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If it were me in this situation, I would talk to the guy who has the cable and share his connection (even pay for his monthly fee to provide incentive). It's relatively easy to connect two houses by using directional wireless antenna.

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We considered that, actually. I need to look into it a bit more for them.

The guy lives about 1/2 mile away and there's quite a bit of trees in the way.

Depending on how determined you are, 900mhz is unlicensed and can punch a wireless signal through trees. Equipment can be expensive, but there's surplus stuff out there, esp. among hams.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33-centimeter_band

We've been considering that as an option.

I think it would be doable. About a year ago I was getting shared internet from someone a couple miles away. There was line of sight between the two antennas, but the internet signal was pretty good.

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