[olug] starting broadband ISP, any suggestions?

Mon Aug 20 08:57:42 UTC 2012

Not sure what you are asking, but ubnt.com has some cool wireless
stuff and starting to incorporate GPS into equipment to help maximize
signal-to-noise ratio. It would be worth it to register and poke
around in their forums even if you do not use their stuff.

100Mbps long range 50km wireless using their AirMax stuff.
Line-of-sight, but i wonder if you could get substantial bandwidth
even when not line-of-sight.  Since bullet Ms are inexpensive ($50),
it would be worth buying several to test out.  Let me know how dead-on
line-of-sight accurate is actually required.
http://www.ubnt.com/airmax#bulletm

ubiquiti's airfiber is not microwave as it 24GhZ (yes, that is right,
no decimal. twenty-four GhZ) and claims to support 1GB wireless to
13km.  Line-of-sight.  Developed from a former Motorola team.
http://www.ubnt.com/airfiber

i had trouble finding a distributor that would actually sell me a
bullet m when i first tried a year or so ago.  But now,
http://www.microcom.us/bullet5.html sells several versions.  So no, i
do NOT have any real experience with this long range hardware, but
would be interested to see what you find.  If you are within 50km of
the Westroads, i might be willing to test.

On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 12:51 AM, Justin Reiners <justin at hotlinesinc.com> wrote:
> line of site wireless is the dream, that is more my bosses realm, I just
> move packets. he leases space on his tower to many different companies. He
> thinks he can do some type of directional microwave transmission, said it
> will easily support his speeds he is looking for.
>
> On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 12:49 AM, Jason N <dashrender at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> how are you going to get from your tower to the clients?
>>
>>
>> ---- Justin Reiners <justin at hotlinesinc.com> wrote:
>> Ohh, touche, I guess on cox and such everyone is on the same network (for
>> the most part), just firewalled on the client side (we hope :) ) so you
>> think regular off the shelf (meaning cisco and such, not linksys or
>> netgear) routers and switches. good good. My boss has checked on his pipe,
>> can get it for about 9 grand a month, (1Gigabit, multiple fiber drops
>> already exist at his tower.)
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 12:27 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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>> > > > > www.MrCycleParts.com
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