[WISPA] WISPs selling broadband or wireless?

2005-09-19 Thread Tom DeReggi
Do the majority of WISPs now sell their Wireless service as "Broadband" (not mentioning its wireless in initial marketing) or as "Wireless"?   How is customer awareness comming along.  Is advertising "wireless" helping or hindering the sales process.   We are still loosing marketing leads, be

[WISPA] Re: [WISP] How to compete (was) 30Mbps for $179/mo

2005-09-19 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Very good post! Also note, more and more people are getting disgusted with the telco for all manner of reasons. And the long term trends look to be an abandonment (by and large) of pots lines. Out here, he's got his cell phone, she's got hers etc. They use wireless internet and cell phones

Re: [WISPA] WISPs selling broadband or wireless?

2005-09-19 Thread George
We learned a long time ago that selling the term "wireless" was confusing to some people and had ideas of unreliability, when they think of sat tv and rain fade or spotty cell phone coverage. So we term it broadband in our marketing, but explain the wirleless aspect of our system after we make

Re: [WISPA] WISPs selling broadband or wireless?

2005-09-19 Thread George
We learned a long time ago that selling the term "wireless" was confusing to some people and had ideas of unreliability, when they think of sat tv and rain fade or spotty cell phone coverage. So we term it broadband in our marketing, but explain the wirleless aspect of our system after we make

[WISPA] How to compete (was) 30Mbps for $55/month!

2005-09-19 Thread Dawn
Ah alls well and good but, how about these apples? http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,14309116~root=ool~mode=flat Verizon is offering 30Mbps down/5Mbps up for $54.95/month in selected areas of Long Island to compete with ComCast! As far as VoIP, we use it here because of the friggin' co

Re: [WISPA] How to compete (was) 30Mbps for $55/month!

2005-09-19 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Grin. Sure, we'd all pay $50 for 30 megs. So go get it for YOUR connectivity and offer 10 megs for $35 and still make a ton of money! As long as we maintain the ability to buy these types of connections I think it's actually a good thing for the wips. BTW, even out here in Odessa I just dr

Re: [WISPA] [WISPBONE] our first connection to another WISP

2005-09-19 Thread Tim Wolfe
HmmInterested in doing what?(Sorry, I didn't read the other emails, I am a little busy right now. :-) -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wir

Re: [WISPA] How to compete (was) 30Mbps for $55/month!

2005-09-19 Thread Dawn
Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: Grin. Sure, we'd all pay $50 for 30 megs. So go get it for YOUR connectivity and offer 10 megs for $35 and still make a ton of money! Sorry, can't do it, it's not a resellable connection. However, they will sell you a 30Mbps resellable package for $1

[WISPA] Is it Communications, Governement, or Airlines limiting the the response for relief effort?

2005-09-19 Thread Tom DeReggi
I tell ya, it aint easy getting cost effective flights, to donate techs to the relief effort. Airlines have plenty of seats available at a premium, but I've had difficulty getting them to take my Frequent Flyer Miles, in any reasonable amount of time, to cost effectively send someone. Frustrati

RE: [WISPA] [WISPBONE] our first connection to another WISP

2005-09-19 Thread JohnnyO
WTF? JohnnyO -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Wolfe Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 7:30 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] [WISPBONE] our first connection to another WISP HmmInterested in

Re: [WISPA] [WISPBONE] our first connection to another WISP

2005-09-19 Thread Tim Wolfe
LMAO!!!, You are a crazy SOB!! ;-) -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/

Re: [WISPA] [WISPBONE] our first connection to another WISP

2005-09-19 Thread Dawn
Johnny, Too busy helping the survivors get connected? You should really learn to keep up! !!! XOXOXO Thanks, Dawn JohnnyO wrote: WTF? JohnnyO -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Wolfe Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 7:30 PM To: WI

Re: [WISPA] How to compete (was) 30Mbps for $55/month!

2005-09-19 Thread Travis Johnson
Marlon, Just so I understand... you are a Wireless ISP, and you sell wireless equipment and you stand in front of the FCC talking about wireless spectrum, policy, etc... and yet you used a Telco to provide your backhaul to another city and for your upstream? Why didn't you use wireless equipm