Nothing you can do about bottom-feeders. Those are not our customers. If a company wants to offer everything and charge nothing, more power to them...
Mark Nash UnwiredWest 78 Centennial Loop Suite E Eugene, OR 97401 541-998-5555 541-998-5599 fax http://www.unwiredwest.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marlon K. Schafer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 9:04 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Metered Broadband > Yeah, me too. But this guy is an unemployed gamer. Guess what he's > really > gonna do? Stay with the DSL cause it's cheaper. grin > marlon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ryan Langseth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:04 AM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Metered Broadband > > >> Funny, we have people and companies ask us for this type of setup quite >> often. Rather than running them off, we price it accordingly and build >> our network to support them even if that is a dedicated link to their >> premise. I would much rather take their 300-500/month (t1 pricing) than >> give them to the telcos .... >> >> >> Ryan >> >> Marlon K. Schafer wrote: >>> I agree. >>> >>> I had a gamer come to me the other day wanting a guarantee that his >>> games >>> would work on our system. heh >>> >>> Told him that if it's really that much money on the line (he said he had >>> up >>> to $25k per month riding on his gaming) he should buy a t-1 from the >>> telco! >>> >>> Never heard from him again. grin >>> >>> laters >>> marlon >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Scottie Arnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> >>> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 9:10 PM >>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Metered Broadband >>> >>> >>>> I am not sure what the costs should or will be? But...I will say that >>>> is >>>> where I think broadband will be headed, for sure, if the FCC keeps >>>> going >>>> the way they are headed(since the Comcast deal) with the completely >>>> "open" >>>> concept, such as no bandwidth shaping of any sort. >>>> >>>> Even the BIG players such as the major cable companies and the major >>>> telcos cannot operate their networks very long with the new bandwidth >>>> intensive apps coming along(unless its on their own network) with no >>>> bandwidth shaping. >>>> >>>> IMHO, I think this is how it should be, a cost per data transfer or a >>>> limit and then overage charges, just as electric, long distance, water >>>> usage, etc... have been for a long time. >>>> >>>> My 2 pence worth. >>>> >>>> Scott >>>> >>>> ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- >>>> From: "Mike Hammett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> Reply-To: WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> >>>> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:23:58 -0500 >>>> >>>>> So what types of rates would be appropriate for a metered broadband >>>>> service? It obviously depends on what your costs are. I'll just >>>>> throw >>>>> something out to start a conversation, not necessarily reflective of >>>>> any >>>>> costs. >>>>> >>>>> $2/gig transferred, no other costs or limits. >>>>> >>>>> $10 base, $1.50/gig transferred, no other limits. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ---------- >>>>> Mike Hammett >>>>> Intelligent Computing Solutions >>>>> http://www.ics-il.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> WISPA Wants You! 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