We ourselves are an electric co-op and ISP, most of our "towers" are 65ft poles. If your local co-op is friendly, it's a good way to go.
-Paul On Jul 19, 2010, at 1:23 PM, Fred R. Goldstein wrote: > A design I'm working on is in a hilly wooded rural/resort area, not > farmland. It will need a fair number (perhaps a few dozen) sites to > cover the planned turf. Each node will need both backhaul (mesh, in > the loose sense) and access antennas. The obvious place to put these > is atop utility poles. I think the local electric cooperative will > cooperate and let us rent pole space. We may however need to put > additional poles in some places. They seem cheaper than metal towers > and are less likely to raise the locals' eyebrows. > > Does anyone out there have experience with this sort of > arrangement? We're in the budgeting stage now. I have an idea what > the radios cost but the installation might be the bigger deal. The > big engineering firms are more used to fancy cellular and fiber > installs, not WISP-style radios. So we may also want to bring in > someone with this kind of WISP experience to do some consulting or > setup with us too. Thanks. > > -- > Fred Goldstein k1io fgoldstein "at" ionary.com > ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ > +1 617 795 2701 > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
