Re: Starting up a WiMAX ISP

[Ovidiu Neghina <o.neghina () gmail com>]

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 () 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...
>
> --
> Larry Smith
> lesmith () ecsis net