[olug] starting broadband ISP, any suggestions?

[Sam Tetherow]

What speeds?  Assuming you have tower space and reasonable clean 
spectrum, the affordable side would be ubiquiti Nanobridge M5-25.  If 
done in a point to point setup you can reasonable get a consistent 
60mbps real throughput and you are only looking at an 18" dish.  You 
could also go with rocket dishs which are 2' dishes for point to point 
links and your signal should be good enough that you can turn down the 
power and have plenty of fade margin for ducting.  Nanobridges are $90 
apiece so you are only looking at $180/link.  Rocket dishes $260 apiece 
or $520/link.

To reach realistic higher speeds you will probably need to go with 
licensed point to point links such as the SAF, Trango, or Exhalt.  For 
licensed links you are generally looking at the $5k to $10k range per 
link depending on the brand, frequency and bandwidth requirements.

On 08/20/2012 03:48 PM, Justin Reiners wrote:
> I am looking for little to no rain fade in say at most 6-10 miles. what
> would be the very best setup? as I said before, money is not an issue. he
> would like business class internet, and there cannot be horrid outages. I
> will also be administrating from a distance as I work in council bluffs.
>
> On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Ben Watson<bwatson1979 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> The thing with wireless is something Sam alluded to already.  With a
>> single radio and single antenna setup, you will only ever get
>> half-duplex at best.  The problem is that all of these Wifi
>> manufacturers always advertise the maximum theoretical speed of the
>> link.  Assuming something like 56Mbit/s advertised, you'll only ever
>> get 23Mbit/s at best with a single radio/antenna.  And that assumes
>> perfect conditions.  You're more likely to get into the middle/upper
>> teens under "great" conditions.
>>
>> Ben
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 2:09 PM, Rob Townley<rob.townley at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Justin, i want to own some Ubiquiti stuff as they have small fast and
>>> cheap and they even have management software that will not break the
>>> bank.  They have some amazing claims but i do know enough that every
>>> single wireless specification i have ever actually used has been way
>>> overhyped.  Secure? no.  Easy? sometimes. Secure and Easy ... never.
>>> Speed drops off tremendously even over a short distance ... always.
>>>
>>> Sam Tetherow has much more real world experience with real long range
>>> wireless and WISP than i will ever have.  Take his advice.  Sam, were
>>> you the one that set up sshd on your wireless access points about a
>>> decade ago and would have a script that would rekey all the WEP keys
>>> every hour on all your access points and end user devices.
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