Jack, how are we supposed to know? The only way to find anything approaching an average is to get those 500 responses and average them.
And t hen you still gotta define what a WISP is. Is it the guy who covers an area the size of two city blocks and has backhauled in DSL from 3 miles away? Is it only the person who has hired help? "You're not a real WISP until you're large enough to have employees". Huh, that seems self defeating.. But anyway, averaging our opinion of what is average... In my opinion there is no "average" that represents what a WISP is. They range from that guy with his 4 neighbors to people who cover 10 thousand square miles, and both are exceptional, rather than the norm. But yet to add them together and average that... I just can't seem to form an opinion of what "average" should be. And I'm not trying to argue with you... I'm just wondering, even if we could somehow tabulate all this with actual counts, would averaging give us any useful data... If I were to offer a response, i'd say that WISP's average between 50 and 500 cpe. And that still seems indefensible, really, as a number, even when given in a range... It's just a WAG... ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ <insert witty tagline here> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Unger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>; "Motorola Canopy User Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 7:48 PM Subject: [WISPA] Input Needed - Average number of CPE per WISP ? > Guys and Gals, > > To help prepare for a planned FCC trip, I would appreciate your input on > the following question. > > "In your opinion, what is the average number of CPEs deployed per > independent WISP?" > > I'm not looking for the number of CPEs that YOU have deployed unless you > believe that your number is exactly the average of all independent > WISPs. I'm looking for the number that you believe the "average" > independent WISP has deployed. By "independent WISP" I'm not referring > to large national carriers, I'm referring to the "typical" type of WISP > operation that you are familiar with. > > I figure if I can get 30 responses then I'll have good data. I don't > want to "flood" the lists with 500 responses so after about 25 or 30 > replies, I should have all the data I need. I guess what I'm saying is > that the "time to live" for this thread may be as short as 8 hours. > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > Respectfully, > > jack (WISPA FCC Committee Chair) > > -- > Jack Unger - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. > Serving the Broadband Wireless Industry Since 1993 > Cisco Press Author - "Deploying License-Free Wireless WANs" > Vendor-Neutral Wireless Design-Training-Troubleshooting-Consulting > FCC License # PG-12-25133 Profile <http://www.linkedin.com/in/jackunger> > Phone 818-227-4220 Email <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/
