I'm wanting to move down by some of my family but they live in a small
town that only has dialup. I will never use dialup again! LMAO

I'm fairly good with computer repair(10yrs+) and also an entry level
programmer(1yr+) so I think I can handle most of the technical aspects
of what will be needed. But as to what's needed I do not know. The town
does not have a local phone company.

Could someone, or several someone's, list things that I need to look up
to make such a business happen, please? I personally don't want the
headaches that will be involved, but then, I could always hire someone
else to take it over once it's up and running. Then I'd have my
broadband AND be close to family.

I have family that would probably invest in this venture. But I need to
have a good business plan and understand all of whats going to be
needed. In order for me to do all of that I need advice from people
whom may already have similar knowledge to point the way for me. So any
help you can provide would be an immense help. Thanks in advance for
whatever positive feedback you can provide.

Mainly, you would need money and infrastructure. To be able to pipe
broadband to several homes, especially over long distances, you would
need to lay a lot of fiber.

You would also need a dedicated backbone connection to the internet
(such as OC12, T3, etc). Those lines cost a lot of money, in addition
to the cost of having the lines run to your location.

After all of the lines/connections are done, you will still need a few
HTTP, DHCP, SMTP, POP3 and DNS servers running, and whatever else I
forgot. Plan for redundancy. Power backup, data backup and proper room
cooling need to be addressed as well.

Then you need to make sure it all works... And stays working.

Of course, there's a LOT more involved than just the hardware, which
would be tremendously expensive. You would also need support staff,
telephone lines for customer support, a big enough building and all of
it's attached bills, and lots of faith.

With all of that in mind, it's easy to see why there is no broadband in
most rural communities, and why broadband costs what it does.

Another alternative is satellite internet. It's not as fast, and still
suffers from the safe issues as satellite TV (outages during storms,
line-of-sight to a satellite, etc) but is generally available anywhere.
It's also more expensive.

But, if you're willing to spend some money on the fastest connection
you can get, you may be able to set up a WiFi broadband network. Still
on the pricey side. And some communities that have done that are paying
over $100 a month to connect (most are lower, but still high).

The third alternative is to contact the local ISP. See if they have
ISDN available. It costs more, and still requires dialing, but it is
faster. Maybe setting up a few conenctions and a WiFi scenario would
work.

All in all, no matter which way you would do it, it would cost money,
which you would have to hope you will get back.

Kyote wrote on 12/28/2005 :
> I'm wanting to move down by some of my family but they live in a small
> town that only has dialup. I will never use dialup again! LMAO
>
> I'm fairly good with computer repair(10yrs+) and also an entry level
> programmer(1yr+) so I think I can handle most of the technical aspects
> of what will be needed. But as to what's needed I do not know. The town
> does not have a local phone company.
>
> Could someone, or several someone's, list things that I need to look up
> to make such a business happen, please? I personally don't want the
> headaches that will be involved, but then, I could always hire someone
> else to take it over once it's up and running. Then I'd have my
> broadband AND be close to family.
>
> I have family that would probably invest in this venture. But I need to
> have a good business plan and understand all of whats going to be
> needed. In order for me to do all of that I need advice from people
> whom may already have similar knowledge to point the way for me. So any
> help you can provide would be an immense help. Thanks in advance for
> whatever positive feedback you can provide.

Mainly, you would need money and infrastructure. To be able to pipe
broadband to several homes, especially over long distances, you would
need to lay a lot of fiber.

You would also need a dedicated backbone connection to the internet
(such as OC12, T3, etc). Those lines cost a lot of money, in addition
to the cost of having the lines run to your location.

After all of the lines/connections are done, you will still need a few
HTTP, DHCP, SMTP, POP3 and DNS servers running, and whatever else I
forgot. Plan for redundancy. Power backup, data backup and proper room
cooling need to be addressed as well.

Then you need to make sure it all works... And stays working.

Of course, there's a LOT more involved than just the hardware, which
would be tremendously expensive. You would also need support staff,
telephone lines for customer support, a big enough building and all of
it's attached bills, and lots of faith.

With all of that in mind, it's easy to see why there is no broadband in
most rural communities, and why broadband costs what it does.

