On Jul 26, 2004, at 1:43 PM, Chris wrote:
Hey Listmates,
I am trying to get a general feel for what the industry rate is for installing small outdoor public wireless networks.
I am a college-aged entrepreneur with a handful of commercial wireless network installations under my belt.� I wonder if I am selling myself short.� What are the going rates for Wifi installations these days?� Let me give an
example:
If we had a location like the below that wanted to give people OUTSIDE the two buildings free internet access,� what kind of money are we talking for installation of 2 nodes?� $3,000?� $5,000? $10,000?
$1,000?
2 HS3000s + 2 antennas (pick, but don't spend over $145 each) is a kilobuck. (It would be less if you were
doing "community wireless" here, but you're not.) We sell 8dBi outdoor omnis for $60 each. Call it $800,
spend the rest on the antenna mounts, I guess.
Frankly, I don't see why you couldn't do it with 1 HS3K and an 8dBi omni antenna, located on top of 'A', unless
you're concerned about shadowing the side of 'B' (or around the base of 'A'). Otherwise, locate a nice 90deg sector or panel (or waveguide) antenna on 'B' (pointing mostly at 'A'), and then cover the shadowed side of 'A' with another AP.
They already have high speed internet access and power inside the buildings....
At a glance Im thinking about running steel conduit to the roofs, NEMA enclosures, antenna mast and mount, and firewall and AP configuration....
firewall? Is this for a controlled access system? Or are you attempting NAT?
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Building A is 2 stories high.� Building B is 1 story high.� The rest of the area is flat land.
Thanks to all who feedback.� If I can turn a larger profit, I will be able to buy everyone at the next meeting a round of cokes.�� :-)
Have you noticed that, in itself, money is kind of one-dimensional and boring? What else can we talk about?
jim
