We are fully mortgaged to the RUS on our ILEC operation. 5% money was hard
to turn down. But yes, they want all the security it is possible to get.
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From: "Todd Brandenburg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 4:20 PM
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For your information (since I'm assuming your referring to us) that we went
through a full 2 1/2 years with the RUS to make the decision not to take the
loans. The main reason (which is a huge one) that we turned down the deal was
that the government wanted first lien position on not only the e
Some months we have 30 signups, and no calls. Other times we have 10 and 2
of them call. I'd say you should expect about 2-3 calls a month per month
per building if your service doesn't go offline. And even if it does they
don't always call.
All the signups are done online with no calls to u
Some months we have 30 signups, and no calls. Other times we have 10 and 2
of them call. I'd say you should expect about 2-3 calls a month per month
per building if your service doesn't go offline. And even if it does they
don't always call.
All the signups are done online with no calls to u
Doug or others doing low arpu MTU residential,
How do you handle support for the services.
Are you doing it as best effort, without support?
Or are there tricks of the trade to doing it effectively?
When your users, are getting service cheap, are they learning to be more
tech savy on their own?
Just recently, somebody posted an arcticle on this list, regarding this. The
FCC ruled forbidding carrier's to force "exclusive contracts" on property
owners. Meaning if the Provider required "exclusivity", that the property
owner had the right to void the agreement, or allow new additional
pro
Doug Ratcliffe wrote:
> We've done a lot of condos. For free wifi, a 2.4 mesh network like
> open-mesh covers most decent sized condos (~100 units) for less than a
> grand. Then you can charge $5/unit, blow away the cable company and
> have the thing paid back in 3 months.
I haven't yet play
Doug,
There are many cases like yours, that had shown to be successfull, selling
at low margin. Its sounds like you've found a good way to do it.
However, as a note to others that are thinking to get into that segment of
the market...
There are a couple drawbacks...
Often the support is neede
Can you elaborate on what type of contracts were rendered unenforceable
exactly?
Randy
Tom DeReggi wrote:
> PS. Those contracts were jsut rendered uninforcible (not grandfathered)
> based on recent legislation, from my understanding.
>
> Tom DeReggi
> RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
> IntAirNet- Fixe
PS. Those contracts were jsut rendered uninforcible (not grandfathered)
based on recent legislation, from my understanding.
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
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From: "Tom Sharples" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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No, but those numbers sound about right to make it worth while to a Cable
Co.
There is no benefit for a cable co to offer wifi, when they already offer
cable, that technically can deliver better speed inside the building.
So they need to price their Wifi, at about the same revenue that they'd
r
I thought the FCC tore down those contracts.
ryan
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From: Tom Sharples <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 11:00 AM
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Subject: Re: [WISPA] MSOs investing heavily in wi-fi rollouts
We've done a fair number of these too, by adding a secon
We've done a fair number of these too, by adding a second radio on 2.4 for
wifi access on the back of our 5Ghz surveillance networks. The biggest issue
has been that many of the multi-tenant facilities have onerous long-term
(e.g. 3-year) contracts in place with Comcast that have to lapse before
We've done a lot of condos. For free wifi, a 2.4 mesh network like
open-mesh covers most decent sized condos (~100 units) for less than a
grand. Then you can charge $5/unit, blow away the cable company and have
the thing paid back in 3 months.
We also install pay on demand which has had mode
In my area, a local WISP applied for every loan and grant that exists for a
hundred miles or more in all directions.They didn't use any of the loan
proceeds, but it prevented anyone else from getting it - which was what they
were after.
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One trend I'm seeing is for cable companies to purchase a ubiquitous
wifi infrastructure in new areas.
These numbers aren't too far off from some numbers I saw yesterday:
--$50K to put in ubiquitous wifi for a time share condo (retail is way
more, like $70K; but MSOs get discounts)
--$20/mo for
How much of a share in the WISP market does Cisco hold? It seems to me that
a Cisco specific exam would do little to prove one's worth in the WISP
market. Besides, at least half of the work in implementing a good wireless
solution comes in at the routing level rather than the physical level.
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BTW, the WISPs did in fact have to build the community center, and staff it,
and do classes etc. Big pain in my opinion. So in the cases I know of (I
am the upstream provider for a couple of these) they did do all they were
supposed to do.
I will have to argue the point the loans are easier to
Nope, not an exception at all. Happened all over the west. Grants handed
out like crackerjack prizes. First to file for an area was the first to get
it irrespective of whether or not there was an ILEC or RBOC in the area
serving. They have greatly slowed down due to some massive screw-up due
Thats a croc. If that was done, it was the exception, that was snuck under
the radar and done against the rules. And could be easilly protested by the
DSL service providers previously in existence serving the area. Not that I
would protest a WISP winning money.
Chuck,
Are you sure you aren't t
Well, my targeted area for RUS, was disqualified the first year because it
was a CDA instead of a Township. So we got the rules changed. Second year,
when Verizon heard what we were up to, they decided to selectively deploy
Broadband to like 3 people, to disqualify our area, again.
Its really to
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