WIFI/ 802.11 - Business Opportunities

[disque71]

Is any one interested in forming a business that deals with installing, selling Wi-Fi products, etc.?

please reply to post
-thanks

[wifirogue]

Yes!!

I am in the process of developing a business to this nature. I already have a website in the works which should be up and running by next week. Lets talk!! Where are you located?
email me at bnbundy@yahoo.com.

Look forward to hearing from you!!
Ben:)

[kuldude]

I think it's worth exploring. Let's exchange notes.

[disque71]

If you have any business ideas or would like to create some type of company/network of installation companies across the US, I would be extremely interested.

[tjphill]

I have some business ideas about a nationwide business. Let me hear from people who are interested.

[xmbor]

Originally posted by disque71
Is any one interested in forming a business that deals with installing, selling Wi-Fi products, etc.?

please reply to post
-thanks

Working on deploying a meshy laser network and 802.11a in New York City. Opportunity seems unlimited. The network value grows with implementation.

Looking for ideas and more capital.

[disque71]

What is a meshy laser network?

[xmbor]

Originally posted by disque71
What is a meshy laser network?

mesh topology: A network topology in which there are at least two nodes with two or more paths between them.

MESH

Mesh is a network topology in which devices are
connected with many redundant interconnections between network nodes. In a true mesh topology every node has a connection to every other node in the network.

There are two types of mesh topologies: full mesh and partial mesh.

Full mesh topology occurs when every node has a circuit connecting it to every other node in a network. Full mesh is very expensive to implement but yields the greatest amount of redundancy, so in the event that one of those nodes fails, network traffic can be directed to any of the other nodes. Full mesh is usually reserved for backbone networks.

Partial mesh topology is less expensive to implement and yields less redundancy than full mesh topology. With partial mesh, some nodes are organized in a full mesh scheme but others are only connected to one or two in the network. Partial mesh topology is commonly found in peripheral networks connected to a full meshed backbone.

Now take a mesh fiber network and snip the fibers and add lasers to connect them and you have a meshy laser network. It is a little meshier than a pure fiber network.:D

[joshmccormack]

I'm looking for some people who'd be interested in working on an idea I came up with when having a discussion with someone at Forbes. It involves wi-fi security (war driving type thing), though I think services, like set-up, would be a natural extension. If anyone is interested email me and we can discuss.

I'm in New York City, though I'm not sure how local this would have to be, so if you're elsewhere don't necessarily ignore.

Josh
joshmccormack@travelersdiary.com

[HonoluaBay]

Very interested. I have actually begun, and deployed two so far (nothing big..just sharing out a cable connection at a few small businesses)...but the market is going to explode over the next year or two. Anyone interested in discussing, please email me at andrew@northendcomputer.com. My website address is www.northendcomputer.com.

[agentxtreme]

hello

im very interested in parternering or joining with a startup- there is a huge market and demand for broadband with wireless networks and integration of wi fi.. if any company needs a profesionall website please contact, thats my current career but i would like to get into this business which will be much more profitable, we just need some biz savy people to get us capital ;)..heheheh.. anyhow please contact me at kevin@nexflo.com

Thank you very much!

[agentxtreme]

hello

im very interested in parternering or joining with a startup- there is a huge market and demand for broadband with wireless networks and integration of wi fi.. if any company needs a profesionall website please contact, thats my current career but i would like to get into this business which will be much more profitable, we just need some biz savy people to get us capital ;)..heheheh.. anyhow please contact me at kevin@nexflo.com

Thank you very much!

[simulator]

I think this is a very legitimate business opportunity for the coming years. I am very interested and have indept 802.11 expertise. I am on the West Coast.

Please contact me if you are interested at
simulation80211@yahoo.com

[Uptown_hr]

I have many business ideas with wifi. Infact I have a business of my own. It's on the very begging stage but we have everything organized and ready to go. For the time being, we are looking for investors, so if any of you are interested we can talk more.

[fperry]

I'm interested in starting somthing as well. I have 12 years in the wireless industry designing and troubleshooting cellular networks. I have set up my own network at home (cable based w/3 PC's) and have my own website and server.

