| July 27, 2007 Chappaquiddick Island (Martha's Vineyard), Massachusetts |
| To this day, this is the only install that I have ever done that has required four (4) different modes of transportation to reach a customer. I flew my private plane that morning from Plymouth, Mass to the island of Martha's Vineyard, rented a car and drove from the airport to the "Chappy Ferry," crossed the ferry and was picked up by the customer and taken along a seven mile long beach road to the installation location. Plane ride was 19 minutes, the car ride was 10 minutes, the ferry ride (and wait for the ferry) took two hours and the ride with the customer took 30 minutes. All in all a really interesting day. The first picture shows the house and the antenna on the crow's nest, the second is an aerial photo of the house, the third is the ferry ride over, and the fourth is looking at the famous (or infamous if your are Ted Kennedy) bridge that Senator Ted Kennedy crashed through causing two girls to drown.. |
THE WILDBLUE FILES
| This page shows some pictures of the mundane as well as some of the more interesting WildBlue installations (and sometimes the adventures getting there). I am proud of my installations, so don't be surprised to see yours posted on here in the future! |
| June 13, 2007, Cliffside, North Carolina |
| This is a typical brick wall mount. I also installed a wall jack, and router (second picture) and tied his printer, and office computers together to provide this customer with a small office network |
| June 01, 2007; Otto, North Carolina |
| In order to obtain a line of sight, we had to install the dish way out at the end of the driveway and rent a ditch witch to create the trench in the driveway on this very wet June day. I have to give the customer credit for being one of the most hospitable people that I have ever installed for. |
| May 10, 2007; Lebanon, Tennessee |
| WildBlue has it's roots in the country. This dish antenna sits patiently along a split rail fence waiting for it's chance to serve the owners. The trench was a fun beast of burden, but I usually try to be as neat as possible, and in this case I was able to cut the grass and fold it right back down in the trench. |
| December 12, 2007; Barclay, Nevada |
| Nothing spectacular about this installation except that it is the most remote install of WildBlue that I have ever done. Customer had been on the "waiting to be installed" list for over FIVE MONTHS when I reached them. I had a commercial installation up the road in Ely, Nevada (in Nevada "up the road" is 170 miles), I agreed to take this installation "while I was in the area". Nevertheless, this customer was about the halfway point between Las Vegas and Ely, along US Hwy 93 "The Great Basin Hwy", I had flown commercially into Las Vegas the day before. The picture of the dirt road is on the way out from the customer's location, the trip down the dirt road was 22 miles (one way). I thought that I lived in the boonies. |