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Originally Posted by DaveMalton
Thorn,
Thanks for the book information, will order it off Amazon today.
Thanks for the book info and thanks to everyone else who has posted or will post here.
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You're welcome.
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Originally Posted by DaveMalton
There used to be a company here in Orange County that I was a beta tester for there wifi service back when you could only get 802.11B they put a amp and antenna on the roof of my house and aimed it a 40 story building about 9 miles away.
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Don't expect (or worse, tell your customers to expect) speeds above 802.11b. Do to the manner that wireless works, a typical connection in the type of service you're describing is 1 or 2 mbps. You will NEVER get 802.11g speeds in a Wide Area configuration.
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Originally Posted by DaveMalton
I dont know why they folded if equipment was too much money for them but while it lasted it worked great.
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There are a lot of factors that can make the economics of being a small ISP very difficult.