Rick, Thanks for your reply. We have investment money - plus we have an agreement to work with one of the largest rural water districts in the nation to use their tanks. This helps a LOT! They have power at most of them already. Plus, we have access agreements on the other towers we need. I'm a "techie" so I'm cool with the acronyms - well, I think I am. But anyway, I'm checking out your tower link because we are looking at building one tower.
Thanks again, Dave On 5/23/07, Rick Kunze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yea . . . welcome to the world of wireless broadband! You are correct, it's a very confusing landscape. If you only recently started lurking here and/or on other similar lists, that's the best thing you can do. Until I absorbed the material from the lists for a year or so I was baffled. That was about 8 years ago now. Hard to believe! The short answer is that there is no short answer. Every scenario is different and there are no simple answers to sweeping questions. It's a VERY complex fabric and it will take time before you even get familiar with all the acronyms let alone the technology. At 04:38 AM 5/23/2007, you wrote: >find more of this info, so that we can approach >potential investors. Unless you have a large pile of cash at your disposal, I'd suggest you start a tiny pilot project at the very least. That way you can gain some familiarity with it all before you sign the dotted line. My 2 cents. For tower info, I can help a little: www.do-it-yourself-tower.com. Rk > Also, what should we be paying for backhaul? I've >seen reports that say it should cost us $10/Mb. Is that synchronous? Our >backhaul provider is planning on charging us roughly 60x this >- synchronous. How can we know if we are getting a good rate? This is a >hilly area - foothills of Appalachia. How can we know what is the best >equipment or system to go with. We have so many questions, yet it seems so >few places to get answers. It appears that this is a profitable industry - >one we want to get into. However, we are just not sure at this point. If >any of you are operating systems in rural, hilly areas, we'd love to talk >with you. > >Sorry for the "all over the board" post, but we're under the gun to get >going and we just have so many questions. > >Kind Regards, >Dave >-- >WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > >Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
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