Most of the good operators are on the WISPA Member's list. This is an open list for those who want to get acquainted with others in the industry but either can't or won't join WISPA as members.
Where there is a Wisp, there is a way! Join Us at WISPAPALOOZA 2013 - Las Vegas, Oct 12-18 Respectfully, Rick Harnish Executive Director WISPA 260-307-4000 cell 866-317-2851 Option 2 WISPA Office Skype: rick.harnish. rharn...@wispa.org adm...@wispa.org (Trina and Rick) > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] > On Behalf Of Sam > Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 7:27 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Provisioning > > Good Morning Again Kind List People > > Is there possibly a better list on which to post this question (below)? > I couldn't find one better than this, although I may have missed it as well. My > apologies for the trivial nature of my request. I would be most-grateful to > any insight any of you may be able to share. > > Much Oblige, > Sam > > On 9/3/2013 13:02, Sam wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > > > I've been away from the WISP world for going on eight years now. But a > > requirement for my job is allowing me to once again soon start to > > enjoy all the fun. :) > > > > I have a question on provisioning. I notice many WISPs are offering > > enormous bandwidth packages (enormous to me, since way back when, > > giving someone a meg down/256k up was a lot). We used to > > over-provision by about 7-1 or even 8-1 (I had three T-1s bonded using > > CEF, and that was over $3k a month. Having only 4.5 MB to the world > > will force your hand at that), used Squid caching boxes... anything we > > could to make the available bandwidth go around. > > > > I'm curious as to what sort of circuit to the Internet is typical now > > - I'm guessing that many WISPs are using 100MB to the world, or > > possibly more. Offering 5MB down/1MB up, even with a 100MB circuit, > > using 4-1 or > > 5-1 over-provisioning doesn't seem like it would take long before > > you'd have people calling and complaining about not getting what the > > speed for which they were paying. I'd be most-grateful for any > > guidance you may want to share. > > > > Thanks, > > Sam > > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > Wireless@wispa.org > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless