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I'm sure the $1,500 per customer figure was total cost for everything
(bandwidth, backhaul, switches, routers, etc.). It seems like a lot,
until you start adding up everything we need to get service to that
customer... AP's, backhaul, towers, routers, switches, UPS's, etc. Travis Microserv Scottie Arnett wrote: I found these stats interesting: "the number of households either lacking Internet service altogether or using dial-up connections approaches 58 million – half of the households in the United States."Somebody is wrong somewhere on these numbers? and... "Insight Research claims that it takes about $1,500 per household to deploy broadband, bringing the amount of money needed for universal access to $60 billion." I know I could do mucho mucho wireless with $1500 per customer! Scottie ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Robert West" <robert.w...@just-micro.com> Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:28:56 -0500Maybe if it was given to those who are truly interested in providing broadband, it would be more than enough. How much more could YOU do, Scottie, if they gave you 100 grand outright? I bet it would go directly towards the customer. Now I'm sure that there are plenty of well meaning companies out there just trying for a little help and deservedly so, but basic human nature is greed and as we've talked about before, once those "Wisps by Convenience" get the cash, play Wisp until they run out of that cash and then go bye-bye, our payday will come when we are able to buy their equipment at auction. At least that's what I tell myself to feel better...... :) -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Scottie Arnett Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 8:20 PM To: wireless@wispa.org Subject: [WISPA] Report: Broadband stimulus funds won't suffice < http://www.cedmagazine.com/News-Broadband-stimulus-funds-121109.aspx > "The $7.2 billion in broadband stimulus funding given out by President Obama is not even close to enough to deploy truly universal broadband access, according to a new study from Insight Research." Scottie 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/ --- [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/ |
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