Also the range of the low end equipment along with ever present "line of sight" problem would mean selling to a fairly small radius (1/2 mile is what I think would be safe).
The issue with line of sight is correct, but your distances are not. I worked for an ISP (http://www.281.com) that provides wireless access and connecting people from 6-10 miles was not a problem. The equipment that they used were Cisco 350 bridges and Cisco 350 PCMCIA cards inside of Teletronics CPE (http://teletronics.com/tii/products/routers/cpe.h tml) boxes. They used 24" wire dishes (21bDi) or 14" (19dBi) square flat panel antennas (depending on housing restrictions). This all going over a lake and through high voltage power lines. The good thing with using those boxes, is that the antenna cable can be as little as 2 ft. with power coming through the Cat-5. All this in the Marble Falls/Burnet, Texas area. The other ISPs that offer wireless are TStar (http://www.tstar.net), Momentum (http://moment.net/), and Zeecon (http://zeecon.com/). Needless to say, the business around here is pretty cut throat.
PS: I bitched and raised hell continuously about 281's shitty looking website and its lack of info.
Slashdot Mirror
Can there be some kind of general rule, that an acronym can be no longer than 5 characters.
TANSTAAFL
What the hell does that mean? Next we'll be seeing:
RCPAHOHSCALASS
Robert's Cat Puked A Hairball On His Shag Carpet And Left A Stinky Stain
Also the range of the low end equipment along with ever present "line of sight" problem would mean selling to a fairly small radius (1/2 mile is what I think would be safe).
h tml) boxes. They used 24" wire dishes (21bDi) or 14" (19dBi) square flat panel antennas (depending on housing restrictions). This all going over a lake and through high voltage power lines. The good thing with using those boxes, is that the antenna cable can be as little as 2 ft. with power coming through the Cat-5. All this in the Marble Falls/Burnet, Texas area. The other ISPs that offer wireless are TStar (http://www.tstar.net), Momentum (http://moment.net/), and Zeecon (http://zeecon.com/). Needless to say, the business around here is pretty cut throat.
The issue with line of sight is correct, but your distances are not. I worked for an ISP (http://www.281.com) that provides wireless access and connecting people from 6-10 miles was not a problem. The equipment that they used were Cisco 350 bridges and Cisco 350 PCMCIA cards inside of Teletronics CPE (http://teletronics.com/tii/products/routers/cpe.
PS: I bitched and raised hell continuously about 281's shitty looking website and its lack of info.
MrSnivvel
The answer would be: B "My immense happiness has caused me to soil myself."