Best ways to ensure redundancy with no terrestrial ISPs

Sat Aug 3 19:33:07 UTC 2019

Any existing WISPs? 

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Mike Hammett 
Intelligent Computing Solutions 

Midwest Internet Exchange 

The Brothers WISP 

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From: "Ross Tajvar" <ross at tajvar.io> 
To: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog at nanog.org> 
Sent: Saturday, August 3, 2019 2:30:43 PM 
Subject: Best ways to ensure redundancy with no terrestrial ISPs 

Hi all, 

A friend of mine is trying to set up a network in a location where there is no fiber (or copper) for many miles. As bandwidth requirements are low (<1M for the foreseeable future) but uptime is important, he was looking at using multiple cell modems from separate carriers as redundant uplinks. I am concerned that different cell carriers might be using the same transport providers to a given tower, so that wouldn't be truly redundant. Another option would be using a satellite provider as a backup for cellular. (The high latency that comes with satellite is not an issue.) 

A fixed-radio solution would likely be too expensive upfront as it would require building towers. 

Am I missing any other options or considerations? 

Thanks, 
Ross 
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