RE: [MLUG] High Speed Wireless Internet + (My Question to MLUG)

[Rick Buford <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I would agree with the arguments that this is probably not the best "first
business", but the idea has merit. What about starting small? Say, cover
downtown? Mebbe link/compliment MU's wirless into the mix. If the idea
catches on, expand from there...

Rick 
It's never too late for a happy childhood - Gloria Steinem

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Ian Scott
Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 7:31 PM
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Subject: Re: [MLUG] High Speed Wireless Internet + (My Question to MLUG)


At 06:52 PM 11/11/2001 -0600, you wrote:
> > I have been watching this topic and being quiet for
> > too long.  I work for a small company that sells
> > wireless ethernet to clients who are outside of the
> > coverage area for DSL or Cable.  The technology is OK
> > we went with the orinoco line of products. For AP's
> > and cards.  But this stuff is REALLY expensive.  We
> > are using a Parabolic antenna for ethernet.  And two
> > directional antennas for Central Outdoor Routers.  And
> > we are using (thanks to me) FreeBSD for network
> > services and firewalling\Bandwidth managment.  It
> > works great our first client is up and loving it.
>What's the distance?  One or two miles?  Do you have to have a dish at the
>client end?  What's the coverage area?  Monthly price?

This reminds me of WorkNet, which was a wireless provider in St. 
Louis.  Notice the "was" part; they went bankrupt and are no more as far as 
I can tell.  Their setup involved towers (the only one that I knew of for 
sure was mounted atop the Metropolitan Square building, the tallest in St. 
Louis) and a square antenna about 1 foot in diameter on the customer's 
roof.  As long as you could get line of sight, range was about 20 miles.  I 
don't remember exactly, but prices ranged from about $250 for 256kbps each 
way up to probably $1k for 2Mbps.  I knew someone who had this service, and 
the connection was suprisingly quite reliable, even in inclement weather.

In any case, if such a venture failed in St. Louis, I don't see Columbia 
being much better.  I could be wrong, though.

Ian

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