What is required to go on my house?
For those homes connecting to our Lookout Mountain tower, you will be getting a 18" round dish (think medium pizza). This will allow for speeds up to 50 Mbps.
For those connecting to one of our local towers in town, you will likely receive a smaller flat panel antenna - about the size of a shoe. This is because you are much closer to the antenna and don't need the gain of the larger dish. Our in town antennas can provide speeds in excess of 100 Mbps depending on your location. See the examples below.
Can my HOA prohibit this?
Legally, no. Federal law (FCC rule 47 C.F.R. Section 1.4000) prohibits HOAs and other similar organizations from prohibiting the installation of satellite dishes, radio and TV antennas as well as fixed wireless antennas. We fall under the fixed wireless amendment to that law that was enacted in May, 2001. The full rule can be read here. We have installed on a number of homes within HOA boundaries without issues. There is a very good article with lots of Q & A from Cordcutters.com about this question as well.
What if I live in an "on network" building?
In these buildings, we have pre-installed equipment in the telephone closets and connect our service to the existing data wiring in your unit. During the install, you will select the data (or phone jack) that we will bring our service to and will need to supply an in-home WiFi router. We will make any necessary modifications to the data jack (if needed) and verify the Internet is working to that data jack.
Examples of residential installs:
These photos are examples of some recent installations in your area. Your specific installation will vary but this gives you a general idea of what we attach.
A small j-bar mounted on an existing solar panel support
A dish antenna mounted to an existing solar panel support arm with a pipe
A flat radio mounted with a short arm
A dish radio mounted with a tri-pod. This was a liong distance shot that need the height to get above some trees.
A smaller dish mounted to a j-bar
J-bar with an extension pipe mounted to a roof eve
Dish radio mounted to a j-bar attached to the roof
Flat radio mounted under the roofline with a short bar
flat radio mounted to an existing vent pipe with a short extension. this is a frequent installation method.
Dish radio mounted to j-bar attached to top of chimney