 Brianv5Low Level FunctionaryPremium
join:2001-01-20
Keyser, WV | Great idea, great cooperation, but.. Sounds awesome... I'd like to do it in my hometown in WV, where broadband won't be for 20 or so years!
BUT... how many homes are you putting on a T1? Anything over a dozen will pretty much suck up your bandwidth. Granted not everyone will be on all the time, but I plan for the worst. 1.544 divided by 10 or 20 houses puts you almost right back to ISDN speeds.
Regardless, its still a great project. If I were as good at business as I am geek stuff, I'd try it. |
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 korymGo Wisp'sExMod 1999-03
join:1999-12-23
Richmond, VA | Actually, Brian, I know of several WISPs that are putting up to 100 subscribers on one T1 and they're doing so successfully because they've oversubscribed a good mixture of business to residential subscribers that the T1's usage is evenly spread out.
Granted, we're talking about a residential deployment here but one way the housing community might bring in additional revenue is to sell access to that T1 during the day to businesses when most residents aren't home. Then, when the residents come home at night, the T1 is available for their use because the businesses will usually shut down at 5pm.
If a T1 is oversubscribed properly, all can be happy. 
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Brianv5Low Level FunctionaryPremium
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Keyser, WV | I can see doing it wireless, where your best connection won't be anything above 100K or so. Running the T1 out to DSL connections will soak up the bandwidth FAST. How many 300+K connections can you get from a T1? Two maybe three with overhead? Looking at their situation though, facing nothing but 26400bps dial up connections, I'd take anything else. |
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korymGo Wisp'sExMod 1999-03
join:1999-12-23
Richmond, VA | Check this out, Brian. You might find it interesting:
»accima.com/mrtg/odessa-gw.odessa···com.html
This is a WISP in Washington state that has 130 wireless subscribers on a single T1 circuit. He gives them the full pipe (doesn't bandwidth shape) and charges $.05 per Mb over 1Gb of data transfer per month.
The pipe's definitely not approaching capacity, probably because his subscribers are so nervous about going over their 1Gb transfer limit!
But, it's possible.
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join:2001-05-16
Pittsburgh, PA Reviews:
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Where are you from in WV? I live in Poca and am still waiting for Adelphia to bring powerstink to are area. To far for DSL. They don't have DSL at my co anyhow. But Verizon has it all around me. I have a Verizon IDSL line which took them 6 months to install and get functioning. WV broadband is 28.8. |
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Brianv5Low Level FunctionaryPremium
join:2001-01-20
Keyser, WV | I'm originally from Keyser WV. I don't think they measure my distance from the CO in feet... I could get satellite, but its too much up front. I'd consider doing what these folks are doing though... |
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Brianv5Low Level FunctionaryPremium
join:2001-01-20
Keyser, WV | reply to korym
I see it.. but on paper the numbers don't add up. I know a T1 used to be all anyone would need, but at my old job we were installed T3s and multiple T3s into a guys house for his business. Sadly it was a porn business, but hey, that's what drives technology! |
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 SnakeEyes1So Much For Subtlety
join:2001-08-23
Lake Zurich, IL | reply to Brianv5
Sounds almost as bad as Franklin. ('nother WV-bred geek here)
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