I know of one case where it is zero now.
From: Mike Hammett
Sent: Thursday, October 5, 2017 5:24 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] New WISP in NC needs backhaul solution!
It won't hit zero, the metric will just shift to gigabit.
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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
Midwest Internet Exchange
The Brothers WISP
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From: ch...@wbmfg.com
To: af@afmug.com
Sent: Thursday, October 5, 2017 6:18:15 PM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] New WISP in NC needs backhaul solution!
The trend is toward zero. Just port charges.
Just like long distance did 10 years ago.
From: Josh Reynolds
Sent: Thursday, October 5, 2017 5:16 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] New WISP in NC needs backhaul solution!
You may be paying in the lowest rate bracket for the amount of bandwidth. I've
never heard anything lower unless you were in the 100G+ bracket.
On Oct 5, 2017 5:21 PM, <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
I pay rates lower than 5 cents per meg...
From: Chris Fabien
Sent: Thursday, October 5, 2017 3:59 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] New WISP in NC needs backhaul solution!
For a new startup, the pricing you listed at 2.2/meg plus $750, that actually
sounds pretty reasonable to get you into a fiber circuit in the 100-300 meg
range.
You're not going to be getting 20 cents per meg for DIA unless you are buying
a 10gig circuit in a datacenter or other very competitive market.
Long term, arranging transport to a data center is the right direction, but
it usually isn't cost effective until you are over 1Gig of traffic. Unless you
happen to be close to stimulus built fiber you can connect to really cheap.
On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 9:11 AM, Al Rachide <alrach...@gmail.com> wrote:
We are getting ready to go live from a small connection in our office, just
to the local community, using a omni antenna. We will be expanding throughout
three counties in eastern NC. Having read a number of post where others are
claiming rates as low as $0.20 per mbit/sec, we can't get anything here for
less than $2.20 per mbit/sec, PLUS a fixed loop fee of $750.00 per month per
pop. So, how can we find a cheaper backhaul solution here in the boonies of NC?
We have CenturyLink and Spectrum available for local connection, but would like
to know about other options for the actual internet / backhaul connection. PS:
We attended our first WISPA convention in Memphis and it will not be the last!
Al Rachide
Eastern Caroline Broadband, LLC
Pink Hill, NC 28572
