This is exactly what we have done. We brought two DS3's out to a rural area and have broken off parts of that bandwidth to other ISPs. In fact as I type we have failed over part of one ISP's network over a geographically diverse third backhaul we have back into town.
I believe we extended an offer to Jory last year or maybe even longer ago than that, but somewhere along the line the idea stalled. We are certainly interested in pursuing this again as long as there is a clear frequency and target market understanding. I think that might have been the stumbling block the last go around. As you've stated there are already several ISPs in the market and there isn't any reason they should need to step on each other's toes. There is plenty of business to go around as long as everyone is on the same page. I've slept since then, so I might be mistaken as to why the first attempt didn't play out. Jory, I'm out of the office right now, but feel free to contact be directly if you are interested. Best, Brad -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 2:29 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] WISP Peering There are many issues involved... we used to peer with one of our competitors in the area. It worked pretty well, but honestly wasn't worth the extra time and efforts for what it actually saved in bandwidth, etc. Now, if you could find a neutral location to bring in a bigger pipe, and then everyone "share" from that location, you may have something. For me, I would never allow my IP block to be controlled by anyone other than me. Routing mistakes do happen, and it could cause you downtime or routing problems without your knowledge or control. Travis Microserv Jory Privett wrote: > I have two PoPs where I have bandwidth for my network. In the same > area I know of at least 4 other WISPs that have bandwidth also. I was > just wanting to establish a link to one or more of them and start > routing (BGP most likely) and pass traffic over each others network. > This would allow each to have more capacity and redundancy and not > have to pay any large amount for it. I know all of the big players do > it and it is the basic fabric the internet is made of. I was just > wondering if any WISPs do it and how? > > Jory Privett > WCCS > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dawn DiPietro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 1:48 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] WISP Peering > > >> Jory, >> >> I am not sure what you are trying to do with the other WISP's in your >> area. Can you a little more clear on what you are thinking of? >> >> Regards, >> Dawn DiPietro >> >> Jory Privett wrote: >>> There are several WISP in my area I was wanting to talk to some of >>> them about bandwidth peering. I know that most will not want >>> anything to do with it since they refuse to co-operate in any other >>> way but I wanted to make the effort. Has anyone else done this type >>> of thing? What paperwork needs to be done to protect each company? >>> How do you control throughput to and from each network and routing >>> issues? Any help her would be greatly appreciated. >>> >>> Jory Privett >>> WCCS >>> >> >> -- >> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
