My Building Has This Large Dtac Box With A Kind Of Satellite (Metal Pole).

[farang000999]

the owner says that Dtac pays him to put this thing on his building. I am just curious what it does and if it is for wifi or 3g and can help give me a faster connection if I use a Dtac sim with my aircard for internet. It basically one of those metal poles used for reception and then a large box that is closed and locked.

any idea what this thing does and if i should expect very fast wifi/3g internet because of it?

[Darrel]

If it's something like this

with the dish pointing horizontally then its a microwave com link used to relay mobile phone signals to the antenna for local distribution.

[astral]

Probably a local mobile phone repeater.

A useful source of income for a building owner.

[lomatopo]

It's commonly called a "base-station", and may support GSM voice, data and in some cases 3G data, with a radio or fixed back-haul. Your proximity to it is likely not overwhelmingly beneficial.

[NHJ]

cancer is coming at you, move to a safer building.

[astral]

Here is some technical info, including danger assessment

http://www.hpa.org.uk/Topics/Radiation/UnderstandingRadiation/UnderstandingRadiationTopics/ElectromagneticFields/MobilePhones/info_BaseStations/

Read and decide for yourself

[lomatopo]

Your proximity to it is likely not overwhelmingly beneficial.

For the record, I was referring the OP's proximity to the base-station not being beneficial re: some sort of higher-speed data access rather than health-related issues.

Given the directional nature, and height, of these antennas, being directly below a "tower" is probably the safest place? And you're getting signals from the nearby, adjacent towers, rather than the one on the roof of your building.

[astral]

Given the directional nature, and height, of these antennas, being directly below a "tower" is probably the safest place? And you're getting signals from the nearby, adjacent towers, rather than the one on the roof of your building.

That sounds right to me.