A big one is to know where your bandwidth will come from, initially and when you need more. If possible a source that can be increased as needed as changing ISPs is a huge PITA
Jerry Richardson airCloud Communications > On Jan 6, 2015, at 5:16 PM, cstann...@gmail.com wrote: > > Have high installation standards - good signal level, well-attached mounts > and cabling, everything high is grounded, and don't use > temporary/weird/hard-to-access wood poles or popups. No exceptions to those > since almost every one will bite you in the butt later, some of our > competitors and super-cheap wifi guys and many of the times we swap customers > a complete reinstall is required. > From: Trevor Bough <trevorbo...@gmail.com> > Sender: "Af" <af-boun...@afmug.com> > Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 00:21:09 +0000 > To: <af@afmug.com> > ReplyTo: af@afmug.com > Subject: [AFMUG] New WISP > > Hi guys, long time listener, first time caller. I'm looking at starting a new > rural WISP and was wondering if you guys could share some of the things you > wish you had known when you started out. Things to absolutely stay away from, > things that you didn't think of first, but made your life 10x easier, etc. > Any info would be greatly appreciated!