[olug] starting broadband ISP, any suggestions?

[Justin Reiners]

I am looking for little to no rain fade in say at most 6-10 miles. what
would be the very best setup? as I said before, money is not an issue. he
would like business class internet, and there cannot be horrid outages. I
will also be administrating from a distance as I work in council bluffs.

On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Ben Watson <bwatson1979 at gmail.com> wrote:

> The thing with wireless is something Sam alluded to already.  With a
> single radio and single antenna setup, you will only ever get
> half-duplex at best.  The problem is that all of these Wifi
> manufacturers always advertise the maximum theoretical speed of the
> link.  Assuming something like 56Mbit/s advertised, you'll only ever
> get 23Mbit/s at best with a single radio/antenna.  And that assumes
> perfect conditions.  You're more likely to get into the middle/upper
> teens under "great" conditions.
>
> Ben
>
> On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 2:09 PM, Rob Townley <rob.townley at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Justin, i want to own some Ubiquiti stuff as they have small fast and
> > cheap and they even have management software that will not break the
> > bank.  They have some amazing claims but i do know enough that every
> > single wireless specification i have ever actually used has been way
> > overhyped.  Secure? no.  Easy? sometimes. Secure and Easy ... never.
> > Speed drops off tremendously even over a short distance ... always.
> >
> > Sam Tetherow has much more real world experience with real long range
> > wireless and WISP than i will ever have.  Take his advice.  Sam, were
> > you the one that set up sshd on your wireless access points about a
> > decade ago and would have a script that would rekey all the WEP keys
> > every hour on all your access points and end user devices.
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