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ISPS / WISPS

John Barker
Jun 30, 20234 min read
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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John Barker
Dec 9, 20222 min read
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, 20225 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20224 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20223 min read
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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