Re: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing - Triple Play

2005-12-30 Thread Tom DeReggi
PROTECTED] To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 2:38 AM Subject: RE: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing - Triple Play Is there a company that you can buy VoIP service from and then resell it to your customers? Kurt Fankhauser WAVELINC 114 S. Walnut St. Bucyrus, OH

Re: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing - VOIP / CommPartners

2005-12-30 Thread Peter R.
We deal with a couple of VOIP Providers that know Wireless is the way to go. The ILEC needs to be cut out of ever newly development network for sustainability. On a separate note, I rep CommPartners (CP), Primus and many others. I even have a CP Reseller WISPs can work with. CP's new plan is

VoIP (was Re: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing - Triple Play)

2005-12-30 Thread Matt Liotta
. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: Kurt Fankhauser [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 2:38 AM Subject: RE: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing - Triple Play

Re: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing

2005-12-29 Thread John Thomas
a fixed wireless network at this point -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Thomas Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 9:37 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing Is your wireless network set up to allow

Re: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing

2005-12-28 Thread Peter R.
Bob Moldashel wrote: Unfortunately...this is an uphill battle. You need to sell customers on services. DO NOT get into a pricing war with them. You WILL loose Yes..you will wind up with fewer customers. -B- It is not the number of subs, it is the number of PROFITABLE subs that

Re: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing - Triple Play

2005-12-28 Thread Peter R.
If you are going to be Resi, then get a DISH or DTV distributorship and sell them Your VoIP and your Internet and the DBS service. Won't be one bill, but it can be one call. Tom DeReggi wrote: Verizon has been advertising FIOS hard in our markets to, but its been over 6 month for some, since

RE: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing

2005-12-28 Thread danlist
No, we don't use WIFI, it is strictly a fixed wireless network at this point -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Thomas Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 9:37 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing

Re: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing

2005-12-28 Thread Matt Liotta
, it is strictly a fixed wireless network at this point -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Thomas Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 9:37 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing Is your wireless network set up

Re: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing (how much speed do they really need)

2005-12-28 Thread Tom DeReggi
- Original Message - From: John Scrivner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 10:29 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing (how much speed do they really need) I am not going to debate what the ultimate broadband system

RE: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing - Triple Play

2005-12-28 Thread Paul Hendry
Subject: Re: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing - Triple Play If you are going to be Resi, then get a DISH or DTV distributorship and sell them Your VoIP and your Internet and the DBS service. Won't be one bill, but it can be one call. Tom DeReggi wrote: Verizon has been advertising FIOS hard in our

Re: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing - Triple Play - Consumers

2005-12-28 Thread Peter R.
One bill. Yeah, some people like it. But if the combined services are less money, you can make a case for 2 bills. How can you make it easier for them to pay the bill??? Have you seen how hard VZ makes e-bill You need to market to your own customers. Stay in front of them. Let them know

RE: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing - Triple Play

2005-12-28 Thread dustin jurman
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom DeReggi Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 3:28 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing - Triple Play One bill has a bigger impact than people think. In our residential MTUs, I've lost 30

Re: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing - Triple Play

2005-12-28 Thread Bob Moldashel
dustin jurman wrote: Well Tom, it sounds like you should focus on business customers or lower your residential prices so there is no savings when the cable company comes after your customers. You would have to apply your reduced rates across the board to your residential customers. Coming back

Re: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing - Triple Play

2005-12-28 Thread Tom DeReggi
PROTECTED] To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 8:58 PM Subject: RE: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing - Triple Play Well Tom, it sounds like you should focus on business customers or lower your residential prices so there is no savings when the cable company

Re: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing (mobility and roaming)

2005-12-28 Thread Haudy Kazemi
9:52 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing FYI, when I visited the FCC, they were very specific that Wi-Fi cannot roam. Wi-Fi users can be nomadic in that as they move from AP to AP the client is disconnected and then reconnected. True roaming involves handoffs from node to node

[WISPA] verizon fios pricing

2005-12-27 Thread danlist
Although the service is not available yet in my area, it is getting close and reports are it could be available in 2006 - check out this pricing - the 15Mbps for $49.95 a month seems like a really good deal and would be tough to beat, currently I am using Nstream/MT which gives me about 20Mbps to

Re: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing (how much speed do they really need)

2005-12-27 Thread Brian Rohrbacher
Seriously, how much does a sub use anyway? If you keep control over p2p, how much are they really going to take anyway? Anyone got numbers? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Although the service is not available yet in my area, it is getting close and reports are it could be available in 2006 -

Re: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing

2005-12-27 Thread Bob Moldashel
It is reasons like this that I am a firm believer in contracts! -B- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Although the service is not available yet in my area, it is getting close and reports are it could be available in 2006 - check out this pricing - the 15Mbps for $49.95 a month seems like a really

RE: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing (how much speed do they really need)

2005-12-27 Thread Rick Smith
Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 4:21 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: RE: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing (how much speed do they really need) I agree, most sub's use about 1Mbps to 2Mbps if they very active downloading content (ftp, streaming, and some p2p) (I limit p2p

Re: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing

2005-12-27 Thread Bob Moldashel
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ah but what about the new customer who is comparing FIOS to what I offer? FIOS will have tv and voip ( we do voip now but no tv ) Times are a changing and verizon is putting flyers on everything around boston, ma to promote FIOS, like pizza box's, dry cleaning slips

Re: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing (how much speed do they really need)

2005-12-27 Thread Tom DeReggi
. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: Rick Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 5:01 PM Subject: RE: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing (how much speed do they really

Re: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing (how much speed do they really need)

2005-12-27 Thread Travis Johnson
the clients before its available. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: Rick Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 5:01 PM Subject: RE: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing (how

Re: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing (how much speed do they really need)

2005-12-27 Thread Bob Moldashel
Tom DeReggi wrote: Bob made a good point regarding contracts. Use the you can serve them today, to your advantage, and lock them in. Charge install fees because you can, so yoour gear is paid for by the time FIOS does come, and you are in the position to be your most competitive. My view is

Re: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing (how much speed do they really need)

2005-12-27 Thread Travis Johnson
LOL. Because I still enjoy coming to work each day and I'm making a good living... and I get to do what I want from replacing bad radios on top of 9,000ft mountains to changing out light bulbs (literally)... ;) Of course, there are days that aren't so good Christmas Eve I had to

Re: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing (how much speed do they really need)

2005-12-27 Thread John Thomas
To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing (how much speed do they really need) Seriously, how much does a sub use anyway? If you keep control over p2p, how much are they really going to take anyway? Anyone got numbers? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Although the service

Re: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing (how much speed do they really need)

2005-12-27 Thread John Scrivner
: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing (how much speed do they really need) Bob made a good point regarding contracts. Use the you can serve them today, to your advantage, and lock them in. Charge install fees because you can, so yoour gear is paid for by the time FIOS does come, and you