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Ok, I'm lazy, and don't want to look up the info myself, so I'm hoping that some of you have enough experience to provide some insight for me.
What I want to do:
I want to provide wireless internet access to my community.
Community setup:
Greater population is in two areas, downtown, and an area called 5 mile. (Located 7 miles from the downtown area.... go figure)
I want to cover an area as large as possible, and provide "high speed" internet access. I believe this can be accomplished with WiFi technology.
So, questions are:
What hardware should I use to get the strongest (and furthest) signal?
What kind of costs should I expect?
Any people with experience, please provide ideas, warnings, thoughts, etc.
One last item, because 5-mile is so far away from the downtown area, I was anticipating putting another hub, station, whatever you want to call it, in that area.
:o)
Bartender_1
What I want to do:
I want to provide wireless internet access to my community.
Community setup:
Greater population is in two areas, downtown, and an area called 5 mile. (Located 7 miles from the downtown area.... go figure)
I want to cover an area as large as possible, and provide "high speed" internet access. I believe this can be accomplished with WiFi technology.
So, questions are:
What hardware should I use to get the strongest (and furthest) signal?
What kind of costs should I expect?
Any people with experience, please provide ideas, warnings, thoughts, etc.
One last item, because 5-mile is so far away from the downtown area, I was anticipating putting another hub, station, whatever you want to call it, in that area.
:o)
Bartender_1
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My "Downtown" entails an area you could drive around within 10 minutes.
Total population of the town (including 5-mile) is 450.... people..... including kids. ~LOL~
The only (and I mean ONLY) ISP here was setup by me almost 5 years ago.
The fastest connection available is 33.6 through dialup. DSL (in any form) is not available. (5-mile gets 28.8 at best)
Cable is not available.
There are no competitors, there is no potential for competitors.
I am not looking for something that will work for thousands, or even hundreds of clients. I'd be surprised if I managed to hit 100 clients.
Currently, I get high speed through a satellite link which I would use to provide high speed to the community.
(before you all say it, I know that satellite is not high speed like DSL is, but compared to 33.6 dialup, it's smokin'. ~LOL~)
:o)
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