New wisp's

I did a bit of Googling for Web Intact ..... don't know if they are still intact.. Seem to be out of contact.
 
www.webintact.co.za how about showing us that VANS license of yours ...mmmh?

http://www.webintact.co.za seems to be down or bust.
Many Wisps will fail in the months to come now that anybody can provide internet
in a 20km radius with a single Wimax basestation. Don't sign debit orders !
I had a debit order with M-web and M-web they just kept on debiting it no matter how many times I asked them to stop, what hope do you think you have with somebody you don't even know.
 
Hi all - sorry for not replying sooner... the 'notify me of replies' option I ticked on this thread seems to have stopped 'notifying' me.

The Web Intact website is down as it is being replaced - as it was rightly said earlier, the old one was cr*p... It has been re-designed by a competent developer and will be far more informative than the last.

We are by no mean bust - what the new team have been doing is re-building the network to our new RF standards, and already the call center records have come down from about 20 - 30 calls a day to 1 - 5 from the areas we have already done (JHB, Midrand, Centurion & PTA). We have a new level of service, and yesterday received our first 'thank you' call from a satisfied customer who was about to cancel. People always call when something is wrong, but hardly ever when all is ok, so we believe we're doing something right.

We are also focusing on VoIP systems for new developments around the PTA and Hartebeestpoort areas. We also plan to take our service into the townships around JHB.

captainwifi - do you want to make an appointment to see our ICASA type-approval certificate and VANS licence? You can come and see us in our new offices in the UUnet building from next week if you like - 113 Bowling Ave, Woodmead, JHB.

On that subject - can you tell me how 'anyone' can provide connectivity over Wimax under the current regulations?

And on the debit order issue - the risk extends both ways - we offer a month to month subscription if you buy the equipment, and previously (before we joined) Web Intact was operating on a collection system. Payments were sporadic, so we changed it over to a debit order system. This way, we are assured of payments by subscribers. I can't defend MWeb, and I too have had situations when debit orders were not stopped after cancellation. I can only say I hope this never happens with us.

caspa - sorry, but Durban is only servicing one clients' VPN at the moment. It will be expanded in due course, and I will post here when it is.
 
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No why don't you JPEG the Icasa certificate to your website so we will all know
what a non-fake VANS license looks like ? Or even better give us the direct landline of the Icasa licensing division and contact person who will verify your story.
 
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Not a bad idea - I will organise the jpeg on the website if it is all kosher to do so...

News just in:

I am also pleased to announce that as of the 15th June, we will be joined by a top Unix engineer who is ex- Dimension Data and Internet Solutions. He is currently completing a contract in QA with DiData.
He was also part of the team that designed the original MNet decoders.
His expertise and experience will enable us to greatly improve our network security, structure and integrity.

We will also soon be supplied 1:1 bandwidth by UUnet, which should see our average speed increase by a factor of 4.

GWI
 
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How about posting a pic or a description of the hardware you'll be using on your highsites.
I've been in the Wireless ISP thing since the Megawan days, and I'd be interested in seeing how everyone else is doing it...
 
A pic - well, not really necesarry.

What we are currently using is a 'modifed' Sparklan WX1590 802.11b AP. By 'modifed' I mean that it is placed in a weatherproof box with a power regulator fitted. We then run 12v DC with a battery backup up the pole/mast where it is regulated down to 5v. Some of the AP's are back-to-back (crossover) connected to an incoming link then to an outgoing downtilted sectorial antenna. We try not to use omni's because of the 15 deg uptilt on the polar pattern.

see http://www.sparklan.com/products_11b_wx_1590l.htm

Some of the main access points are configured with up to 4 AP's connected through a switch, connected to 4 downtilt sectorials - either 4x 180 deg or less. The 4x 180 deg configuration will be used more in the future as we change our current authorisation system, and this will provide reasonable redundancy for an access point because of the overlaps.

All antennas are manufactured by Poynting, and we may use their all-in-one solution soon, although right now it is not a cost-effective avenue.

We are submitting the all-in-one Sparklan P600 802.11g outdoor AP's to ICASA for type-approval next week, although we are concerned that they won't pass them because of the 250mW output capability.

see: http://www.sparklan.com/products_outdoor_ap_p600.htm

We want to use these for our backbone, as the 11Mb 802.11b network needs too many links to cope with increased traffic. In the radio industry, it is not a problem to run a 100W transmitter at the regulatory 50W permissable ERP, but somehow it may not apply to the 2.4Ghz spectrum... we'll wait and see...

Anything else?
 
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Where is your management being done?
Whats preventing customers on the same AP from doing big transfers between themselves?
Have you got any idea how much noise on 2.4Ghz has increased over the past month?

You do realise that there are a number of people on this forum that will come track you down and beat you with a big stick if they find out you're pushing more than 100mW EIRP...
 