I've been looking @ Boingo but not 100% set on it. My biggest concern is connectivity to the rest of the world. Do I buy/rent a T1/DSL, ect at the Hotspot location or do I "rent" bandwidth on the locations existing facilities? Has anyone else thought about this or possibly have better ideas??

[rdohn2]

YES! I have been mulling this over for a while now...I'm also in the working stages of builiding a businesss....lets keep this thread alive!!!

On the note of Leasing some Bandwith from a private network. YES....I have thought of this and am wondering what means are necissary to assure your provider that you will not damage their network and not hog the bandwidth???? Can they manage your IP address of the equipment that you are using and bandwidth throttle it?????? I'd love a reply cause I DON"T KNOW!!! :( But I am looking at using a hopital in one area for this exact purpose...I am yet to talk to and contact the right people...but I'd like to be armed with the right information before going in to talk to them!

I have heard and talked to a few companies that are producing commerical AP's for public use...they are of course all start ups and new to the market...but they are there...we just have to implement them!!!!

Anyone got some spare venture capital sitting around?!? I have a business plan!

Gimme a buz if anyone wants to chat on the subject. admin@aquanetwireless.com

Later!
Reuben

[fperry]

I Have Created a Yahoo Group to discuss this topic

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WiFiStartups


Please join and tell your friends to join as well. There seems to be more that enough people interested in the topic.

I even have an idea for getting capital to start us out.


Let's talk


You can e-mail me directly as well at perry942@comcast.net

[rdohn2]

I'm there! As a matter of fact...I'm curious...of the people that have replied to the inital question thus far...who is a network engineer, strict business person, enterpenure, technicaian etc.....the reason I ask is if we are all a bunch of engineers we will all think it's a great idea...but if there are some people with REAL market experience that can provide creative and helpful input on maketing and user satisfaction...then maby we'll all actually get somewhere...and not just sit here and spin our wheels all day long....

I talked to a sucessful marketing guru buddy of mine last night and he highlighted the steps needed to make something like this happen...especially if you don't have the capital up front or resouces(infrastructure) in place to just "do it".

I will rasie the questions he asked me on the Yahoo forum....I'd love to get some in put on what he asked me...I don't QUITE have the numbers to properly answer his questions and maby some of you know where to got to get them...

Take care all and see you on Yahoo!!!!

Reuben

admin@aquanetwireless.com

[disque71]

Does anyone have a business set up? If so are you looking to create a subsidiary in Pittsburgh and all the surrounding area, Mid Atlantic. let me know

[rdohn2]

disque71 what's your e-mail address?

Rdohn

[unwired]

Hello all,

I saw yor posts and had to reply. I currently run a wireless ISP turning existing businesses into wireless hotspots. We partner with businesses to do this. We have a gateway/firewall that runs on Linuxand is written in Java. This does port control and prevents useage without authenication. Only site they can get to is ours until they register and login. We have a pilot shop that has been in production for 4 months. Our biggest set back to this point has been marketing but it has worked out for bugs to be fixed without too much exposure. Now we have a solid product which is inexpensive to implement. The biggest hassle is finding someone to deal with to handle credit cards. We have done this with Authorise.net but believe me thisis a headache. We have recently ventured into a R+D partnership with a company to provide us a backend to handle allof our cc headaches. Ideally authentication will behandled too. With all of the authenication and credit card processing in one centralised space we good branch out to cover the US or even the world. Cheaper than Boingo or Wayport, or Colubris (smartaccess point maker). If you have questions or interest let me know. I amlocated in Colorado.
bbacher@unwiredaccess.net
www.unwiredaccess,net

[Maurice]

I certainly would be interested in setting up a business related with WIFI installation, operation, ...
I am located in France. I am working in the Telecomm industry for 15 years and among them 8 years in the wireless industry.
You can contact me in this forum or to my email address : maurice-hadjedj@voila.fr

[unixfan]

My Brother and I started up a Wireless Communications company, check it out at: http://www.netconxwireless.com/

[Peregrine]

Looks like we have the great lakes basin covered. I'm in Cleveland, and I see a Pittsburgh and Detroit poster here.

greatlakeswireless.com fellas???
:)