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Old 11-17-2007   #11 (permalink)
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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.
You're welcome.
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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.
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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I dont know why they folded if equipment was too much money for them but while it lasted it worked great.
There are a lot of factors that can make the economics of being a small ISP very difficult.
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