What about the satelite connections... does any one knows what it
requires to set one up?.. I tried to search for this on the internet, and
could not find any place to begin..

Saeed A. Saeed


On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Mike Cornelius wrote:

> Hi Allan,
>
> Looks like you've been set quite a challenge.
>
> Basicly here's what you'll need.
>
> Carrier Services
> 1/ An upstream internet connection (and carrier service).
> 2/ One or more inbound ISDN Primary rate services for incoming customer
> calls.
>
> Hardware
> 2/ A border router (EG CISCO 7100)
> 3/ A Network Access Server (Eg Lucent (ex Ascend) MAX 6000)
> 4/ A number of computers (at least 2) to run the software listed below
> (UNIX, LINUX, NT, MAC doesn't really matter which it's your choice).
> 5/ If you're only small a packeteer packetshaper is a VERY worthwhile
> investment (but not absolutly necessary) to help you manage your upstream
> link.
> 6/ A 10/100 ethernet switch or 2.
>
> Software
> 7/ Access Authentication and Accounting Server (RADIUS) (EG RadiusNT or
> RadiusX from IEA software www.iew-software.com)
> 8/ Customer management /billing software (EG Emerald from IEA)
> 9/ SMTP (mail) server (EG Sendmail for unix, MS-Exchange)
> 10/ POP server (EG Popper for unix, MS-Exchange)
> 11/ DNS Server (EG Named for unix, NT DNS Service)
> 12/ WEB server (Appache or NT IIS)
> 13/ Maybe a web proxy server (Hardware device, Squid)
>
> People
> 14/ Somebody to put all this together or to show you how (not hard if you
> know how but a real pain if you don't) and then manage it.
> 15/ Somebody to manage the accounts side of things.
> 16/ Somebody to do customer support.
>
> Don't worry about hosting a NNTP (news) server, let your upstream provider
> take care of this, just divert news.you.com to news.them.com (find one that
> will let you do this, not all will)
>
> That's probably the bare minimum and I've probably forgotten something but
> you get the idea.
>
> With regards to customer support I can't overstate the value of a 1900
> support number.
> (or equivilent ie customer pays for support through phone bill). This is a
> really good way make money out of support rather than going broke.
>
>
> Regards,
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Mike Cornelius                  Internet: mike@bytethis.com.au
> Byte This Interactive           Phone:    +61 2 9310-2157
> PO Box 1342 Strawberry Hills    FAX:      +61 2 9319-3948
> NSW 2012 Australia              URL:      http://www.bytethis.com.au
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pic microcontroller discussion list
> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Alan
> Sent: Thursday, 15 June 2000 3:17 PM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: [OT] How to start an ISP
>
>
>     Hi, my boss recently asked me to study the feasibility of us starting
> our own local ISP, and i have done some web searches but i'm not satisfied
> with what i've got and now i what to tap the expert knowledge of the
> residents here... What are the equipments needed to start a small ISP, the
> softwares and hardwares needed, the procedures in starting an ISP,
> strategies, techniques, suggestions, advices and tricks of the
> trades...Tutorials, urls and links are badly needed.. Thanks
>