Sell Internet access to a community using Starlink
An entrepreneur who starts a WISP business today has a limited radius of operation around the location where the WISP can contract a...
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ISPS / WISPS
John Barker
- Dec 9, 2022
- 2 min
How access control works for a WISP fixed broadband service
A WISP fixed broadband service provides a wireless Internet connection from the PtMP tower to the customer’s premises CPE antenna. The...
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John Barker
- Dec 9, 2022
- 5 min
What is included in a WISP Business plan?
All entrepreneurs should prepare a business plan before starting to develop a new business. The plan will indicate if the business is...
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John Barker
- Dec 8, 2022
- 2 min
Preparing a WISP business plan is important
Many people start a WISP business without a business plan and later find that lack of proper planning caused a failure of the business or...
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John Barker
- Dec 8, 2022
- 2 min
WISP business calculation for profit or loss and investment amortization
Before starting a WISP business the entrepreneur should prepare an estimate for profit or loss of the business. The estimate will be...
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John Barker
- Dec 8, 2022
- 3 min
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) for WISP’s
Customer relationship management (CRM) is an important business process that is implemented by WISPs and is part of the administrative...
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John Barker
- Dec 7, 2022
- 2 min
Centralized vs. distributed WISP network design, pros and cons
Almost all WISP networks are built with the centralized model for the reason that a wholesale ISP provides a high capacity data...
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John Barker
- Dec 7, 2022
- 2 min
Point to multi-point (PtMP) wireless installations in rural areas
In a rural area the WISP might find a tall structure such as a farmer's grain silo or a municipal water tower to install a point to...
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John Barker
- Dec 7, 2022
- 3 min
WISP network installation planning
When planning the installation of new businesses WISP entrepreneurs generally follow a centralized network design, first building a...
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John Barker
- Dec 7, 2022
- 3 min
Mobile broadband (WiFi Hotspot) access control for pay-on-demand customers
The technical name for a public WiFi Hotspot is a mobile broadband service, and when there is a charge for the service it is called...
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John Barker
- Dec 7, 2022
- 4 min
WISP contention ratio
The contention ratio is the degree to which the sale of Internet bandwidth exceeds the bandwidth that is available and describes how an...
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John Barker
- Dec 7, 2022
- 2 min
WISP network congestion
Network congestion occurs when a network link is carrying the maximum amount of data that the circuit bandwidth permits and the demand on...
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John Barker
- Dec 7, 2022
- 3 min
WISP radio frequency interference
Many WISP wireless networks will be installed using low cost unlicensed frequency equipment. Each wireless communications link will be...
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John Barker
- Dec 7, 2022
- 2 min
Powering equipment on WISP antenna towers
The point to multi-point (PtMP) wireless access points and point-to-point (PtP) wireless backhauls are installed high up on a tower and...
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John Barker
- Dec 7, 2022
- 3 min
Fixed broadband WISP subscriber authentication methods
The customer authentication process occurs each time that the customer connects to the network in order to verify the customer’s...
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