I'd do fiber as well, seems like that many long-run cat5/6 connections could be problematic.
On Wednesday, May 30, 2018, Cameron Crum <[email protected]> wrote: > Why run ethernet? This seems ideal for fiber. Put a small box for the ONT > on the same pole as the electrical hookup with about 20 ft of ethernet > cable so they can drag it through a window and call it a day. Rent them a > cheap router if they want wifi or mount a small loco ac or something > running as a low powered AP and alternate frequencies every 3 or 4 spaces. > > > > > On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 2:57 PM, Colin Stanners <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Be careful of selling service over Wi-FI... customers buy "signal >> boosters" that run their own DHCP server, or they see a very strong signal >> to their booster and complain that their service sucks (don't understand >> that the signal from the booster to your network is low). And there's >> interference from mobile hotspots etc.... >> >> I would do like Adam says, run ethernet lines everywhere with >> outdoor-grade ethernet connection boxes (make sure to have a surge >> protector on each line as it returns to your switch). You can try offering >> some service over wifi but tell customers that if they want reliable speeds >> they need to hardwire. >> >> On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 1:07 PM, castarritt <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> We were approached by a current subscriber who is building an RV park >>> with around ~100 pads, and he wants us to offer service to his tenants. >>> This isn't the typical situation where we would sell service to the RV >>> park, and they handle distributing it to their customers. He wants to >>> avoid providing wi-fi himself, and will instead let us charge every client >>> that wants service separately. Also, this isn't a campground; his shortest >>> lease term will be monthly. >>> >>> While the park is under construction, he is willing to let us lay >>> conduit, so we could provide wired service to each pad if we wanted to. >>> Alternatively, we could just setup a bunch of wi-fi APs. One potential >>> complication is that we have a fairly busy cluster of 5g PMP450s a couple >>> hundred yards from this RV park, so while wired service could be more >>> reliable for the park tenants, the potential for 100 customer wi-fi routers >>> we can't control operating within sight of our PMP450 POP sounds like the >>> stuff of nightmares. >>> >>> We are leaning more towards a wi-fi option due to better control over >>> spectrum, as well as avoiding maintenance of 100 outdoor ethernet ports >>> that the customers would be plugging into, but we are open to suggestions. >>> >>> Also, assuming wi-fi is the correct answer, does anyone have any >>> equipment recommendations? The park is about 400' by 900'. I was looking >>> at either doing a whole bunch of low end APs, or maybe ~8 sectors. We >>> haven't used any of the Cambium wi-fi gear yet, but the cnPilot E501S looks >>> interesting. >>> >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> Chris Starritt >>> Western Broadband >>> [email protected] >>> 512-257-1077 >>> >> >> >
