"John Smith" wrote in message
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Jeff Liebermann wrote:


Sorta. I guess you haven't bought any CAT6 lately. I just blew $170
for a 1000ft roll of CAT6 at Home Depot. Add in, wall plates, RJ45
jacks, and jumpers, and I can probably buy 4 or 5 wireless routers for
the price.

Cat vs. WiFi?

Isn't that kinda like comparing a hardwired phone with a cell? One I
can do without, the other I can't ...

Regards,
JS

You both missed the point. What are you going to do with 4 or 5 wireless
routers stacked on top of a 8 port switch? I was talking about losses of
cat6 vs. expensive infrastructure. I hope nobody was thinking that 1000' of
hardline and connectors would be cheaper.

Really though, Jeff stated earlier that there is more to it than radios and
antennas. We had a community WISP out here. About as much headache as
running a cable company. If you are setting up for an IT show or if money
is no object, no problem. If you are trying to make a little money, I hope
there is a lot of dissatisfaction with the other ISPs in town. The one here
got bought out by major players and everyone went away.

What does he mean by community? A small town? A campus? A truck stop?
Unless it's a truck stop or food court, you will probably need a
constellation of AP's and all the network and coverage optimizing and
diagnostics to go with that.

Looking for advise here will probably give you a bigger headache What you
need is 4 or 5 bright stars to build out and run it for you.