Wireless Service for a small town

[Ralph Doncaster]

Bell has put DSLAMs in towns with populations less than 4,000.  If you
approach them they will likely tell you where your town fits into their
plans (assuming the town doesn't have it's own independant telco).

It would be quite wasteful to build out a wireless network only to have
ADSL become availabe shortly thereafter.  If you're still serious about
wireless, check out isp-wireless on isp-lists.com.

Depending on the location of the CO, a type-2 colo for installing ADSL and
SDSL DSLAMs may be less expensive than wireless.  And it certainly doesn't
have any requirement for LOS!

Ralph Doncaster, IStop.com president
6042147 Canada Inc.

On Sat, 13 Sep 2003, Sidney Shapiro wrote:

> Hi all. I currently run a server farm in a small Northern Ontario town.
> I have been approached by the town and asked if I could offer high speed
> (or higher than dialup) to the 4,000 or so people who live in the town,
[...]

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