After your email I realized just how much I didn't
know about WISP. I would be switching from DSL 128KBS
$39.95 to WISP guaranteed 128KBS burstable to 1MBS for
$90.00 per month and they have other plans to
guaranteed 1MBS for $340.00 per month.
The antenna would be appx 12 miles, and we have pretty
good weather around here (North Texas) not the
prettiest area around but it's livable. (barely)
The equipment would run me $1500.00 and I get to keep
it.
I'm not sure on the Freq. hopper, the person I talked
to new the basics.
They have been offering services in town for quite a
few years and they are a very dependable service but
have only recently started to offer WISP.
Let me know what you think of the pricing, to me
$90.00 doesn't seem to bad. I'm not sure about the
cost of equipment, whether that is good or not.
Guaranteed 128KBS sounds nice and they said I will see
a lot faster speeds than that for the most part.
I could go either way on this, thanks for your input.
Doug
--- "Earl J. Green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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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