Wow, I hope not Matt. That is a VERY Bleak outlook.
Mark D. Bodley
President
Cyrix Systems
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www.cyrixsys.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt
Bazan
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 6:02 PM
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Subject: RE: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few
years?
bottom line is that in a few years everything will be virtualized and
cosolodation will rule the land. there will be single turnkey solutions for
the end user / corporate environment that will be infinitely configurable to
meet the latest trends and needs. there will be no use for the small time
'innovator' or 'player' except in a purely academic environment.
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
> Of Mark D. Bodley
> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 2:44 PM
> To: 'Stephen J. Wilcox'; Matt Bazan
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> Subject: RE: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in
> a few years?
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> Matt, your questions seem extremely prejudiced to a determined
> outcome. In my opinion resellers are in the long run going to lose
> because of lack of tangible assets (there is my Bias, on the table. I
> have my own facilities, and equipment). However because pure resellers
> lack the facilities they can be resellers(and often are) of whatever
> the technology of the day is. Strangely, many resellers, grow into
> facilities based carriers, but if they do not, then they can always
> move to the next thing. If you sold ISDN, in the 90's, and you knew
> how to walk someone through configuring their pipeline, you were
> better than Bell (read PSI Net). If you could accurately test, and
> deliver DSL, to a client 3-5 years ago, (read COVAD) you were better
> than Bell. In the future, who knows what it will be, (my bet is
> wireless, and we all cook like chickens in a Showtime rotisserie) the
> prevailing trait of those that have been in this for a long time is
> adaptation. There was a day when selling access off an ISDN connection
> was doable. I got out of the straight access market in the late 90's.
> I provide, and resell connectivity, with static routes to applications
> I host, or maintain. Hopefully the straight resellers of today will be
> selling microwave, or implant connectivity, or whatever in a few
> years. Bottom-line public or not, Mom, and Pop, or not no matter what
> you do in this business you have to be ready to adapt. If you are huge
> and don't catch the next wave you could be just as dead as the smaller
> guys that don't catch that next
> wave.
>
>
> Mark D. Bodley
> President
> Cyrix Systems
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> www.cyrixsys.com
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
> Of Stephen J. Wilcox
> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 4:12 PM
> To: Matt Bazan
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in
> a few years?
>
>
> On Wed, 11 May 2005, Matt Bazan wrote:
>
> > why in the world would anyone want to purchase dsl from a private
> > reseller when i can get 4mb down 384 up from comcast for
> $25? think
> > you dsl resellers out there are doomed. in fact, just a matter of
> > time before most of you isps are down the toilet. im
> reminded of the
> > mom and pop grocery store phenomenon that has now been
> replaced by the
> > kohls, a&p, whole foods etc. of course there will always be niche
> > markets but this is less applicable for a pure commodity like
> > bandwidth. yeah, i suppose you'll say something about value added
> > services and such and you may have a point but i doubt that
> will keep the
> ship afloat for long.
>
> Matt,
> first whats your affiliation and experience in this arena? That these
> markets exist and more profitably so than the large carriers suggest
> the problems you are raising dont exist.
>
> What is your theory based on, you only cite your personal preference
> to buy from Comcast which cannot be said to be indicative of the
> market. Grocery stores are not comparable, this is a different
> industry and different market. Also bandwidth is not a pure commodity,
> and DSL is not pure bandwidth.
>
> I think your argument is at best uninformed, at worst non-existent..
> you need to provide some references, examples, figures, whatever..
> else this is little more than trolling.
>
> Steve
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