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 <lesm...@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 > lesm...@ecsis.net > > >
