Travis, Thats great for you but that's not the norm for most people and doesnt rebuff my point. I suppose youre getting unlimited bandwidth from your upstream too? -RickG
On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 11:53 PM, Travis Johnson <t...@ida.net> wrote: > I have unlimited water in my home. $40 per month. > > Travis > > > RickG wrote: > > For $100 a month per phone and the internet access is relatively slow. Not > really an "apples to apples" comparison. > > In my home, I want unlimited electicity, natural gas, and water too! > > On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Travis Johnson <t...@ida.net> <t...@ida.net> > wrote: > > > > The cellular guys don't charge by the minute... I have an unlimited plan > on my cell phone. I can also get unlimited text and internet access for > $9.95/mo extra. > > People don't want to guess what their internet bills are going to be from > month to month. Would you want that at your own home? > > Travis > Microserv > > Gary Garrett wrote: > > You sound like the cell phone company. > I am convinced the big failure in my business model is I charge by the > month while the cellular guys charge by the minute. > > > Travis Johnson wrote: > > > Hi, > > You are talking about having to add additional resources (radius, etc.) > to track it. Then you have to bill it. Then you get to deal with the > phone calls from users that say "My computer wasn't even turned on > during those times. Remove the charge or I will go elsewhere." So, even > that one extra phone call costs you money (because you have to think > about scaling). Imagine if you have 100x the number of customers you > have now... does the same solution work? Probably not. > > The easier solution would be to call that customer and get them to > upgrade to the next plan up (which would provide higher speed as well). > This works very well for us... and then I have that guaranteed extra > income each month, even if they don't use it. > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
