Re: [MLUG] Wireless Internet for a neighborhood?

[Jason McIntosh <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Nathan:
Tranquility has been doing some wireless tech stuff - they'd be one to 
talk about at the very least.  Johann at tranquility is a guy I'd 
worked with on a 900Mhz wireless system.  Worked pretty well for me, 
and would be something to take a look at.
Jason

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On Jan 3, 2005, at 8:58 AM, Nathan Odle wrote:

> Here's the situation:  we have 50 duplexes all in one neighborhood 
> that we want to provide wireless Internet to.  We've decided upon 
> wireless because we don't want to have the hassle of digging in fiber 
> or twisted pair, so anything but wireless is a non-starter.
>
> I'm wondering if anyone knows of a wireless ISP in Columbia that might 
> be willing to partner with us on this.  We'd like to have someone come 
> in, blanket the neighborhood in wireless, provide ISP-style tech 
> support to tenants, and charge us a monthly.  We in turn will roll 
> this into the rent with a little margin.  Ideally, this comes in less 
> than the tenant could otherwise get reasonable internet connectivity 
> for, and as a result everyone wins.
>
> The *most* involvement we want with this on a day-to-day basis (other 
> than paying the bill of course) is possibly adding new MAC addresses 
> to the filter table via a web interface.  Anything more is too much 
> overhead for us.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?  Contacts?  Caveats?
>
> -N
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