the last three miles

Hello. I'm building a house in rural area with limited options for
Internet connectivity. DirectTV-based Internet is not an option with
the lag and Verizon's EV-DO Wireless Internet Access user agreement
renders it useless. But three miles away from the residence is a
cell
tower providing the EV-DO service. I contacted the cell tower owner
and was told it would cost me at most a couple hundred per month to
mount a WiMAX antenna on the tower on the lower tiers. Anyone have
experience when dealing with tower operators? I'd have to also
arrange for power and the DSL connection. As I said my residence is
3
miles away. Not in direct line of site obviously. The tower's base
is at 14
meters above sea-level, where as the residence foundation is
approximately 21
meters. The curvature per mile of the earths surface is 8 inches per
mile. I'd prefer not erecting a tower at the residence, but the roof
line of the house is roughly 40 feet above the ground . So, internet-
wise where do I need to go, if I want to attempt wiring all this up
myself. Get the appropriate antenna for the tower, a weather proof
utility box to house I'd suppose the router hardware and the DSL
modem, and the antenna and hardware for the home? Has anyone
attempted something similar? Read any articles of the same?
What other discussion board or forum might I also ask these questions
or surf through in order to come a more informed understanding as how
to pursue this effort?

-Wil

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