Re: How to begin making my own ISP?

[Don Gould <don () bowenvale co nz>]

Hello,

I don't know if that was directed at me or the OP, but very interesting 
stuff thanks.

No I don't read French, but google does. :)

D


On 21/09/2011 8:36 p.m., Julien Gormotte wrote:
> Hello,
>
> If you are able to read french, there are useful informations :
>
> the fai-locaux mailing list archives :
> https://lists.fdn.fr/wws
>
> A series of posts on this blog :
> http://blog.spyou.org/wordpress-mu/2010/06/09/comment-devenir-son-propre-fai-1-la-theorie/
>
> http://blog.spyou.org/wordpress-mu/2010/06/10/comment-devenir-son-propre-fai-2-la-base/
>
> http://blog.spyou.org/wordpress-mu/2010/06/15/comment-devenir-son-propre-fai-3-interconnexion/
>
> http://blog.spyou.org/wordpress-mu/2010/08/02/comment-devenir-son-propre-fai-4-administratif/
>
> http://blog.spyou.org/wordpress-mu/2010/08/09/comment-devenir-son-propre-fai-5-le-tres-haut-debit/
>
> http://blog.spyou.org/wordpress-mu/2010/08/14/comment-devenir-son-propre-fai-6-cas-pratique/
>
> http://blog.spyou.org/wordpress-mu/2010/08/17/comment-devenir-son-propre-fai-7-securite/
>
> http://blog.spyou.org/wordpress-mu/2010/08/17/comment-devenir-son-propre-fai-8-services/
>
> http://blog.spyou.org/wordpress-mu/2010/08/19/comment-devenir-son-propre-fai-9-cas-concret/
>
>
> Some informations are france-specific (in regards of law, etc...), but
> it can be useful.
> A lot of informations about ISP creation has been discussed lately,
> because FDN, a french association that is the oldest ISP still active in
> france, decided to create (with other associations) a "federation" to
> help the creation of new associative isps. You can see the FDN website
> (http://www.fdn.fr/)
>
> Le 21/09/2011 01:55, Don Gould a écrit :
> > Hasserw,
> >
> > First I must apologise for not responding, I did see this message and
> > did mean to attempt to help you out as I am currently working though
> > this exact process in a very small proof of concept network with an
> > even smaller budget.
> >
> > To address our question, a good starting point is a Cisco CCNA.
> >
> > If you review the list archive for the past month you will find a very
> > interesting thread linking to guys who are running massive home
> > networks just for their learning, that in turn will link you to
> > detailed public CVs showing the sort of stuff that these guys are
> > trained and training in.
> >
> > You also need some business training to understand how to structure
> > the business aspects of your project. An MBA is a good qualification
> > but there are many less high level courses you could look at as well.
> >
> > NA Nog is an operational list (with a lot of rant and fun stuff) and
> > not really a business focused or educational list, so your initial
> > query simply ran under the radar.
> >
> > D
> >
> >
> > On 17/09/2011 6:10 a.m., hasserw () hushmail com wrote:
> > > No one replied with any useful information. I guess no one wants
> > > competition on this list? Pretty poor tactic.
> > >
> > > On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 21:55:01 -0400 hasserw () hushmail com wrote:
> > > > I want to begin making my own ISP, mainly for high speed servers
> > > > and such, but also branching out to residential customers. I'm
> > > > going to be in Germany for the next school year (probably either
> > > > Frankfurt am Main or Berlin); any suggestions on what sort of
> > > > classes I can take there that will be in English and will teach me
> > > >
> > > > all I need to know on how to build and manage my own ISP, AS, etc?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.

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