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Fixed Wireless How-To Handbooks
The ISP-Planet Guide to Building an ISP is a great place to research how to get into the business and operate a profitable Internet service. Many of the strategies remain the same for fixed wireless broadband access and standard dial-up services—only the technologies and some equipment change.
But there is a lot more to running a successful Internet service provider business than meets the eye. That's where ISP-Planet's How-To Handbooks can help.
| • Wireless POP Handbook |
| • Interference and Security |
| • Case Studies |
Of course, you'll find the all the latest fixed wireless and news features gathered in their respective sections:
And if that isn't enough, you can build your own Orbit by Power Searching all of internet.com's vast resources to read between the lines. For example, you can learn how to choose a wireless antenna at your ISP by simply entering the following query into the search box on the left: choosing+wireless+antenna
You get the idea, now start putting ISP-Planet to work for you today. Search the site or search all of internet.com. We're likely to have the answers to the business and marketing questions you need answered today.
| Fixed Wireless Business Basics | |||
| • Fixed
Wireless: A Method For Broadband Internet Access
Allen D. Marsalis and Bob Moldashel |
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| • Fixed
Wireless ISP Business Basics Allen D. Marsalis and Bob Moldashel |
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| • Licenses are the Law Best of ISP-Lists | |||
Choosing an Antenna |
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| • ISP-Planet's Fixed Wireless Equipment Section | |||
| • Big Fat Freakin' Backhauls Alex Goldman | |||
| • LOS Today, Transition To NLOS Tomorrow Gerry Blackwell | |||
| • How to Pick the Perfect Antenna Part 1 Part 2 Marlon Schafer | |||
| • Agere ORiNOCO AS-2000 Part 1 Part 2 Lisa Phifer | |||
| • Your Customers' Equipment Best of ISP-Lists | |||
Other Equipment |
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| • Winter Climbing Fashions Best of ISP-Lists | |||
| • Orthogon Systems Demonstrates Planning Tool Alex Goldman | |||
| • Prarie iNet's Planning Tool Gerry Blackwell | |||
Choosing a Site |
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| • Build, Buy, or Borrow a POP Gerry Blackwell | |||
| • Simplified WLAN Analysis: The AirMagnet Attraction Lisa Phifer | |||
| • Safety: Many Towers Are Unsafe Best of ISP-Lists | |||
| • Pay Rates for Tower Climbers Best of ISP-Lists | |||
| • Who Owns That Tower? Best of ISP-Lists | |||
| • Beware of Power Lines Best of ISP-Lists | |||
| • Someone Shot Down My Solar Panel Best of ISP-Lists | |||
| • Do I Need a Laser Scope? Best of ISP-Lists | |||
Specific Site Ideas |
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| • Church Tower Best of ISP-Lists | |||
| • Wiring a Grain Elevator Best of ISP-Lists | |||
| • Connecting a Radio Station Best of ISP-Lists | |||
| • Hidden Towers Best of ISP-Lists | |||
| • Glass That Cuts Signals Best of ISP-Lists | |||
Special Issues: Climate and Geography |
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| • Everybody Talks About Fog Best of ISP-Lists | |||
| • The Ice Storm Best of ISP-Lists | |||
| • The Wooded Valley Best of ISP-Lists | |||
| • Dealing With Rain Best of ISP-Lists | |||
| • Lightning and the Wireless Antenna Best of ISP-Lists | |||
Basic Business Issues |
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| • Pricing to Survive Tim Sanders | |||
| • Making Wireless Service Visible Best of ISP-Lists | |||
| • Stop Equipment Theft Best of ISP-Lists | |||
| • Branding: The Pink Flamingo WISP Best of ISP-Lists | |||
| • Discounted Wi-Fi Best of ISP-Lists | |||
| • The Service Survives When the Horse Drowns Best of ISP-Lists | |||
| • Getting Wireless Subscribers Best of ISP-Lists | |||
| • Covering Your Ass Best of ISP-Lists | |||
