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Ask HN: 100K, want to make a WISP. Profit, don't care
1. Fiber exists.
2. No knowledge of running a ISP.
3. I'm bored, I have savings and credit.
4. I don't really care about monetization yet.
5. There was some guy that made his own ISP for Rural America, I'll find him.
Location: Manila, Philippines.
Internet: unreliable.
WISP: avoid all that nasty property issues.
Pipe dream, yeah.
- pshapiro99 10y agoProbably first step is joining http://www.wispa.org/ http://www.wispa.org/ Then track down articles such as this one (that I wrote). http://www.pcworld.com/article/245094/when_your_isp_is_one_of_your_neighbors.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/245094/when_your_isp_is_one_o... Keep in mind that Google's Project Loon might undercut whatever you're working on. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Loon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Loon I recommend doing research on wireless community networks, too. Some fascinating stuff happening in that arena -- in locations all over the world. For follow up questions, contact me at @philshapiro (Twitter). I work as a public librarian and answer questions for a living.
- rootsudo 9y agoAFAIK project loon has been scraped.