Rory- can your model be replicated on outside of suburbia? Aside from that, this really all goes back to your personal business philosophy. Are you trying to provide the absolute very best service possible - or - are you after the low hanging fruit? Get as many people as you can easily, and extract as much cash as possible from them. Somewhere in between the two?
___________________________ Mangled by my iPhone. ___________________________ Tyler Treat Corn Belt Technologies, Inc. tyler.tr...@cornbelttech.com ___________________________ > On Oct 18, 2014, at 11:54 AM, Rory Conaway via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: > > We don't advertise speeds at all. We just say that you won't be able to tell > a difference between our system and Comcast/Centurylink. We will also > guarantee that your video will not buffer. 50% growth last year and we > expect at least that this year. > > Rory > > -----Original Message----- > From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof via Af > Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2014 9:40 AM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Random thought > > Good point about business and upload speed. > > Even businesses with people working from home via VPN and video Skype. I > have a guy uploading documents to his server at a datacenter, he is crying > that I'm only giving him 15M upload, he wants 25M. I have a professional > photographer who stores his photos in RAW format and uses cloud backup. 4M > upload is probably adequate for most people, but let's face it, how many > people really need 60M download? If it's all about the numbers, why ignore > upload. > > Probably something we should stress more in advertising. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Seth Mattinen via Af > Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2014 11:25 AM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Random thought > >> On 10/18/14, 8:26 AM, Ken Hohhof via Af wrote: >> And an amazing price "for 6 months" or "for 12 months"? > > > Yeah I pay $29 for 60 meg and actually get it (typically 66). No bundle > required. I can't serve myself for free but for 30 bucks I'm not too > heartbroken. The upload still blows at 4 meg though. > > I don't even bother with residential, honestly. Businesses are easier to deal > with, especially the ones doing cloud stuff and suffering with the > 4 meg upload. > > ~Seth > >
