Hi, I am in the process of designing a network for providing Internet access to my neighborhood which has only dialup connections as we speak. The area comprises of large houses, each of them built on an average of
3 acre plot. Each house is surrounded by medium to dense foliage in the form of trees. There are about 100 houses in an area spanning 3 miles by 2 miles. Now the only ISP who is willing to provide a backhaul has a POP about 5 miles (aerial) away. He is willing to let me put up my radio and antenna on his tower and I will have to setup a WiPOP at a place near my community. Now, the question is "how do i get the bandwidth to the houses?" not everyone may go in for a subscription right away. i am looking at 50 houses to start with. i have considered the following options: - a) create a mesh network using either Firetide or Tropos eqpt but then the infrastructure cost might kill me. b) create a WiPOP (outdoor AP with Sectoral antenna- 14dbi) and set up wireless CPE ( wireless client with directional antenna 14 dbi) and then drop the connection inside the house by way of cat-5 or connect an access point if the house owner wants it. I would appreciate any advise on the matter; Thanks in advance.- posted
19 years ago