setting up a wireless network covering a street

Hi,

I am trying to find out the feasibility of setting up a wireless network
for the smallish street I live on. It contains a bunch of townhomes and
I though it might be a nice idea to have a single high speed connection
and people living in the homes there could connect to if they wanted.

Where would I begin to look into costs and feasibility of this? What
would I need? How far can it stretch?

Thanks,
Ben


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This is definitly a feasible idea, the people at
http://www.seattlewireless.net/ are doing the same thing, as well as a group
in Aspen, Colorado and elsewhere.

You can certainly lease a T1 or DSL line and share it using a wireless
access point and some better antennas (see
http://store.ydi.com/customer/home.php?cat=2)

Do you intent for people using the wireless to pay you, like an ISP, to use
it?

Or are you making it public (a FreeSpot)?

I of course support the free access initiative, you can offset the cost of
the T1 line an equipment by selling advertising on the network. You can use
a product like www.dnsredirector.com to do this, or some other Linux stuff.


"Ben" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bhgqhp$jt9g$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to find out the feasibility of setting up a wireless network
> for the smallish street I live on. It contains a bunch of townhomes and
> I though it might be a nice idea to have a single high speed connection
> and people living in the homes there could connect to if they wanted.
>
> Where would I begin to look into costs and feasibility of this? What
> would I need? How far can it stretch?
>
> Thanks,
> Ben
>
>
> --
> BTW. I can be contacted at Username:newsgroup4.replies.benaltw
> Domain:xoxy.net
>

In article <bhgqhp$jt9g$(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed)
says...
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to find out the feasibility of setting up a wireless network
> for the smallish street I live on. It contains a bunch of townhomes and
> I though it might be a nice idea to have a single high speed connection
> and people living in the homes there could connect to if they wanted.
>
> Where would I begin to look into costs and feasibility of this? What
> would I need? How far can it stretch?
>
> Thanks,
> Ben
Best place on the net for practical info:
http://www.dslreports.com/
Forums:
http://www.dslreports.com/forums/all
Especially !!!!!!!!!!!:
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/dslalt
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/isp2isp

John S wrote:
> Best place on the net for practical info:
> http://www.dslreports.com/
> Forums:
> http://www.dslreports.com/forums/all
> Especially !!!!!!!!!!!:
> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/dslalt
> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/isp2isp

Thanks. The advertising suggestion someone made sounds pretty good. I am
thinking of now in terms of a nice local hotspot with advertising on the
intro page.

regards,
Ben


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