Plus all the cities that are mentioned are in a competitive environment! None that are government competitive subsidized for some reason or another.
Scott ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: RickG <rgunder...@gmail.com> Reply-To: WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 13:24:14 -0400 >Charles, > >I'll check my archives for the spreadsheet (I think Charles Wu has it >online someplace) but I believe the financing is only a small portion >of the issue. It's the labor. Good, reliable labor, that has >experience and knowledge. >As far as your $100k, there are many variables and more detail is >needed. Sidenote: I dont live there now but I was born and raised in >SoCal. When you say medium city, are you using city limits as a >coverage area. I ask because in SoCal nearly all the cities run >together from San Diego to Santa Barbara. >At any rate, in my experience, whatever budget you come up with - double it! > >-RickG > >On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 1:07 PM, <char...@thewybles.com> wrote: >> All these talks about financing have been very interesting. >> >> Let's say I wanted to start a wisp to serve a medium city in southern >> california (population 100,000 or so). >> >> I can get access to gigabit fiber for a 1 time cross connect fee of 2500 >> and a monthly cost of 1500. There are a few spots in town that would have >> Los to large portions of the city. >> >> I'm thinking 100,000 to cover initial costs (cpe/ap/ tower rental/mapping >> /spectrum analysis/marketing/sales). >> >> What are the pieces I'm missing? (I would use contractors for the initial >> build, and onforce.com for tech rolls). Anyone have a spreadsheet that has >> all the various pieces? >> >> >> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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/ >--- >[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > Wireless High Speed Broadband service from Info-Ed, Inc. as low as $30.00/mth. Check out www.info-ed.com/wireless.html for information. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
