There is no all in one product to be a WISP. You need to evaluate your area against potential equipment. Once you decide which equipment will work best in your environment then you need to piece together a back end management, billing, customer support, network monitoring, alerting, scheduling, installation, and others system.
The first step is to determine what type of environment you are working in. Then analyze what spectrum is available, then determine what equipment will work best in that environment to provide competitive service and speeds. Is your market residential, business or both? Is your environment city, metro, farm, mountain, rural, covered in foliage, etc? Are there other WISPs in the area? What do they use? What do they offer? Is it worth trying to compete with them? One thing to mention: You don't have to offer the fastest speed or the lowest price. Being reliable is much more valuable in the long run. There is that 5-10% that will always go for the fastest or cheapest. In my opinion they are not the customers you want because they take up more support and billing time than they are worth to deal with. This is just a few points I can think of off the top of my head. - Matt Liam Cummings wrote: > Hi all, > > We are a technologies solutions company located in Cincinnati and trying > to become a WISP. We are running into two road blocks. > > 1 - We need to choose software that doesn't need a coder to operate > > 2 - Choosing the right access points and other equipment > > > > We would love to here your thoughts. > > > > Any input would be much appreciated! :-) > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/
