LOL Lets be honest here. At 380 foot well isn't free. The electricity to pump the water isn't free either.
Lots of dead trees means a chain saw, splitter, WORK etc. Also not free. The natural gas isn't free either. You had to pay for the chili! grin marlon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike" <m...@aweiowa.com> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 9:18 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Metered Billing >I have unlimited water; 380 foot well. Unlimited heat; lots of dead > trees. Working on the unlimited electricity thing. There is > unlimited "natural gas" on this list. > > Mike > > At 10:53 PM 11/7/2009, you 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 >>><mailto: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! 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