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I've been doing stuff like this for a long time. I've thought about trying to build a web app to help with estimating the costs of doing exactly this. Would tha

I've been doing stuff like this for a long time. I've thought about trying to build a web app to help with estimating the costs of doing exactly this. Would that be useful to you? I wouldn't charge for it, but it would help me get motivated to do it if I knew someone might use it!

analog31 9y ago
That would certainly be interesting. At present, I don't know squat about any of this, except to imagine that I'd have to pay for some sort of super high speed cable to the building, run it up to the roof, build some sort of radio station up there. Maintenance would be a chore, as mentioned in one of the other posts. But an app that lets people begin to think about how this stuff works -- for instance what the pieces consist of, might hit pay dirt if the whole net neutrality thing gets nasty. I've also thought about the idea of what people could do if they set up some kind of mesh network in a higher density urban area -- for instance if they could use it to bypass the ISP's while maybe also improving their security and privacy.
- grahamburger 9y ago
  Well y'all have me convinced! I'll get started and be sure to post here when I have something presentable. In the meantime anyone interested drop me a line at my email in my profile and I'll keep you posted. Would love to have some outside perspective on what's important to include.
  - lucasverra 9y ago
    sending good vibes !
  - agumonkey 9y ago
    eager to see how it's doing, best of luck to all
zanedb 9y ago
I'd love to see this if you decide to make it.
tomcam 9y ago
Please do. I'd pay real money for a book or subscription site.
tomcam 9y ago
P.S. Any reason not to knock this out in a couple minutes using Google Sheets? They can be shared to the public.
- grahamburger 9y ago
  Great idea! Here's a link to a Google spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jjUYOQMuZ4cRyTv1M5X8HGtrKFiW96_gNlfG8BBzRN0/edit#gid=0 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jjUYOQMuZ4cRyTv1M5X8... Also I started a Matrix chatroom for discussion around this topic, I'll try to watch it and answer any questions that I can: https://riot.im/app/#/room/#startyourownisp:matrix.org https://riot.im/app/#/room/#startyourownisp:matrix.org
grahamburger 9y ago
At @tomcam's suggestion I put together a quick spreadsheet outlining some of the costs associated with building a wireless Internet network, feel free to check it out: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jjUYOQMuZ4cRyTv1M5X8HGtrKFiW96_gNlfG8BBzRN0 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jjUYOQMuZ4cRyTv1M5X8... Also I started a Matrix chatroom for discussion around this topic, I'll hang out there and answer any questions that I can: https://riot.im/app/#/room/#startyourownisp:matrix.org https://riot.im/app/#/room/#startyourownisp:matrix.org

analog31 9y ago

That would certainly be interesting. At present, I don't know squat about any of this, except to imagine that I'd have to pay for some sort of super high speed cable to the building, run it up to the roof, build some sort of radio station up there. Maintenance would be a chore, as mentioned in one of the other posts. But an app that lets people begin to think about how this stuff works -- for instance what the pieces consist of, might hit pay dirt if the whole net neutrality thing gets nasty. I've also thought about the idea of what people could do if they set up some kind of mesh network in a higher density urban area -- for instance if they could use it to bypass the ISP's while maybe also improving their security and privacy.

grahamburger 9y ago
Well y'all have me convinced! I'll get started and be sure to post here when I have something presentable. In the meantime anyone interested drop me a line at my email in my profile and I'll keep you posted. Would love to have some outside perspective on what's important to include.
- lucasverra 9y ago
  sending good vibes !
- agumonkey 9y ago
  eager to see how it's doing, best of luck to all

zanedb 9y ago

I'd love to see this if you decide to make it.

tomcam 9y ago

Please do. I'd pay real money for a book or subscription site.

tomcam 9y ago

P.S. Any reason not to knock this out in a couple minutes using Google Sheets? They can be shared to the public.

grahamburger 9y ago
Great idea! Here's a link to a Google spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jjUYOQMuZ4cRyTv1M5X8HGtrKFiW96_gNlfG8BBzRN0/edit#gid=0 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jjUYOQMuZ4cRyTv1M5X8... Also I started a Matrix chatroom for discussion around this topic, I'll try to watch it and answer any questions that I can: https://riot.im/app/#/room/#startyourownisp:matrix.org https://riot.im/app/#/room/#startyourownisp:matrix.org

grahamburger 9y ago

At @tomcam's suggestion I put together a quick spreadsheet outlining some of the costs associated with building a wireless Internet network, feel free to check it out: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jjUYOQMuZ4cRyTv1M5X8HGtrKFiW96_gNlfG8BBzRN0 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jjUYOQMuZ4cRyTv1M5X8... Also I started a Matrix chatroom for discussion around this topic, I'll hang out there and answer any questions that I can: https://riot.im/app/#/room/#startyourownisp:matrix.org https://riot.im/app/#/room/#startyourownisp:matrix.org