. There was a time when we moved from one address to another and for about a few weeks did not have any dsl account for ourselves to use. I noticed that our computers were picking up and logging on to a free open wifi within range of our new home but not quite strong enough to utilize.

Step 2 - For the interim use until we were able to get our own isp account set up again we created a wireless wifi antenna out of a few household items to receive the faint wifi signal a little better , so that we could use it.

Step 3 - There are numerous free wifi signals available around most neighborhoods that can provide you with temporary wifi broadband. Library's have them, many businesses and airports provide free internet access and as well even some local resident homes make their wireless signal free for others to utilize at times. Such was the case which we availed of during our time of disconnection.

Step 4 - Your wifi antenna range signal will vary signal strength according to how well you build and place it. Here is what we used (actual picture example shown in photo). For best wifi reception get the largest shiny bowl you can find. The larger the better because it catches more of the broadcasting signal.

Step 5 - You will need to use a wifi antenna adapter which has a usb cord attached that can reach a good many feet away from your computer(so you can hang it in your window etc.). The built in wifi antenna on your laptop will not suffice in most cases to pick up a clear signal. Use duct tape to hold the wifi adapter in the middle of the bowl (suspended in the center so as the wifi signals received will connect well with it). Also use the duct tape to attach the bowl to a window in the direction where the free signal was noticed. Duct tape is strong and holds really well. If you want to be a little more discrete you can also hang a thin curtain in front of bowl so the neighbors don't think you're too strange having a large bowl hanging in your window.

Step 6 - This really works for you to receive temporary free wifi. Our signal strength without this homemade antenna was just barely readable when we first noticed it was showing up but after our homemade cantenna setup our wifi signal strength increased to a strength fluctuating up to 45% and a link connection of about the same at times, providing us a dsl speed which at times peeked to 2.8 mbps.( a good connection considering the lowest paid-for dsl from a local provider reaches a 1.5 mbps reading and costs aproximately $25.00 per month ) .

Step 7 - I would like to stress that this should be really only for temporary use as you need at times. For any longterm internet usage you should setup a broadband account with your local or national isp (internet service provider). We now of course have our regular internet service provider but the above method helped us out in a pinch and perhaps may do the same for you if the need arises.

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How to Get Excellent Internet, Using Adelphia Internet

Step 1 - Adelphia internet certainly does seem to have a lot going for it. I've been reading that you can get the cable high speed service for about twenty five dollars, give or take a few. It gets better though. From my readings on this I understand that you get some very high speed surfing capabilities. 6Mbps download speeds and 768mbps upload speeds sound terrific. Far better than the best dial up or even unlimited dial up deals. I would definitely classify this as cheap wireless when you factor in yet even more services which they offer. You get ten email accounts with each individual subscription depending on which package you choose. Adelphia cable even provides 10mb of web space at no cost and 150mb of file storage space.

Step 2 - I'm always looking for deals personally, especially when it comes to surfing value. Highspeed access with that price certainly makes for a super deal for the information highway in my opinion.

Step 3 - There are of course always cheaper deals available with lesser value as you can opt for the best dial up package or unlimited dial up service offered in your area. These will save you even more money but much lesser speeds. My opinion once again though is that if you're thinking of surfing,downloading,viewing videos,listening to audio, etc.. you really will be happiest with the fastest isp service you can afford.

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Alert Adelphia Internet did customers a timely service

Adelphia Communications Corp. doesn't often win praise on these pages, but this time the cable TV giant that serves Colorado Springs deserves some kudos for good service.

When Excite@Home shut down its Internet service last week, Adelphia was ahead of its cable industry competitors in making sure customers didn't lose their cable-modem Internet access for long. Most Adelphia customers suffered only a short disruption in their Internet service.

About 7,500 Springs residents get high-speed Internet access from Adelphia through their cable television line. The service was actually provided through Excite under a deal Century Communications Corp. made before it was acquired by Adelphia in 1999.

Adelphia, a nationwide firm based in Pennsylvania, began planning for the worst in August when Excite sought U.S. Bankruptcy Court protection from its creditors. Adelphia already operated its own Internet service called Power Link, so it began developing detailed plans to move its Excite customers over to it.

AT&T Corp., which owns 23 percent of Excite, bid $307 million to acquire the rest of the company, but creditors protested that they wanted more. They won a ruling last month to cut off Excite service to AT&T's 850,000 customers, including many in the Denver and Boulder areas whose cable provider is AT&T Broadband.

Those customers now have to wait up to three weeks to get reconnected by AT&T. In today's get-it-done-today culture, three weeks without the Internet is an eternity - especially in a home with children. You have to assume that anyone affected would sign up with a competing high-speed Internet service, either though satellite TV or telephone companies.

Admittedly, Adelphia's switchover wasn't flawless - it mailed customers the wrong software needed to connect to Power Link. That meant customers either had to download the correct software themselves from the Web (hard to do when your service provider has gone down), or pick up a new CD with the correct software at Adelphia's office.

But Adelphia extended its local office hours every night last week for customers who needed to pick up the CD. The company also put its entire 35-person Power Link technical support staff on standby to immediately respond to customers who needed assistance.

This is not to say that Adelphia is perfect. Customers sometimes must endure lengthy waits to reach customer service personnel. The company also will anger customers next month by shuffling its cable TV channel lineup for the second time in less than a year.

But remember, in Colorado Springs, Adelphia has no real competition for cable TV, because satellite TV providers have yet to offer local channels.

The difference in Internet service, on the other hand, stems directly from competition. Here, Adelphia is hardly the only game in town, so offering quality service is essential to keeping customers.

Let's hope that with the company's other products - long-distance telephone service, paging and eventually local phone service - competition will make customer service as critical a priority.

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