Middleofknowwher
@WYOMING.NET
| It's fairly accurate.......
there are some portions of the map that looks a bit suspect.
For my part, I have not submitted my data yet. It will be based on propagation studies that have been tuned using real world data. The software I use is EDX (www.edx.com) and costs around $17,000 per copy. It is very accurate.
There is other software that is mostly accurate, especially if the user knows how to program it correctly. (»www.cplus.org/rmw/english1.html)
There are far more WISPs out there than many suspect. We can deploy broadband faster than any of the large providers and 99.99% of us have much better customer service. What we are lacking is capital to expand into area that are not / under served.
Look around, you'd be surprised at how many WISPs there are and where. |
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radiowebst
join:2009-02-02
Cooperstown, NY
| I'm the author of the map and do realize it is not perfect. This whole thing was done as a volunteer project. Right now the WISP industry can't even tell you how many WISP's there are let alone the coverage area. The map was started using zip codes out of the WISP Directory and had a 10 mile circle drawn around those. Later the directory was updated to allow WISP's to input their zip codes served on the FCC form 477. Once WISP's saw that there is a real industry presence I started to get better data with things like AP locations or total network polygons. For my clients who had RF maps produced, some have allowed me to use that information on the map. If there is service in an area that is not on the map, it is because that WISP has not provided either myself or the WISP directory with any data. This whole project has relied on voluntary reporting. Many WISP's still may not even be aware of this effort.
Tools like Radio Mobile and EDX will produce a much more accurate map and are definitely the preferred way to do this but I'm not able to do each an every WISP network propagation for free. The purpose of this project is to give WISP's as a whole, something to speak for against the cable and telco op's when they go to legislators and grab all this public funding. WISP's have never been able to even come close to telling how much area or how many homes are passed. Cable and Telco operators can, and that is what politicians respond to. The numbers that those industries quote are not perfect either. Fact of the matter is, something had to start from somewhere when it came to this map. There may be a chance to go back and build coverage areas based on proper RF propagation. We are looking at the option of a grant to fund the effort. Remember, less than 2 weeks ago there was nothing to look at and complain that it's not accurate  And there was nobody stepping up to do it for free either. There is always room for improvement and constructive suggestions are always welcome. |
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knightmb
Everybody Lies
join:2003-12-01
Franklin, TN
 ·AT&T DSL Service
| Don't let them get to you, we all know it's not an exact science. I'm going to try and send as much detail about my WISP as I can to you, so that you can add another pixel to the Tennessee part of the map 
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