Re: [WISPA] MSOs investing heavily in wi-fi rollouts

2008-06-26 Thread Rogelio
Tom DeReggi wrote: > 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 > receive if they offered Cable in a building that had a

Re: [WISPA] MSOs investing heavily in wi-fi rollouts

2008-06-25 Thread Rogelio
Doug Ratcliffe wrote: > Meraki & Open-Mesh have excellent monitoring & notification tools to tell > you it's down, ping stats, uptime information (per repeater & gateway). Those wanting more info on Meraki might check out the following links http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.php/37445

Re: [WISPA] MSOs investing heavily in wi-fi rollouts

2008-06-25 Thread Tom Sharples
riginal Message - From: "Doug Ratcliffe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 2:59 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] MSOs investing heavily in wi-fi rollouts > Some months we have 30 signups, and no calls. Other times we have 10 and > 2 &

Re: [WISPA] MSOs investing heavily in wi-fi rollouts

2008-06-24 Thread Doug Ratcliffe
monitoring & notification tools to tell you it's down, ping stats, uptime information (per repeater & gateway). - Original Message - From: "Tom DeReggi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "WISPA General List" Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 20

Re: [WISPA] MSOs investing heavily in wi-fi rollouts

2008-06-24 Thread Doug Ratcliffe
monitoring & notification tools to tell you it's down, ping stats, uptime information (per repeater & gateway). - Original Message - From: "Tom DeReggi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "WISPA General List" Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 20

Re: [WISPA] MSOs investing heavily in wi-fi rollouts

2008-06-24 Thread Tom DeReggi
? Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: "Rogelio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Doug Ratcliffe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "WISPA General List" Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 3:14 PM Subjec

Re: [WISPA] MSOs investing heavily in wi-fi rollouts

2008-06-24 Thread Tom DeReggi
ial type properties where Verizon would want to deploy FIOS. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: "Randy Cosby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 2:39 P

Re: [WISPA] MSOs investing heavily in wi-fi rollouts

2008-06-24 Thread Rogelio
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

Re: [WISPA] MSOs investing heavily in wi-fi rollouts

2008-06-24 Thread Tom DeReggi
r > or > so to pay it back but its really been a zero maintenance building minus > the > occasional person who can't get their wifi working at first. > > > > - Original Message - > From: "Rogelio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "WISPA Gener

Re: [WISPA] MSOs investing heavily in wi-fi rollouts

2008-06-24 Thread Randy Cosby
ss, Inc > IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > > > - Original Message - > From: "Tom Sharples" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "WISPA General List" > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 1:00 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] MSOs investing heavily in wi-fi ro

Re: [WISPA] MSOs investing heavily in wi-fi rollouts

2008-06-24 Thread Tom DeReggi
"WISPA General List" Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 1:00 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] MSOs investing heavily in wi-fi rollouts > 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 > is

Re: [WISPA] MSOs investing heavily in wi-fi rollouts

2008-06-24 Thread Tom DeReggi
t- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: "Rogelio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 11:25 AM Subject: [WISPA] MSOs investing heavily in wi-fi rollouts > One trend I'm seeing is for cable companies

Re: [WISPA] MSOs investing heavily in wi-fi rollouts

2008-06-24 Thread D. Ryan Spott
I thought the FCC tore down those contracts. ryan -Original Message- From: Tom Sharples <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 11:00 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] MSOs investing heavily in wi-fi rollouts We've done a fair number of these too,

Re: [WISPA] MSOs investing heavily in wi-fi rollouts

2008-06-24 Thread Tom Sharples
lapse before they can offer wifi to their tenants. Tom S. - Original Message - From: "Doug Ratcliffe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "WISPA General List" Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 10:18 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] MSOs investing heavily in wi-fi ro

Re: [WISPA] MSOs investing heavily in wi-fi rollouts

2008-06-24 Thread Doug Ratcliffe
get their wifi working at first. - Original Message - From: "Rogelio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 12:25 PM Subject: [WISPA] MSOs investing heavily in wi-fi rollouts > One trend I'm seeing is for cab

[WISPA] MSOs investing heavily in wi-fi rollouts

2008-06-24 Thread Rogelio
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