I disagree with that.
Consolidation is likely, but not because of hostile takeover, but because
WISPs will likely want to cash out to reduce risk or realize they can make
more money with the help of others and not all by themselves. The novelty of
it all (being a WISP) tends to wear off after about 5 years, eventually it
becomes about the money.
What people forget is that unlicensed isn't like every other ISP business
that can be controled by volume and brute force. The small WISPs have as
much punch and disruptive force as the big WISP, because a radio generates
the same amount of noise and coverage, regardless of who owns it, the big or
little WISP. In WISP land the one with the strategic advantage is the first
entry, that has the best assets procured and preferred customers. Once that
is had, the big boys need to buy you, or not get in the game. Its almost
like having 7000 little terrorists (small WISPs) running all over the place,
exept they are nice people. The big WISP knows that your Noise from your
radio to serve your two customer, will kill him and prevent him from selling
to his thousand.
I think what you are going to find is that the big WISP isn't going to be
able to come to town and bully everybody. Instead, they are going to have to
fork over the cash or not be competitive and secure themselves.
The only exception to this is the FREE Net / Muni Net. Big ventures need big
companies and big pockets. MOst likely that problem will take care of
itself. First, consumers hate marketing and SPAM. Do you think they are
going to embrase the solution that guarantees they are going to get spammed
and chewed their productivity and bandwdith up with advertising crap? The
false promise designs, are going to piss off the consumers. I think it jsut
won;lt succeed enough to be a threat. The best part is the new 5.4Ghz
spectrum allocated. It will allow a HUGE larger amount of options to
co-exist with Muni nets and other ISPs.
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kurt Fankhauser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'WISPA General List'" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 3:33 AM
Subject: RE: [WISPA] Gov't Gets One Right
Please explain what your talking about with the Moto.
Kurt Fankhauser
WAVELINC
114 S. Walnut St.
Bucyrus, OH 44820
419-562-6405
www.wavelinc.com
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Jeromie Reeves
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 8:23 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Gov't Gets One Right
I said the same thing on the moto wireless list. We are being pushed to
be eaten by the larger wisps or closed down. I do
not like it and can only try and fight it but I have no idea how.
Hopefully wispa knows the direction as i do not thing part-15
knows.
Jeromie
Pete Davis wrote:
The faster it becomes a "fundamental human right" the faster we
migrate from being entrepreneurs, and start becoming the same level as
water workers, sewer workers, trash pickup, postal workers, and
whatever. The more the government gets involved with something, the
worse it gets. When the bureaucrats get to making things like this a
required service (which they inevitably will in our lifetimes) then
there will be no difference than a utility or postal service, with
prices capped and profitability extinguished. Another thing that will
take us this direction will be the mass consolidation similar to the
250 phone companies that all became AT&T in the first part of the
1900's. They all were either bought up or squashed by the competition.
Maybe we won't all end up like that. Hard to say.
Pete Davis
NoDial.net
chris cooper wrote:
Not to shoot myself in the foot here, but a "fundamental human
right"?
That's just grandstanding. Take a hit from the reality pipe- people
are
homeless, people starve to death right here in the good ole USA. The
list could go on and on about folks whose basic needs and rights are
not
being met. Im with Tom- many people just aren't willing to pay what
the
service costs. I wish they were though.....
Chris
"Broadband is a fundamental civil right and human right," Bill de
Blasio,
a city council member, said during the session on Wednesday.
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