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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:


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Wireless POP Handbook
Fixed Wireless Business Basics
  • Fixed Wireless: A Method For Broadband Internet Access
Allen D. Marsalis and Bob Moldashel
  • Fixed Wireless ISP Business Basics
Allen D. Marsalis and Bob Moldashel
  • Licenses are the Law Best of ISP-Lists

Choosing an Antenna
  • 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
  • Winter Climbing Fashions Best of ISP-Lists
  • Orthogon Systems Demonstrates Planning Tool Alex Goldman
  • Prarie iNet's Planning Tool Gerry Blackwell

Choosing a Site
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA)
Alex Goldman
  • Mutual Assured Survival Best of ISP-Lists

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interference and Security

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
  List of Open Source WLAN Analyzers Lisa Phifer
  List of Commercial WLAN Analyzers Lisa Phifer

Basic Security Issues
  • 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
  • A Tenured Expert Part 1 Part 2 Gerry Blackwell
  WLAN Market Opportunities Lisa Phifer
  Wireless LAN Opportunity: Welcome to WLANs
Gerry Blackwell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Case Studies

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
  Fixed Wireless Marketing Case Study:
InterLink’s @anywhere in Iowa
Christopher M. Knight

Other Wireless ISP Opportunities
  • 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
  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
  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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