[olug] starting broadband ISP, any suggestions?

[Charles Bird]

If in IA, INS will most likely get you fiber, and I'm assuming that they
will have some long haul gear to mux/demux DWDM at your place.
They can supply you with a couple of plain routers for the 1GbE.
You shouldn't need to worry much about huge Cisco or Juniper routers until
you start getting diverse path + multiple transit/bgp madness.
So, open source or lower end "normal" platforms should work.

They should be able to get you ipv4 blocks but you may want to get an AS
and get your own block through ARIN. Its not too pricy.

What kind of microwave? :-)


On Aug 20, 2012 12:28 AM, "Kevin" <sharpestmarble at gmail.com> wrote:

> What if some business that you provide service to wants to contact some
> other business you provide service to? i.e. A small business that hosts
> their own website or mail server?
> On Aug 20, 2012 12:23 AM, "Justin Reiners" <justin at hotlinesinc.com> wrote:
>
> > The upstream bandwidth will be fiber, 1 gigabit, already priced. The
> users
> > will be business users, requiring at least 50/50, or whatever they need.
> > their will be 100Mb users as well. I would like all users (businesses) IP
> > to be segregated for security reasons. all businesses will need static
> > public IPs. Last mile will be microwave.
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 12:17 AM, Kevin <sharpestmarble at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > What is your upstream bandwidth like? Fiber? From who? They are the
> > people
> > > you'll need to buy your IPs from. You don't need to buy a public IP for
> > > everyone, just use NAT(assuming they're home users), although there are
> > > some who would take issue with that. Some of those who would take issue
> > are
> > > people of this list.
> > >
> > > Routing could be done using a Linux box. You'd need multiple
> interfaces,
> > > and you'd want it to be redundant, although you'd want that as part of
> > any
> > > setup you would use. Play with iptables some to get it set up and
> running
> > > properly.
> > >
> > > What kind of networks will you be running that you'll want to keep
> > > separate?
> > >
> > > On Aug 19, 2012 11:57 PM, "Justin Reiners" <justin at hotlinesinc.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hey eveyone, weird question, I have done my googling, to no avail. I
> > was
> > > > wondering if anyone here works for an ISP, or has the understanding
> of
> > > > first time setup. My boss have come to me with a task, He is looking
> > for
> > > > starting an ISP in his home town, as there are no, 100MB+ isps in the
> > > area,
> > > > connection type is fixed wireless, or microwave. He owns a tower in
> > IA, I
> > > > cannot say where exactly it is located because he hosts things for
> the
> > > CIA,
> > > > FBI and such. He also has fiber to the building, unused at the
> moment,
> > > and
> > > > he also has all the capital he needs to get it going. I have some
> > > > questions, He wants to start with 1Gb of bandwidth, and knows plenty
> of
> > > > businesses in the area that are looking to go faster.
> > > >
> > > > 1. When the fiber is installed, will we be left with a 1Gigabit
> > Ethernet
> > > > port I route off of?
> > > > 2. I assume we will need to buy public IPs. any idea on the costs?
> > > > 3. What types of switches and routers do you recommend, (hoping it is
> > > just
> > > > ethernet) (number of users will be around 20 at first, then the sky
> is
> > > the
> > > > limit.)
> > > > 4. can the routing be done using a linux box?
> > > > 5. Can multiple users use the same directional antenna?
> > > > 6. How can we keep networks seperate?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Any help will be appreciated. I am hoping someone in the group works
> > with
> > > > this type of thing. google has not been much help, I find a lot of
> OLD
> > > ISP
> > > > pages, talking of dialup modems of such. lol.
> > > >
> > > > --
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