Penny wise pound foolish. Yes don't get caught up in the holy grail of wireless hype.
On Fri, February 3, 2017 1:20 pm, Jay Weekley wrote: > Or that. Or get caught up in bleeding edge, "holy grail" sales hype. > > > Don Spaulding wrote: > >> Similarly, don't choose a product line just because it's expensive. >> >> >> On Feb 2, 2017 7:48 PM, "Jay Weekley" <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> Don't choose a product line just because it's cheap. >> >> >> Chadwick Wachs wrote: >> >>> We are a small co-op WISP and one of our goals was to publicly >>> document what we do. For some basic beginning info, take a look at: >>> http://www.auwireless.net/blog/ <http://www.auwireless.net/blog/> >>> >>> >>> This is not to say this is the model or even the right way to >>> >> start a >>> WISP. It is simply what we did. Some of it works, some of it was a >>> mistake. One of our future challenges we will face is we built a fairly >>> flat network. That works fine when we are small but as we >> grow, >>> it is not going to scale with us. Think about where you want to >> grow >>> and don't box yourself in with hardware or topology decisions >> early on >>> that you will regret. But, don't over spend early on. Much of this >>> stuff is cheap enough to "upgrade" after a year or so. >>> >>> Choose your RF vendor wisely... We field tested 5 different >>> >> vendors in >>> our RF environment before choosing one that worked for us and was in >>> our budget. Don't let someone else tell you which is the best >> hardware >>> because that is what they use. It may be great advice but I suggest >>> testing. Most vendors or good suppliers will provide some demo gear >>> for this purpose. >>> >>> This mailing list has been great to us for help. Use the >>> >> community and >>> forum pages on the vendor sites as well. And, I'd strongly suggest >>> finding yourself a supplier you can trust and that will help you >> make >>> good decisions. Our supplier has run WISPs of varying size for >> decades >>> and has made a some mistakes as well as good decisions and is not >>> embarrassed to share and advise us. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 3:42 PM, Mark Limehouse >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> >> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: >> >>> >>> I am at the discovery and the beginning of research to start a >>> WISP within my state (Wisconsin). My focus is to make this >>> >> into a >>> solid business model that I can build and expand eventually. >> I am >> >>> taking my time I want to do this right and address all potential >>> pitfalls or "gotchas" that may be known from a technology and provider >>> standpoint. Would anyone be kind enough to offer up >> their >>> suggestions or direct me to where I can obtain this kind of >> detail? >>> >>> >>> Thanks in advance! >>> >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wireless mailing list >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> >> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >>> >> <http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless> >> >>> <http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >>> >> <http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless>> >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ____________________________ >>> AU Wireless (Golden Wireless) >>> www.AUwireless.net <http://www.AUwireless.net> >> <http://www.auwireless.net/> >> >>> _Facebook >>> >> <https://www.facebook.com/AU-Wireless-1630781100539377/ >> <https://www.facebook.com/AU-Wireless-1630781100539377/>>_ | >> >>> @auwirelessnet <https://twitter.com/AUWirelessNet >>> >> <https://twitter.com/AUWirelessNet>> >> >>> >>> Recommend us on Nextdoor.com >>> <https://nextdoor.com/pages/au-wireless-golden-co/recommend/ >>> >> <https://nextdoor.com/pages/au-wireless-golden-co/recommend/>> >> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wireless mailing list >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >>> >> <http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless> >> >>> >>> >>> No virus found in this message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com> >>> >> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature >> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature>> >> >>> Version: 2016.0.7998 / Virus Database: 4756/13884 - Release >>> >> Date: 02/02/17 >> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wireless mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> <http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wireless mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> >> >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature> >> Version: 2016.0.7998 / Virus Database: 4756/13884 - Release Date: >> 02/02/17 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
