I am going to start an ISP
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This is a sweet project. Nothing small, good luck.
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@nerdydad said in I am going to start an ISP:
@bigbear said in I am going to start an ISP:
@nerdydad said in I am going to start an ISP:
Tri-County Wifi
Just registered the domain.
Did you use a hifen?
No hyphen. Tricountywifi.com It's parked right now.
I think a hifen would add some flare
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I've never seen hyphen spelled hifen before.
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@scottalanmiller 5 stiff drams deep and I'm in the hands of autocorrect...
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@bigbear said in I am going to start an ISP:
@scottalanmiller 5 stiff drams deep and I'm in the hands of autocorrect...
LOL
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@nerdydad said in I am going to start an ISP:
I do plan on buying more domains and redirecting later on, but don't have the funds for that yet.
TricountyWireless or Tri-CountyWireless...
[grammarnazi]
It's hyphen!
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Never use hyphens in URLs.
In your company name, sure. Not in a URL though.
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After thinking it over the weekend, I think I'm going to stick with Wifi, because other companies using "wireless" gives the connotations of a cell phone company.
Examples:
"Verizon Wireless"
"AT&T Wireless"
"Sprint Wireless"In this company, I am still using wifi technologies (IEEE 802.11ac technologies to be exact) in order to operate this company. Therefore, the "wifi" is staying. This may take some customer re-education but I do believe that it is an important differentiator to make.
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@nerdydad said in I am going to start an ISP:
After thinking it over the weekend, I think I'm going to stick with Wifi, because other companies using "wireless" gives the connotations of a cell phone company.
Examples:
"Verizon Wireless"
"AT&T Wireless"
"Sprint Wireless"In this company, I am still using wifi technologies (IEEE 802.11ac technologies to be exact) in order to operate this company. Therefore, the "wifi" is staying. This may take some customer re-education but I do believe that it is an important differentiator to make.
Interesting - I've never used a WISP before, I just assumed the communications to the tower was something other than typical WiFi frequencies.
How does using WiFi like this affect network saturation in an area?
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@dashrender said in I am going to start an ISP:
@nerdydad said in I am going to start an ISP:
After thinking it over the weekend, I think I'm going to stick with Wifi, because other companies using "wireless" gives the connotations of a cell phone company.
Examples:
"Verizon Wireless"
"AT&T Wireless"
"Sprint Wireless"In this company, I am still using wifi technologies (IEEE 802.11ac technologies to be exact) in order to operate this company. Therefore, the "wifi" is staying. This may take some customer re-education but I do believe that it is an important differentiator to make.
Interesting - I've never used a WISP before, I just assumed the communications to the tower was something other than typical WiFi frequencies.
How does using WiFi like this affect network saturation in an area?
Its just like enterprise wifi. Make sure to first do an environmental test first to see what is broadcasting and its channel width. Then make sure you find a channel that is pretty quiet. This is typically easier to do in the 5 GHz range, as there are still so many channels available with not a lot of interference from other devices, like there is in the 2.4 GHz range (microwaves, other wifi networks, etc.) Weather typically isn't going to be an issue, but visual line-of-site challenges can be, such as trees.
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I'm going to ask for a MOD to fork this topic as it relates to the idea, but is not directly tied to this.
I plan on doing a LOT of installations of CPE equipment. I plan on utilizing U Mobile for aligning CPE with the tower, along with day-to-day managerial tasks, and a VoIP extension. It needs to be rugged with a camera. I don't really care if it is Android or iOS, but would probably prefer Android as that is what I am carrying for a phone right now. Big screen is probably more of a need, battery is not as I can charge it while driving around or in the office.
Anybody have any suggestions?
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@tim_g said in I am going to start an ISP:
Never use hyphens in URLs.
In your company name, sure. Not in a URL though.
tri-county-wifi.com is what I would go with. Looks great!
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@dashrender said in I am going to start an ISP:
@nerdydad said in I am going to start an ISP:
After thinking it over the weekend, I think I'm going to stick with Wifi, because other companies using "wireless" gives the connotations of a cell phone company.
Examples:
"Verizon Wireless"
"AT&T Wireless"
"Sprint Wireless"In this company, I am still using wifi technologies (IEEE 802.11ac technologies to be exact) in order to operate this company. Therefore, the "wifi" is staying. This may take some customer re-education but I do believe that it is an important differentiator to make.
Interesting - I've never used a WISP before, I just assumed the communications to the tower was something other than typical WiFi frequencies.
How does using WiFi like this affect network saturation in an area?
Frequencies are licensed at millions of dollars per year. The only WISP I have ever known to have done this is Clearwire, who's parent company technically owned the spectrum.
In the white space you are just competing with local HAM guys. Newer gear allows the multiplexing of multiple CPE's on a single frequency. I think even UBNT has done this for a while. So that generally solves the problem.
Bigger issue is always weather moving CPE around. If you use the best mounting gear its less frequent.
There are plenty of WISPS that offer dedicated internet and charge premium prices i.e. 100mb up/down for $2,000 per month with a financially backed SLA.
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What's the latest?
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@scottalanmiller Currently working on the finance part. Not really my strong suit, but diving into it head first. I have figured out the capacity of my network (even with oversubscribing by 4:1) and, with my offerings, how much I could be pulling in gross monthly.
I am still trying to find out all of my overhead expenses, such as the bulk Internet, business insurance, payroll and business taxes, etc. I'm going to need a calendar and a to-do list for all of this.
I am also currently writing up my business plan. I have taken the general outline provided by the Small Business Administration's long form and am filling out each subject within the Business Plan. Then plan on getting that business plan in front of as many smart people as possible without making it public. I have also considered adding another subject to the Business Plan as to how the company is going to operate in order to generate revenue.
Trying to boot strap this company and get it off of the ground by Jan 1, 2018 and profitable by end of Q2. Best case scenario, I'm profitable by the end of Q1. Worse case scenario, I won't make profitable until sometime in 2020.
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@nerdydad said in I am going to start an ISP:
even with oversubscribing by 4:1)
That sounds low for oversubscription.....
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@storageninja said in I am going to start an ISP:
@nerdydad said in I am going to start an ISP:
even with oversubscribing by 4:1)
That sounds low for oversubscription.....
@StorageNinja & @bigbear, what would be recommended oversub rate? I've heard of anywhere between 15:1 to 5:1, depending on the system.
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AT&T oversold DSL between 12 and 20 to 1 back in he early 2000’s.
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@jaredbusch said in I am going to start an ISP:
AT&T oversold DSL between 12 and 20 to 1 back in he early 2000’s.
In early DSL days I knew a local ISP that put a 3mb bonded T-1 out to a DSLAM in your local telco closet where there were over 100 subs in a suburb. You will hear "overutilization" referred to more as "breakage" as you follow the rabbit down the Telco/ISP hole.
Once you have some usage, you will be able to make decisions about turning up bandwidth as you move along. There are customers who use very little in the evening, and evening streaming is what its all about these days. All of your decisions will be made based on 6pm to 11pm downstream usage.
