Well Mike, the way I see it is that the sky has been falling my entire time as an ISP (over a decade now).
WiMax is still a joke in the market place. 3G is too slow and too expensive. 700 is not deployed in any level that matters and doesn't look like it will be any time soon. Cable is in trouble because they are dying under the load of the high end users they they keep getting. They need all of the capacity they can come up with for HDTV channels but broadband is taking up too much space on the coax. They also JUST put in their networks. The big companies aren't structured to reinvest in new hardware every few years. I'd say that they will continue to grow and continue to piss off their base. I'm not worried about cable. As for AT&T and Verizon? People already hate the service and prices they have, so far I can sell against them. Fiber is cool, I have FTTH customers. But man is it expensive! There's just no way to ever make the investment back at today's pricing levels. marlon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Hammett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 5:44 PM Subject: [WISPA] Future > What do you see as the future of our industry over the next 5 years? > > AT&T is expanding U-Verse (will this be available outside of town?) > Verizon is expanding FiOS (will this be available outside of town?) > Cable will be using DOCSIS 3 > 3G will gain more steam > WiMAX will have larger and larger shares of the market > 700 MHz will be in use possibly for data communications by the big guys > > > My banker asked me, so I figured I'd see what other's opinions are. > > My thought is that the big guys mentioned above will continue to avoid the > niche that we currently serve and we'll be able to provide better services > with more spectrum (5.4 GHz, additional 2.5 GHz, 3.6 GHz, possibly TV > white spaces) and WiMAX. > > > ---------- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
