> WISPs have higher latency/loss than wired, correct? Not necessarily, depends on what equipment is used and what the topology of the network is. It's not imp

> WISPs have higher latency/loss than wired, correct? Not necessarily, depends on what equipment is used and what the topology of the network is. It's not impossible to get 40-50ms latency on WISP networks out to Google, which is similar to what I get on Comcast. To your second point - my specialty is wireless, but the reality is that wireless doesn't work everywhere. If there really is no single location that can see at least a few hundred homes with full line of sight then wireless probably isn't the answer. So then you're looking at fiber, and I think you're exactly right - the difficulty is in getting that wire down the last mile from the center of town (or whatever) to the customer. Sorry I don't know Berkley very well.