But THEY are going to get one, and I doubt you or I will see that change during our lifetime.
Scottie ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Butch Evans <but...@butchevans.com> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:42:57 -0500 >On Tue, 2010-03-16 at 13:29 -0600, Scottie Arnett wrote: >> If they are giving them some form of subsidy to build these >> networks, then I think we should have access to use it too. > >This is the wrong way to view it, though. I'm not looking to argue the >point, but want to address this in a slightly different way. Let's take >an area called ruralville, us. In Ruralville, there is a population of >1000 citizens who earn an average of $22k/year. If there were no high >speed options in ruralville, would YOU build a network there? I know I >would. Especially if I carried the backhaul in from a larger network. >Would you require someone else to pay for the gear, or could you make >the numbers work for that area? I know I could make the numbers work. > >NOW...the question is: If it is feasible to make it work without a >subsidy, WHY SHOULD ANYONE GET ONE FOR THAT AREA? > >In my mind, it's not about "if they get one, I want one, too". It is >more along the line of "if I don't NEED one, neither do they". > >-- >******************************************************************** >* Butch Evans * Professional Network Consultation* >* http://www.butchevans.com/ * Network Engineering * >* http://store.wispgear.net/ * Wired or Wireless Networks * >* http://blog.butchevans.com/ * ImageStream, Mikrotik and MORE! * >******************************************************************** > >--- >[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/
