Then you, my friend, are in the golden groove of wifi! They just haven't caught on. :)
Bob- -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Jayson Baker Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 9:05 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Was question: now bandwidth use. Weird. Ours is completely the opposite. We keep adding customers by the truck load, but bandwidth only slowly climbs. *knock on wood* Never said I minded, though! On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 12:55 PM, MDK <rea...@muddyfrogwater.us> wrote: > I'm seeing the same thing. > > I can literally track it month to month and show the bill and useage going > up each month by far more than the growth of our customer base. > > In 3 months I've added 25% to my useage. > > KA-POW! That's one serious bunch of data useage. > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Marlon K. Schafer" <o...@odessaoffice.com> > Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 10:58 AM > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] 2010: One Question for WISPs > > > LOL > > > > What kind of question is that? big grin > > > > The short answer is, it depends. > > > > I'm much more excited about the technology in use. I'm much more excited > > about how many customers we can take care of with the same amount of > staff > > etc. Technologically life is better than ever. > > > > I'm not excited about usage. This netflix thing is looking like it'll > > have > > a bigger impact than Napster had in the past. With the new usage there > is > > NO incentive for the customer to purchase new faster services like there > > was > > when we went from dialup to broadband. > > > > My bill for upstream went up by nearly 10% last month alone! This based > > on > > the 95% usage mechanism we're billed for. It's up by almost twice over > > the > > last 12 months. This in spite of a 50% DROP in per mb/s costs from that > > particular provider. > > > > Unless costs go WAY down or we find a way to bill the content providers > > for > > the traffic that's being generated I'm not sure what will happen over the > > next 3 to 5 years. Per bit billing only works if everyone (or nearly > > everyone) does it. > > > > Xbox is also a problem these days. No other gaming system out there is > as > > picky with the network design or performance. Not even close. Xbox > > requires very nearly perfect connections between the gamers or there are > > significant lag issues that drive the gamers nuts. > > > > I don't see any trend in the content providers giving a rats behind about > > what their crappy encryption mechanisms etc. do to the transport people. > > I > > don't see any improvements on the horizon. > > > > On a good note though, this has to be just KILLING the big players. At > > least we have a somewhat captive audience, often a forgiving and tech > > savvy > > one at that. People who "just don't get it" don't often last long in the > > sticks, they have to be able to hire help for everything they need so > they > > end up in the cities :-). > > > > If we last the next 5 years I think we'll be in good shape. But for the > > first time since I've been in business I'm worried about the business > > models. I just can't find one that works for us and the customer. > > > > laters, > > marlon > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Patrick Leary" <ple...@apertonet.com> > > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > > Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 8:47 AM > > Subject: [WISPA] 2010: One Question for WISPs > > > > > >> Happy New Year folks. One simple multiple choice question: > >> > >> For 2010, are you more or less optimistic than you were in 2009? > >> > >> A - Much more > >> B - Somewhat more > >> C - Same > >> D - More pessimistic > >> > >> If you'd care to explain your answer, that's be great. > >> > >> Thank, > >> > >> Patrick > >> > >> > >> Patrick Leary > >> Aperto Networks > >> 813.426.4230 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! 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