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What do I need to provide wireless internet?

Hello, I don't know much about networking but an opportunity of building a business being an ISP appear to me. I need to make the numbers for a business plan but I know too little about it.

I need to know about the hardaware and software I would need to get, and the stimate price of each equipment. It must be a wireless network using Wimax or another technology you see fit. I've been reading a little and I think I would need a Wimax basestation antenna, probably a server, and some user antennas too. Please give me stimate prices for each equipment and software I would need. Make your answers as complete and detail as possible. And if there's a networking forum I can go to that would be good too? Thanks so much.

ICaldwell

WiMax base stations are very expensive... I think you should first look at the area you need to cover, how large is it? What type of internet speeds do you expect users to have? how many users do you have on the system at he same time? Do you expect he users to buy your WiMax converter box or use a WiFi Card? The base stations, how are they connected to each other, fiber, Ethernet or T1?

This is a very complicated thing you are looking at, you are also looking at a large investment...

ivanblue

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Hi ICaldwell, I plan to provide for a town in Argentina of 500 potential users, there no competition and the terrain is flat. I plan to have just one basestation is possible, and the basestation equipment should be able to provide for all these people. The speeds would be from 256Kbps to 2Mbps per user. I expect the client pay a fee for and ceiling antenna or maybe we provide that as free of charge. How much do you think the investment would be for biz with these basic specs? I've been reading about a Motorola Starter Kit (25k-30k approx.) Thanks so much.

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