Bingo, I was considering a fiber deployment recently and did some market research. Very few were willing to pay even $50 for 50Mbs. Canceled project.
On Wed, Sep 30, 2015, 9:47 AM Simon Westlake <simon@sonar.software> wrote: > Is 85% of the country unable to get 50Mbps or unwilling to pay for it? > > 50Mbps is towards the top end of what TWC offers to residential customers > around here, and I would be willing to be the majority take a cheaper > package. > > On 9/30/2015 9:45 AM, Rory Conaway wrote: > > [image: http://www.speedtest.net/result/4706097948.png] > > � > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com <af-boun...@afmug.com>] *On > Behalf Of *Rory Conaway > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 30, 2015 7:45 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* [AFMUG] 50mbps is faster than 85% of the rest of the country? > > � > > This was a speedtest taken by one of my customers this morning.� The > thing that surprised me was the 85% number.� I�m not sure of the source > of the data but if that�s correct, then there is a huge opportunity that > we all need to be looking at.� In this case, it�s a lowly Nanostation > Loco M5 to an older XM Rocket.� Even though there is about 40 customers > on it, it wasn�t under a lot of load when this was taken.�� But the > point is, 50Mbps is a relatively easy number to hit with 802.11ac and it > also means, 85% of the country is where we need to be competing.� �� > > � > > *Rory Conaway **� Triad Wireless �** CEO* > > *4226 S. 37th Street � Phoenix � AZ 85040* > > *O 602-426-0542* > > *www.triadwireless.net <http://www.triadwireless.net> > <http://www.triadwireless.net/>� * > > *r...@triadwireless.net <r...@triadwireless.net> <r...@triadwireless.net>* > > *�* > > � > > >
