Node Guide

Location Selection

Selecting a location to operate a node shares much in common with real estate. The three most important criteria are location, Location, LOCATION! There are at least two competing ideas: attitude and altitude.

Attitude

Coffee shops and pubs are places where folks come together to exchange knowledge, share experiences or simply to hang out. Supplying connectivity at comfortable spaces expecting a gathering and designed to offer pleasant service are prime spots to deploy PersonalTelco.

Apartment complexes, a cluster of houses, areas around schools, community centers and other habitable areas all can be fertile ground for deployment. Supplying connectivity in non mobile communities is another great location for PersonalTelco nodes.

Altitude

Operating links under the ISM or UNII regimes favor LineOfSight deployments. Placing gear at the highest locations afford significant LineOfSight advantages to PersonalTelco.

Idea Pitching

For attitude simply mention business will improve by ten percent. For altitude the conversation is more delicate. See NodePropositionFlyer.

Bandwidth Provisioning

Go with IntegraTelecom or EasyStreet. See IspWirelessPolicies.

Hardware Collection

Contact your RegionCaptain to allocate a NewCloneArmyBox.

Software Instalation

Contact your RegionCaptain to install DebianLinux like the NewCloneArmyInstallMethodology.

Connectivity Maintainence

SnmpHelp, being able to SecureShell into the box and providing your phone number to the folks utilizing your node are the simple way to do it.