| • Insurance: The Wireless Dairy Queen? Best of ISP-Lists | |||
Tower Issues |
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| • An Overview of the Tower Industry Eric Furlow | |||
| • The Guys You Depend On Best of ISP-Lists | |||
| • Profile: American Tower Gerry Blackwell | |||
| • Negotiating Tower Fees Best of ISP-Lists | |||
Be Peaceful |
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| • Wireless
Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA) Alex Goldman |
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| • Mutual Assured Survival Best of ISP-Lists | |||
| Sources of Interference | |
| • Interfering Cordless Phones Best of ISP-Lists | |
| • Hams Are Your Friends Best of ISP-Lists | |
| • Television News Gets Me Down Best of ISP-Lists | |
Other Equipment |
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| • List of Open Source WLAN Analyzers Lisa Phifer | |
| • List of Commercial WLAN Analyzers Lisa Phifer | |
Basic Security Issues |
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| • Beware, Thieves! Part 1 Part 2 Gerry Blackwell | |
| • Improving WLAN Security Lisa Phifer | |
| • Wireless Privacy: An Oxymoron? Lisa Phifer | |
| • Securing Wireless Transmissions Lisa Phifer | |
| • Securing 802.11b-based WISPs Gerry Blackwell | |
| • WiFinder Uncovers Hidden Access Points Gus Venditto | |
Business Opportunities |
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| • A Tenured Expert Part 1 Part 2 Gerry Blackwell | |
| • WLAN Market Opportunities Lisa Phifer | |
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Wireless LAN
Opportunity: Welcome to WLANs Gerry Blackwell |
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| Wireless ISPs | |
| • ISP-Planet's Profiles Section | |
| • Airing Out airBand Gerry Blackwell | |
| • MIPPS, Inc. Gerry Blackwell | |
| • Busting Barriers With The Brister Group Gerry Blackwell | |
| • Superior Broadband Patricia Fusco | |
| • MobileStar Cuts the Wires Thor Olavsrud | |
| • Wireless in the Wild Gerry Blackwell | |
| • StarNetWX Jim Wagner | |
| • Kite Networks in Phoenix, AZ Jim Wagner | |
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Fixed Wireless
Marketing Case Study: InterLink’s @anywhere in Iowa Christopher M. Knight |
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Other Wireless ISP Opportunities |
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| • MVNO Business Tempts ISPs Max Smetannikov | |
| • iPass: Wireless Broadband Contender? Gerry Blackwell | |
| • GetOnTheAir's Consulting Business Gerry Blackwell | |
| • WaveRider's Self-Install Option Gerry Blackwell | |
| • Wi-Fi Cardiology Best of ISP-Lists | |
| • Getting a Wireless CLEC Off the Ground Best of ISP-Lists | |
| • Boats: RF on Board Best of ISP-Lists | |
| • (Not) Setting up a Satellite Service Best of ISP-Lists | |
| • Wireless by the Windsock Best of ISP-Lists | |
Alternate Technologies |
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| • First Glimpse Of 802.11a Ted Stevenson | |
| • Laser Wireless—the Next Big Thing? Gerry Blackwell | |
| • Optical Wireless Alternative Alex Goldman | |
| • Satellites Reach the Rest of the World Alex Goldman | |
| • Gbps Through Laser, Microwave, and RF Alex Goldman | |
Corporate Fixed Wireless |
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| • Microsoft Touts Native XP Support For Wi-Fi Thor Olavsrud | |
| • AT&T Wireless Drops Fixed Wireless Jim Wagner | |
| •FCC Puts an End to Wireless Caps Jim Wagner | |
| • Market Advantages With Small WISP Operators Patricia Fusco | |
| • Fixed Wireless Competition In Your Backyard Patricia Fusco | |
| • VoiceStream Catches A Falling MobileStar Bob Liu | |
| • Is Sprint's Third Pipe Providing Third-rate Access? Jim Wagner | |
| • Dobson's Bad News Is Verizon's Good News Jim Wagner | |
| • Airport WLAN Access Expands in U.S. Matthew A. Peretz | |
| • Air Force Harvests Blackberries dc.internet.com Staff | |
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