If you happen to have the $100k laying around I say go for it. I'd start MUCH smaller and grow organically though. You should be able to start with less than $25k and keep the rest for operating and unexpected expenses.
I've got nearly 7000 square miles lit up and have been at this for just short of a decade now and I've barely spent $100k on infrastructure! Having said that, no one here can give you a good answer with so little info. We need to know a lot more about your expected customer base. Geography. Current competition. Expected competition. Available resources (will it be just you or do you already have a company up and running?). And about 100 more questions. Answer those to get started.... marlon ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 10:07 AM Subject: [WISPA] Starting a wisp - required capital > All these talks about financing have been very interesting. > > Let's say I wanted to start a wisp to serve a medium city in southern > california (population 100,000 or so). > > I can get access to gigabit fiber for a 1 time cross connect fee of 2500 > and a monthly cost of 1500. There are a few spots in town that would have > Los to large portions of the city. > > I'm thinking 100,000 to cover initial costs (cpe/ap/ tower rental/mapping > /spectrum analysis/marketing/sales). > > What are the pieces I'm missing? (I would use contractors for the initial > build, and onforce.com for tech rolls). Anyone have a spreadsheet that > has all the various pieces? > > > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
