Panaway. GPON ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 8:42 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Future
> Chuck, > > I'm currently working a proposal for FTTH for a 654 > unit developement. I would like to know where you are > getting these numbers on the equipment. I had one > company give me a price of $3,500.00 per unit, and > another for $2,800.00 per unit. Please let us know > where we can find a reasonable company on equipment > prices. I've searched for weeks, put I cannot pin > anyone company down on line item prices. If this > developement works, then I will have 3 more to do at > about 2,000 units per developement. > > DSLbyAir > www.dslbyair.com > --- Chuck McCown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> FTTH ONT pricing (the unit on the house) keeps >> falling. They are about $400 >> now. >> You can put in fiber for $1-2/foot (if you have a >> clear ROW). >> The CO end is about $50K/terminal that is capable of >> serving thousands. >> I don't know what the pro-rata single fiber COT card >> is, but I think they >> are are around $2K/port with each port serving 32 on >> a PON. >> So, if the plowing is good and the ROWs are clear >> and free, you can probably >> get a customer installed (in a fairly dense >> surburban area) for less than >> $1500 each. >> Triple play for $100/month. And you have them for >> life. >> Of course this assumes you build it yourself and you >> already have a NOC and >> you already have access to and IPTV stream etc. >> But it is doable. There is a business case for >> building such a system. >> Main thing is to do it before the ILEC/RBOC does it. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Marlon K. Schafer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 10:39 PM >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Future >> >> >> > 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! 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