Bottom line: profitable. I suggest using a monitoring system to map out how the network runs. This helps find out where the customer goes to get online.
On 9/24/09, Mark Nash <markl...@uwol.net> wrote: > I'd like to hear opinions on what Micropops do to your business. > > 1. How many customers do you look for before you install even the least > expensive MPoP? > > 2. I've always been of the opinion that having many small MPoPs devalues my > business to a prospective buyer. > > 3. I've always thought that having many small MPoPs is a problem for tech > support (we have 700 customers and 3 techs...not everyone knows what each > installation looks like or how it's connected necessarily). > > I think this is good discussion... > > Just because you CAN do it, SHOULD you do it. > > Depends on a few factors... > > 1. Do I need/want to make money any which way I can? > > 2. How much do I put into a MPoP (battery backup vs. power outage & no > access to AP if its host is on vacation) > > 3. Do I plan to sell my business and if I do should I stick to traditional > "inside-the-box" installations? > > Mark Nash > UnwiredWest > 78 Centennial Loop > Suite E > Eugene, OR 97401 > 541-998-5555 > 541-998-5599 fax > http://www.unwiredwest.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "RickG" <rgunder...@gmail.com> > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 2:39 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Micropops > > >> I'm doing just that using Ubiquiti Pico2HP units as the AP and bullets >> for the backhaul (5GHz whenever possible). >> -RickG >> >> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Mark McElvy <mmce...@accubak.com> wrote: >>> I suppose that is a good term, I would like to be able to redistribute >>> service to small pockets of houses, 6-12, without putting up a full >>> blown AP/BH setup. Any one else doing this? I normally use 5.8 for BH >>> typically and 2.4 for clients, I was thinking of maybe using a PS2 to >>> receive/BH and connect it to an NS2 with small omni to redistribute. >>> Both would be in a bridge and allow the clients connected to connect to >>> the main AP for PPPoE authentication. Is this a reasonable or ridiculous >>> solution? Any other solutions others are using that might be better? I >>> know I could use MT but that would add complexity to the mix I don't >>> need. >>> >>> >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >>> http://signup.wispa.org/ >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >>> >>> 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: wireless@wispa.org >> >> 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: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -- Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 "When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however improbable, must be the truth." --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
