Starting up a WiMAX ISP

Tue Apr 27 14:59:29 UTC 2010

Charles,
That is not an easy journey. The radio part it itself is a dedicated
department usually in a wireless operator(planning, coverage etc).
Plus - how are you going to sustain this from buget perspective.
Wimax is not future proof technology. All major wimax vendors  have
droped their support (alcatel - to name just one.).

br
Ovidiu

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Larry Smith <lesmith at ecsis.net> wrote:
> On Tue April 27 2010 09:00, Charles Bronson wrote:
>> Looking for advice...
>>
>> I live in central / western New York state (think villages and farms).
>> There are a good number of hills but no mountains. I have solid LAN
>> experience and experience facing a smaller network to the Internet. I was
>> network admin for a medium size enterprise network (I.e. design and
>> implementation including LAN, Internet connectivity, VPN, routers, DNS,
>> mail, webservers, physical servers, etc). I would like to build a local ISP
>> that can serve high speed internet access to the more rural areas whose
>> only option is dial up access, well away from the CO. It would also be nice
>> to compete with the cable company and DSL for customers in the villages.
>>
>> I have been researching information for design / implementation of WiMAX,
>> equipment suppliers, contractors to help with installation of tower
>> equipment and acquiring tower space, but have been coming up empty handed.
>>
>> What resources are available to help me bridge the gap from where I am to
>> what I need to know to get started and what specific technologies would you
>> recommend I bone up on? I know beyond the WiMAX specific information, I
>> will probably need to cozy up to BGP, maybe MPLS for traffic between the
>> core and towers? Also do you have any suggestions on where I can find
>> suppliers and service vendors in this field? Networks are my passion and am
>> willing to dig in, but I need some direction.
>>
>> Thanks for you help an insight.
>>
>>  Charles Bronson
>
> Recommend you look at www.wispa.org (Wireless Internet Service Providers
> Association).  Probably have loads of information and resources to get
> you pointed in the right direction...
>
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> Larry Smith
> lesmith at ecsis.net
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