The equipment holds up too, in harsh weather, 2nd winter I have had it, through -30 wind ice storms, 3ft snow around it, it is in great shape, and its not even on the roof, right out there in the front yard with the wire going in my sons room to the router, 3 people in house using it all the time, it is worth it, in my opinion. Living real rural, up the road there is a campground and he got it for his campers, and shares it with the farm and neighbor across the road. We get serious winters up here, and it stands up.