Project Start:
Project Finish:
Thu 4/1/04
Fri 4/30/04


Tasks


ID
Task Name
DurationStartFinish% Complete
1
AMINET WISP Business Planning Tasks Spring 2004
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/0410%
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3     
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5
Analyze area for current WISPs in operation
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/0420%
6     
7
Visits sites listed in Tower documenting
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
8
List current LI active WISPs and pricing
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/0440%
9     
10
WISP architecture research and planning tasks
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/049%
11     
12
Draw out architecture visions on paper and in Visio for presentations
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/0440%
13
Residential
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/0480%
14
General overall area cellular for indoor and outdoor use
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/0480%
15
Hotspot and park, beach and marina off shore access
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
16
Wireless outdoor switching architectures
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
17     
18
List out technologies/vendors used WIFI/commercial grade WISP or WIMAX based
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/043%
19
Commercial gear 2.4
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/0410%
20
Commercial gear 5.8
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
21
Enterprise/hotspot gear used for outdoor use 2.4
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
22
Enterprise/hotspot gear used for outdoor use 5.8
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
23
Residential gear 2.4
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/0410%
24
Residential gear 5.8
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
25     
26
Create technical architecturel design considerations
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/0460%
27
Create functional design considerations for entire vision
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/04100%
28
Create functional design considerations for tower and base radios
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/04100%
29
Create functional design considerations for CPE
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/04100%
30
List out commercial or residential type of CPEs to be used - best of breed
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
31
DNS backend design
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
32     
33
Security options technical - basic design
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
34
Security design considerations list
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
35
Security method used localized or distributed
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
36
Recommonded seucrity products used in conjuction with wilrelss vendor's
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
37     
38
Network Management technical- basic design
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
39
Network management design considerations list
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
40
Network management tools used
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
41
Recommonded network management platform / products used
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
42     
43
Backend POP/NAP architecture options - spread sheet of vendors options & pricing
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
44
POP technologies used FR/T1/T3/Fractional etc
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
45
Pricing matrix for each technology used
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
46     
47
General startup research To Dos
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
48     
49
Voice stream mechanics bandwidth planning
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
50
Online gaming bandwidth requirements
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
51
Solar options for outdoor gear to make net independent of grid
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
52
SLAs
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
53
Traffic shapping
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
54
legal needs, AUP, notices, user contracts
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
55
IP addressing
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
56
Naming nomenclenture
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
57
Redundancy of cells, backhaul and telco links
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
58
Customer speed/price stratification and # clients per AP.
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
59
CPE solutions and pricing
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
60
Competitive best margin vs cable this is the big issue
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
61
Nema enclosures
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
62
Initial noc staffing considertions
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
63
Outsource NOC and billing services options
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
64
Tower rental research see dsl reports link
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
65
Tower owning research and pricing
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
66
Rooftop rental
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
67
Genral antenna height analysis
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
68
Customer cpe and antenna setup kits and procedures
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
69
Internal and customer Email servers or outsource options
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
70
FCC requirments compliance review part 15
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
71
Cell size standareds
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
72
Initial cell sites and demographics analysis
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
73
Pricing spread sheet for communications path from user to cell/internet
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
74
Remote Reboot/control design options
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
75
Add generic vision diagram to current AMINET page for visitors
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
76
Scan OOL and Verizon bills into dmp for price increase examples - add to web site
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
77
Billing options internal, online, monthly statement etc
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
78
Look into BOCES towers and using local computer stores as mast points and cpe sellers
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
79
Setup to accept credit cards???
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
80
Terms of service documentation like Verizon/Optimum online
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
81
Existing service migration plans/criteria
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
82     
83
Pre marketing and demographic analysis tasks
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/0427%
84     
85
Feel good analysis of wireless last mile access and price vs. cable and dsl.
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/0420%
86
Compile articles, web site case studies and success stories for presentations
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/0420%
87
Oraganize all articles for presentations create outline
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/0420%
88     
89
Web page questionnaire and collection engine creation
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/0475%
90
Look into Frontpage controls for poll and data collection
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/0450%
91
Look into aminet sub domain to host AMINET only content and information, move from amilabs
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/04100%
92     
93
Residential interest flyer creation for residential and mallnet
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/0410%
94
Research into most effective flyer approach
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/0420%
95
Cost of printing inhouse or using a printing flyer service
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/0420%
96
Flyer distribution approach and plan
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
97
Cost of hiring someone to distribute flyers, seperatly, newspapers, mailings
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
98     
99
Current cable rate analysis and documentation for presentation
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/0437%
100
Rate comparsion spreadsheet
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/0450%
101
Rate trends documentations for presentations
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/0410%
102
Rates, bandwidth, option/features comparison matrix
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/0450%
103     
104
Current dsl rates analysis and documentation for presentation
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/0420%
105
Rate comparsion spreadsheet
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/0450%
106
Rate trends documentations for presentations
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/0410%
107
Rates, bandwidth, option/features comparison matrix
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/0450%
108
Email spam, email coup of OOL and DSL customer addresses
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
109
Cable and DSL price gouging type articles et. al for presentation
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
110
Wireless voice growth analysis
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/0410%
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112     
113
Business planning
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/042%
114     
115
Research web forums for feed back on current operators and business models
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/0425%
116
General analysis of last mile broadband market
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/0410%
117
List of current and successful WISP in operation across country
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/0410%
118
Backend NAP, POP backhaul pricing and vendor analysis
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
119
Free voice capabilities analysis
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
120
bundling of soft phone licenses etc
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
121
bundling of possible low-cost WIFI based pda with soft phone for area distributions
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
122
Find WISP failures and failure rates and common reason pitfalls
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
123
Market analysis of WISP business current and future trends
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
124
Market analysis of WIFI business current and future trends
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
125
Research all current top WISP and outdoor WIFI manufacture offerings
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
126
Cost of building and operating a WISP - using manufacturer results (three models)
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
127
Cost comparison to cable and dsl
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
128
Customer pricing stratification, pricing plans, user contracts and growth model
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
129
Price per megabyte vs. cable and dsl
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
130
CAPEX and OPEX estimation for startup and growth
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
131
Security costing
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
132
Network management/capacity planning costing
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
133
Customer/network administration planning costing
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
134
Research into advertising approach and costing
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
135
Draft general mission statement
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
136
Creation of business model
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
137
Creation of business plan
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
138
Creation of implementation roll out plan
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
139
Spectrum squatting and eminent domain analysis
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
140
Environment analysis, birds and any required tree cutting
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
141
Support call/contract SLA if applicable
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
142
Government grants and assistance in getting land, tower access and startup assistance per bush's broad band bill
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
143     
144
Capitol acquisition planning
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/044%
145     
146
Look into SBA and government options
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
147
Look into Venture Capitol options and issues
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/0410%
148
Look into partners or silent investor options
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/0410%
149
Create go it alone budget with funds from Applied Methodologies.
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
150
Look into general bank loans for Applied Methodologies. Inc. for venture
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%
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152     
153
War methods against competitors and monopolies
42 daysThu 4/1/04Fri 5/28/040%






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