Well, I can reassure you that so far we're actually only putting out about 65mW/18dBm on all Sparklan AP's - but none more than 100mW. We want to run the P600's at 100mW - hence the type approval application.

The noise on 2.4 Ghz I expect must have increased. I'm not monitoring it, and have no idea who's been affected how until someone says something. Like when ICASA asked us to change channels on our Wonderboom site a few weeks back. We're not the only guys out there doing this, and we certainly have put up a few more sites and links in the last month, especially in the Midrand, Lonehill and Honeydew areas.
How are you being affected and how are you monitoring it?

The network management is being handled from Vereeniging at the moment, and we're setting up another center in Sunninghill before moving it to Bowling Ave.

Good point on the transfers on the same AP - at the moment, nothing is preventing them. it's an open network. We start work on those flaws when our new security expert joins us, so at the moment it's open to exploitation.
 
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Who exactly at Icasa asked you to change channels? What is his name and
tel number, I want to phone him. Or I will take it up with Lee Ann Casey, she is head of enforcement. The point: You are talking nonsense. All Icasa
want's to do with your stuff is confiscate it. You are engaging in marketing speak. This thread is a case study in how a community could setup a fronting company to sell internet and create the illusion thatIcasa somehow tolerates it.. Icasa is powerless. And you guys are proving it.
http://madwifi.sourceforge.net wont take
for ever to release the Infrastructure drivers for the 5ghz atheros chipset.
The moment they do this www.locustworld.com will release a mesh dev build.
 
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Wow captain - you really seem to be championing someones cause here. Why don't you come and present your case in person, instead of here where all you're doing is fighting my market speak with your geek speak.

I feel like I'm missing a point, but don't get your innuendo. So what if we're selling Internet? Do you have something against businesses? If it were dialup, would you put up such a fuss? If we're operating within the bounds as they stand, I really don't see why you're such an angry person.
 
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Hi there - forgive me for chipping in on this thread, but to captainwifi:

My question on gain antennas you answered by saying pretty much "it doesn't matter what you do as long as you do it respectfully" and that ICASA is powerless to act. Just curious as to why you would promote that to me and not here? It seems to me the way Web Intact described his highsites is much the same as you suggested to me?

Sorry if I'm way off the mark...
 
To captainwifi it looks like you are out to get the wireless ISP what’s up with you?
all that we want to do is to give a severs to clients at a cheaper rate ,but it looks like you want to pay tellkom there rates YES/NO, as I have said to all of the wisps that we must get together and take on Icasa.

To Web Intact what has happened to you AP Alberton?
default 00:0f:3d:ad:19:4c 6 AP
universe.local 00:0f:3d:a8:ea:28 11 AP
NETGEAR 00:0f:b5:35:30:bb 2 AP
Untitled 00:e0:98:4e:ac:ae 11 AP
WTOL 00:0f:3d:03:cc:1e 13 AP
00:02:6f:21:ad:46 1 AP
ALBERTON 11 AP
Is your equipment still at the house near the silver ball?
give me a call. 083-727-7418
 
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Web Intact said:
Like when ICASA asked us to change channels on our Wonderboom site a few weeks back. We're not the only guys out there doing this, and we certainly have put up a few more sites and links in the last month,
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Web Intact - i am very interested in your interaction with ICASA - from this post it sounds as if they are aware of the business model you are rolling out and are working with you? Is that correct?
 
In my opinion, to get things legal for a wisp, They should somehow form an alliance with the SNO. This should give the sno some business as well as legalizing the wisps in their alliance
 
freeek said:
In my opinion, to get things legal for a wisp, They should somehow form an alliance with the SNO. This should give the sno some business as well as legalizing the wisps in their alliance
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or the USALs
 
Web Intact - i am very interested in your interaction with ICASA - from this post it sounds as if they are aware of the business model you are rolling out and are working with you? Is that correct?
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Absolutely - we visit them at least once a month to collect our type-approval stickers, and have a good relationship with them.

We're not operating under any dodgy circumstances. Everything we are doing is above board and A-OK as far as the law is concerned, butapparently not to guys like captain wifi ( ;) )
 
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In my professional work capacity, we've met with ICASA on a number of occassions. Nothing suspicious going on there...

WebIntact, this issue of inter-client bandwidth control should not be an afterthought. It should have been part of your core design criteria.

There are way too make Wireless ISP's out there just throwing up indoor equipment as one massive bridged network, and wondering why their throughput is so bad. (And then throwing up Amps everywhere to try fix their own problems, and in turn causing more noise, thus lowering their throughput even more)

Think carefully about a few things here.
1) Broadcast traffic.
2) Hidden node issues (compounds with the above point)
3) Bandwidth control

I have yet to see a WISP out there that has done this properly.
 
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