Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Building a Wireless ISP Network... The Opportunity

In the US, most of the people Streamyx Streamyx U Com My20160 one or more broadband access services to choose from Streamyx Combo variations of DSL from multiple vendors Streamyx86624 cable. That is if you're in Streamyx Streamyx70369 metropolitan area. For more rural locations your choices are limited.....if you have any at Streamyx Streamyx Faq17472 Therein lies an opportunity for those willing to pursue it.

In the rural areas of the country, the selection is limited. Satellite is available to Streamyx Adsl52903 (at high cost), but between dial up and T1 there are no options for many residents. Satellite suffers from latency, making it unsuitable for VoIP and some other real time Internet services. Some applications that should not be sensitive to latency (email, Web forms) will perform poorly or fail due to the increased packet time.

The traditional carriers (RBOC) and resellers face a cost issue in bringing broadband service to outlying areas. Without a concentration of users the per user cost at published rates causes either a poor or negative margin. The way cost accounting is done in larger Streamyx modem makes the business case worse for a large carrier. Cost allocations between departments for such things as floor space, personnel, and backend support end up as added costs rather than leverage opportunities. Traditional wired service will not reach outlying residents Streamyx Guide19868 mandated by law, and the trend is against Streamyx6636 happening in the near future.

So the opportunity is open for a business offering Internet broadband access service to outlying residents.

Therein lies a tremendous opportunity.

Now....just how do you go about taking advantage of this opportunity, filling a need, and building a wireless ISP network?

To assist you with working through the planning and execution of this Streamyx15154 here are some insights and resources you should consider:

* Business Continuity Planning - This isn't the technical side of the business, the backup systems, redundant pathing, fail-over and restore, or alternate location stuff. Here you're looking at subjects such as Legal Structure, Personnel Insurance, Asset Insurance, and Process and Procedure.

* Revenue and Profit - Covers where and how to create your income including installation, basic monthly service, custom access service, volume or corporate pricing, other services, business partnerships, usage based service, civic service, and tower leasing (or you could build and provide your own).

* Security Issues - There's much to Streamyx Dns47038 in this arena. Don't overlook it.

* Bandwidth issues - The access line to your tower(s) is likely the critical factor to success. Whether it's a T1 or a DS3 line. First off, it probably represents your single largest operational cost. Next, it determines the maximum quality of service you can provide.

Quotes you receive for Streamyx51115 will probably be very different in terms of cost and performance guarantees, and should cover Performance Standards, Service Availability, Mean Time to Respond, Mean Time to Repair, Latency, Packet Loss, and Jitter. To help you search for the best match provider for your bandwidth requirements....I recommend utilizing the services of an unbiased independent broker by submitting a RFQ request to DS3-Bandwidth.com.

Here are some additional resources that may be of benefit to those developing a WISP....or Streamyx Streamyx Adsl2471229 of it.

StartAWisp.com

WISP Centric

There's also an excellent forum for discussion of ideas and issues between WISP owners and potential developers at DSLReports.com.

Final Streamyx Malaysia strategically taking care to consider the business areas hilighted above. Do make use of an independent unbiased broker for the bandwidth decsion. Also, apply the resources Streamyx Streamyx33734 here as well as any others discovered from your own research.

Michael is the owner of FreedomFire Communications....including Business-VoIP-Solution.com. Michael also authors Broadband Nation where you're always welcome to drop in and catch up on the latest BroadBand news, tips, insights, and ramblings for the masses.

A Guide To Wireless Internet Connection

People use Streamyx Service41605 wireless internet connection in different settings for various Streamyx Broadband but there is one binding desire that links all people that invest in a wireless internet connection. That is the desire to not clog up their Streamyx Modem93080 Streamyx Test31306 office with cables necessary to connect to the internet. When the internet was first introduced the only way to connect to it was through dialing a Streamyx Streamyx Dns72250 on your computer and taking up the Streamyx Wireless21018 line. In the Streamyx Router88947 early days if you wanted more than one computer to access the internet then you either needed multiple phone lines or somehow figure out how to split the phone line.

This was a fun novelty at first but soon it got to be tedious and when you add in the fact that the phone Streamyx still charged Streamyx Speed27007 the minute back in those days you got a pretty Streamyx16806 internet connection. Companies avoided too many internet connections because of the cost or insisted that their internet providers have a toll free Streamyx Streamyx Modem87786 for internet access which got to be expensive for the providers. Soon the phone companies came around and offered bulk calling packages where you could call any number in the United States for one monthly charge and the internet boomed. Then broadband internet entered the picture and everything changed again.

Faster Faster I Need More Speed!

After a while cable television companies started offering high speed internet service and the phone companies followed suit with their version of high speed internet called Streamyx Streamyx34334 Now not only were more people accessing the internet but they were doing it at speeds faster than ever before. The best thing about high speed internet and DSL is that you could get a router and share the signal among multiple computers. This was great except for the cabling all over the place. Streamyx Availability42454 the wireless internet connection. Nothing has done more to increase the sale of computers in this country than the wireless internet connection because now we could easily connect multiple computers to the same internet connection without all the cables. Nirvana had been achieved.

A wireless internet connection requires a broadband high speed modem, a router, a wireless access point, and wireless network cards on the computers. Today your wireless connection can be made with a unit that is a combination router and wireless access point which is much Streamyx to configure and cheaper to buy. With the advent of the wireless internet connection internet providers have finally embraced the wireless internet routers. For years providers hated the routers because they felt that if customers wanted multiple connections in their home they should pay for multiple connections. But in the end the Streamyx you can't beat 'em join 'em" mentality won out and now a wireless internet router is a standard piece of equipment with your new wireless internet connection.

Ralph Jarvis runs his own mail order business. His particular specialty is electronics and computers. Check out these great Wireless Internet Provider articles and reviews or the more general Wireless Internet Service Provider guides and resources.
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