here are several sites involved:
http://www.hereuare.com
and http://www.live.com
lots of info there on wireless ethernet cybercafe setups.
Kireau Kendrick
The Cybercafe Search Engine
Cafe Cybercaptive, San Mateo, CA
http://cybercaptive.com
On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Earl J. Green wrote:
> At 04:43 AM 1/25/01 -0800, Doug Hooper wrote:
> >Alright tell me all the reasons that I should not
> >switch to a wireless ISP. I would have a small dish
> >setting on top my building and my network within would
> >not change. (is what I'm told )
> >
> >Convince me not to switch.
> >
> >Doug
>
> Errrr... How about supplying the relevant information?
>
> - Switch from what?
> - What bandwidth do you have now?
> - What are you paying for it?
> - What bandwidth is the WISP guaranteeing?
> - What will you be paying for that?
> - How far apart will your antenna be from the WISP's?
> - What is the weather like in your area? (Do you get
> heavy rain? Snow?)
> - What type of radio link is the WISP offering?
> (802.11, 802.11b or ???)
> (2 Mbps equipment, 11 Mbps, or ???)
> (Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum or Direct
> Sequence Spread Spectrum or ???)
> - How long have the WISP been offering wireless
> service in your area?
> - How many other wireless customers does the WISP have?
> - Have you talked to any of those customers to find
> out what their experiences have been?
> - Are you buying the radio, and antenna equipment on
> your end, or does the WISP retain ownership?
>
> I think wireless is great stuff, and would like to be
> offering it to customers in my area (I'm a dial-up ISP). So
> far, we're still holding off on getting into it, largely due
> to the $$$ involved.
>
> Earl
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