Rich, Take a look at the failing business model of Clear. They have their own licensed spectrum and in my area they spent close to 140 million dollars on build out. They had their network over-saturated within 6 months of turning their towers on with a ton of customers really un happy because of speeds that were promised and never delivered. They are on their last leg and have a huge balloon payment due which they can not pay. They are hoping that their parent company is going to bail them out but I doubt that Sprint will be willing. A pure Fixed Wireless business will be one of the hardest business ventures you could possibly get into. IMO ~Doug -------Original Message------- From: Rich _ Date: 11/28/2011 4:52:55 PM To: fai...@snappydsl.net; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] I'm new, I hope this is the right list... Thx Faisal, I'm located in PA in the USA. But, I'm not interested in starting a WISP based on where I'm located. I'm interested in finding a location that best enables success for the business. Yes, I would be looked at as the business/funding person. A technical partner or technical contractor/employee would be needed. I hope available equipment is quite stable and reliable?
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 6:44 PM, Faisal Imtiaz <fai...@snappydsl.net> wrote: Hi Rich, WISPA General List is actually a Global List. It would go a long ways for relevant folks to reply back to you if you at least share what part of the world ? / State or City if in the US. My personal reaction after reading the first two paragraphs was to suggest that you should consider some other business other than being a WISP. However after reading the last two paragraphs, it sounds like you may be the Business / Funding guy, looking for a Technical Partner to build a business together. The only reason I am saying this is because this is a tough business to be in if you are not going to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty. Regards and Good Luck. Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet & Telecom 7266 SW 48 Street Miami, Fl 33155 Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 Helpdesk: 305 663 5518 option 2 Email: supp...@snappydsl.net On 11/28/2011 6:33 PM, Rich _ wrote: Hello, I operate in the custom software development industry and am considering setting up a WISP as a new business investment. I know very little about the industry and am hoping that some of you will not mind giving me some feedback. In exchange, I'll be glad to answer any software development questions you may have that I can answer or that I can get an answer for. I'm a business person. I'm not interested in learning the low-level details about wireless hardware or protocals above and beyond what I need to run the business. I have no desire to ever install/troubleshoot/repair the equipment myself. What I want to do is own the service and run the business. My first thoughts are I want a setup that makes it easiest for the customer to start using the service. If there is a particular hardware setup that lets me mail a dongle (small device that would plug into a USB port) to the customer and viola they're up and running, great! Also, I am wondering if operating in a licensed spectrum will provide me with some protection from frequency overload. I am interested in finding people who may be able to help me analyze a territory for potential profitability and engineer a setup. So, if it doesn t violate mailing list rules, feel free to respond with your contact information so that I can contact you to find out what it would cost for your services. I know I have a lot to learn and want to stick with high-level information so that I can quickly determine if this is a good opportunity for me. Thanks, Rich ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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/
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