Another alternative is satellite internet. It's not as fast, and still
suffers from the safe issues as satellite TV (outages during storms,
line-of-sight to a satellite, etc) but is generally available anywhere.
It's also more expensive.

But, if you're willing to spend some money on the fastest connection
you can get, you may be able to set up a WiFi broadband network. Still
on the pricey side. And some communities that have done that are paying
over $100 a month to connect (most are lower, but still high).

The third alternative is to contact the local ISP. See if they have
ISDN available. It costs more, and still requires dialing, but it is
faster. Maybe setting up a few conenctions and a WiFi scenario would
work.

All in all, no matter which way you would do it, it would cost money,
which you would have to hope you will get back.

Kyote wrote on 12/28/2005 :
> I'm wanting to move down by some of my family but they live in a small
> town that only has dialup. I will never use dialup again! LMAO
>
> I'm fairly good with computer repair(10yrs+) and also an entry level
> programmer(1yr+) so I think I can handle most of the technical aspects
> of what will be needed. But as to what's needed I do not know. The town
> does not have a local phone company.
>
> Could someone, or several someone's, list things that I need to look up
> to make such a business happen, please? I personally don't want the
> headaches that will be involved, but then, I could always hire someone
> else to take it over once it's up and running. Then I'd have my
> broadband AND be close to family.
>
> I have family that would probably invest in this venture. But I need to
> have a good business plan and understand all of whats going to be
> needed. In order for me to do all of that I need advice from people
> whom may already have similar knowledge to point the way for me. So any
> help you can provide would be an immense help. Thanks in advance for
> whatever positive feedback you can provide.

Mainly, you would need money and infrastructure. To be able to pipe
broadband to several homes, especially over long distances, you would
need to lay a lot of fiber.

You would also need a dedicated backbone connection to the internet
(such as OC12, T3, etc). Those lines cost a lot of money, in addition
to the cost of having the lines run to your location.

After all of the lines/connections are done, you will still need a few
HTTP, DHCP, SMTP, POP3 and DNS servers running, and whatever else I
forgot. Plan for redundancy. Power backup, data backup and proper room
cooling need to be addressed as well.

Then you need to make sure it all works... And stays working.

Of course, there's a LOT more involved than just the hardware, which
would be tremendously expensive. You would also need support staff,
telephone lines for customer support, a big enough building and all of
it's attached bills, and lots of faith.

With all of that in mind, it's easy to see why there is no broadband in
most rural communities, and why broadband costs what it does.

Another alternative is satellite internet. It's not as fast, and still
suffers from the safe issues as satellite TV (outages during storms,
line-of-sight to a satellite, etc) but is generally available anywhere.
It's also more expensive.

But, if you're willing to spend some money on the fastest connection
you can get, you may be able to set up a WiFi broadband network. Still
on the pricey side. And some communities that have done that are paying
over $100 a month to connect (most are lower, but still high).

The third alternative is to contact the local ISP. See if they have
ISDN available. It costs more, and still requires dialing, but it is
faster. Maybe setting up a few conenctions and a WiFi scenario would
work.

All in all, no matter which way you would do it, it would cost money,
which you would have to hope you will get back.

Kyote wrote on 12/28/2005 :
> I'm wanting to move down by some of my family but they live in a small
> town that only has dialup. I will never use dialup again! LMAO
>
> I'm fairly good with computer repair(10yrs+) and also an entry level
> programmer(1yr+) so I think I can handle most of the technical aspects
> of what will be needed. But as to what's needed I do not know. The town
> does not have a local phone company.
>
> Could someone, or several someone's, list things that I need to look up
> to make such a business happen, please? I personally don't want the
> headaches that will be involved, but then, I could always hire someone
> else to take it over once it's up and running. Then I'd have my
> broadband AND be close to family.
>
> I have family that would probably invest in this venture. But I need to
> have a good business plan and understand all of whats going to be
> needed. In order for me to do all of that I need advice from people
> whom may already have similar knowledge to point the way for me. So any
> help you can provide would be an immense help. Thanks in advance for
> whatever positive feedback you can provide.