[olug] starting broadband ISP, any suggestions?

Mon Aug 20 05:49:57 UTC 2012

not sure yet, we are still open to suggestions, I am a network admin for
one of his many businesses, although nothing this fun yet. :) Microwave was
his idea, still have to look into it.

On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 12:47 AM, Charles Bird <cbird.omaha at gmail.com>wrote:

> If in IA, INS will most likely get you fiber, and I'm assuming that they
> will have some long haul gear to mux/demux DWDM at your place.
> They can supply you with a couple of plain routers for the 1GbE.
> You shouldn't need to worry much about huge Cisco or Juniper routers until
> you start getting diverse path + multiple transit/bgp madness.
> So, open source or lower end "normal" platforms should work.
>
> They should be able to get you ipv4 blocks but you may want to get an AS
> and get your own block through ARIN. Its not too pricy.
>
> What kind of microwave? :-)
>
>
> On Aug 20, 2012 12:28 AM, "Kevin" <sharpestmarble at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > What if some business that you provide service to wants to contact some
> > other business you provide service to? i.e. A small business that hosts
> > their own website or mail server?
> > On Aug 20, 2012 12:23 AM, "Justin Reiners" <justin at hotlinesinc.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > The upstream bandwidth will be fiber, 1 gigabit, already priced. The
> > users
> > > will be business users, requiring at least 50/50, or whatever they
> need.
> > > their will be 100Mb users as well. I would like all users (businesses)
> IP
> > > to be segregated for security reasons. all businesses will need static
> > > public IPs. Last mile will be microwave.
> > >
> > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 12:17 AM, Kevin <sharpestmarble at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > What is your upstream bandwidth like? Fiber? From who? They are the
> > > people
> > > > you'll need to buy your IPs from. You don't need to buy a public IP
> for
> > > > everyone, just use NAT(assuming they're home users), although there
> are
> > > > some who would take issue with that. Some of those who would take
> issue
> > > are
> > > > people of this list.
> > > >
> > > > Routing could be done using a Linux box. You'd need multiple
> > interfaces,
> > > > and you'd want it to be redundant, although you'd want that as part
> of
> > > any
> > > > setup you would use. Play with iptables some to get it set up and
> > running
> > > > properly.
> > > >
> > > > What kind of networks will you be running that you'll want to keep
> > > > separate?
> > > >
> > > > On Aug 19, 2012 11:57 PM, "Justin Reiners" <justin at hotlinesinc.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hey eveyone, weird question, I have done my googling, to no avail.
> I
> > > was
> > > > > wondering if anyone here works for an ISP, or has the understanding
> > of
> > > > > first time setup. My boss have come to me with a task, He is
> looking
> > > for
> > > > > starting an ISP in his home town, as there are no, 100MB+ isps in
> the
> > > > area,
> > > > > connection type is fixed wireless, or microwave. He owns a tower in
> > > IA, I
> > > > > cannot say where exactly it is located because he hosts things for
> > the
> > > > CIA,
> > > > > FBI and such. He also has fiber to the building, unused at the
> > moment,
> > > > and
> > > > > he also has all the capital he needs to get it going. I have some
> > > > > questions, He wants to start with 1Gb of bandwidth, and knows
> plenty
> > of
> > > > > businesses in the area that are looking to go faster.
> > > > >
> > > > > 1. When the fiber is installed, will we be left with a 1Gigabit
> > > Ethernet
> > > > > port I route off of?
> > > > > 2. I assume we will need to buy public IPs. any idea on the costs?
> > > > > 3. What types of switches and routers do you recommend, (hoping it
> is
> > > > just
> > > > > ethernet) (number of users will be around 20 at first, then the sky
> > is
> > > > the
> > > > > limit.)
> > > > > 4. can the routing be done using a linux box?
> > > > > 5. Can multiple users use the same directional antenna?
> > > > > 6. How can we keep networks seperate?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Any help will be appreciated. I am hoping someone in the group
> works
> > > with
> > > > > this type of thing. google has not been much help, I find a lot of
> > OLD
> > > > ISP
> > > > > pages, talking of dialup modems of such. lol.
> > > > >
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