Greetings,
I have a case study perhaps you in the newsgroup could attack. I am working on wirelessley connecting a few households (15 families to begin with but the potential to handle hundreds more in the future) in a 15km (or 10 mile) suburban radius.
Currently I understand that WiMAX may be a viable solution, or mesh-networking, however WiMAX is not the super-solution I once thought it may be and mesh-networking will require more study.
The local council is willing to assist in this undertaking by allowing the placement of WiMAX basestations (if that is a viable solution), in crucial areas within the 15km radius.
The key point to this, is that we are looking for a solution where families will not have to do anything more (such as installing external antennas) than simply insert a wireless WiMAX PCI card, or USB stick into their computers to access the WiMAX network. If you can show me another method - feel free!
What we are after is a means of supporting hundreds of more families later down the track.
What will be required? Budget requirements? (i.e. does anyone know of current/approximate pricing on WiMAX basestations?).
All your thoughts are much appreciated :)