How to Route WiFi Signal Through Telephone Lines?

[dekw04]

Hi everyone.

Right now I'm in a cabin in the woods. As such I have to use my phone as a personal hotspot to get the Internet. The result is that the Internet is not very strong.

However, I do have access Optimum WiFi hotspots which are much more powerful than using my phone as a personal hotspot. My problem though is that the nearest Optimum WiFi hotspot is about 6 miles away from here.

I understand that it might be impractical to pick up this signal from 6 miles away wirelessly using some kind of device such as a dish or an antenna, but that is when I had an idea for another way to access the WiFi hotspot:

I had the thought that it might be possible to route the WiFi signal through the telephone lines that run from the WiFi hotspot 6 miles away to here (the cabin in the woods). The infrastructure is already in place so it would seem possible to use it some how to get access to the Optimum WiFi hotspot here.

It would seem possible to send this WiFi signal 6 miles away through the telephone lines. The Optimum WiFi signal would be converted from a wireless signal into a wired signal through some kind of signal conversion device. This device would be installed near the Optimum WiFi hotspot and would convert the Optimum WiFi hotspot signal into a wired signal which would then be sent through the telephone lines to here (the cabin in the woods). Once the wired signal got here, it would be converted from a wired signal back into a wireless signal via another signal conversion device at this end.

Then the Optimum WiFi signal from 6 miles away should be able to be used here, right? And because the infrastructure is already in place in the form of the telephone lines, it shouldn't matter that I'm in the woods or 6 miles away because there's a direct connection already in place. An Optimum technician should be able to set this up at each end.

Anyway, what does everyone think of this idea? It seems like it should work, but maybe there's something I've failed to take into account.

Also, does anyone know what the device (described above) to convert a wireless signal into a wired signal and vice versa is called? Like, what is the technical name for such a device?

Thank you.

 

[kerberos_20]

so you want something like
wirelless ap -> modem -> phone line -> modem -> wireless ap
is that phone line yours?

 

[Scottray]

Very unlikely that this would work. Telephone lines are low bandwidth and susceptible to interference. Remember 56K dial up modems? Their speed would be totally inadequate for modern browsers. Some landline phone companies, may still provide DSL internet service - an internet service that does use phone lines. Check with your landline provider.

 

[little_me]

Most media converters that use two copper lines work only up to two kilometers (around 1.3 miles) longer than that and it's a no-go.
https://www.ad-net.com.tw/product/enhanced-high-speed-ethernet-lan-extender/
Most ISP's do not allow others to use *their* landlines for anything.
Assuming there is a box around that wifi place (6 miles) you could possibly get something like 8/1Mbit on adsl from your ISP. If it's farther.. lot less.

So far pretty much only long distance speed capable cabling is.. fibre.
It costs around 1usd/meter (or 3 feet) so assuming you do it completely yourself, get permission from land owners and whatnot else, it'd cost you 10k.
Media converters for that are now relatively cheap so.. ~10.5k for materials if you don't need to pay others to dig it in for you. You can get anything through that.
In practice though? not really feasible project.