Nick Rout wrote:
Don the main problem
(apart from fighting through the spelling to try
and find meaning)
SORRY TO ALL! And I'm not just shouting at Nick for pointing it out, I
am sorry, I should have done more of a spell check first and I will...
I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed by the idea and finding it hard to get all
my ideas out of my head and in to reality...
is that there is no clear description of what the network comprises.
Opps... that's in my head I guess...
What does the uplink consist of?
Microwave link back to the city. It will deliver 10mbits on day one and
up to 45mbits.... thou a second option may have to be found before that.
Where do the wired links go?
Between the buildings, along the fence lines.
>Why do you
have wired and wireless?
Back up and capacity. The wireless will swamp at the northern end if
there's much demand at the southern end.
Where are you going to get your poles from to
support the wires?
I'm not going to use over head wires. I'm proposing using the most
direct route from house to house. This is not a telephone network,
which requires a single pair to every dewelling. It's a big lan. It's
an 'internet'. Data for the southern dewellings passes thru the
northern links.
Where are the nodes going?
Every ten houses needs a node... ideally in the center of the red rings
on the map...
http://www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz/StaticContent/RHRNodeConcept/RHR98ToEndWith100mRings.jpg
>What are you going to do
about easements where wires travel over private land?
I'm told that all I need is a bunch of 12 people to sign off on a letter
of understanding and then we can get a special letter from the
government to get those rights.... however in the first instance I'm
thinking that asking nicly might be a good idea. You're the lawyer
round here... any thoughts?
Or where the node
computers sit?
In the homes of the people who host them. I suggest in the roof space,
that's where mine lives... but I guess a cupboard is good enough as well.
>How about a network diagram or a clear description?
Can't do that until I get all the bits of software working that I
need.... I guess that part of the reason for presenting this at this
stage is to invite some help on that front.
What powers the node computers?
Power in each home. Some consideration will need to be given to home
owners who are hosting a node.
What bandwidth does each household get TO THE INTERNET? -
As much as we can pump in... The contention ratio initially will be
10mbit/ConnectedUsers.
However, ref to sheet 4 and you'll see I've mapped out costing based on
a link at $750 per month and data at $4/gig.
I suspect that the data provider will up the link capacity if required
once they start to see a return on the data. If the link is slowing
them from selling more data then they're likly to increase the link size
aren't they?
>
and what is
the contention ratio on that connection?
NICK! Thanks for a fantastic response... You've just built the
foundation of an FAQ. I will start work on that later tonight after the
going away party for my nephew.
Cheers Don
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