My bandwidth provider is an example of someone who decided to become that "provider neutral" middle mile.
Not the only game in town, but he's definitely made a huge difference in the ability of a lot of smaller ISP's to become competitive, and he's making decent money, to boot. In my area, it's the cost of transport that's the real "cost" of bandwidth. I get calls from various providers looking to sell me anywhere from 10 to 30 bucks/meg, but there's no way to cost effectively transport it, due to the long distances. Basically, my provider charges about the same for transport as he does for bandwidth, and his connectivity is pretty good. I've gotten prices from pretty much every b/w provider around over the years, including those that own their own fiber, and he beats them all - not so much due to the cost/meg, but they have enormous colo fees, or insist I buy a local loop to get it to me. There will always be pitfalls to trying to force someone to sell you a service at less than they want to... Best option is for someone to become a regional middle mile like my provider is. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Neofast, Inc, Making internet easy 541-969-8200 509-386-4589 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -------------------------------------------------- From: "Charles N Wyble" <char...@www.knownelement.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 4:04 PM To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] how to compete with $15 DSL > > > Bret Clark wrote: >> Bingo...we have a winner! Middle mile means sqaut when there is a single >> provider who know they've got you by the you-know-what in terms of >> pricing. > Thank you Bret and Mike for making my point. :) > > Yes there is fiber just about everywhere, but it comes down to > accessibility. > > > >> Then there is the finger pointing you have to deal with when >> there is a problem...funny...for some reason's it's never their problem >> initially until you prove within a shadow of a doubt it is! >> > Hah! Yep. > >> We build our own wireless middle mile and that actually helps us with >> cost control because we are responsible for the links, also we find that >> customers like the fact that we have zero reliance on any ILEC. >> > > Interesting. Is the purpose of the wireless middle mile to reach a > carrier neutral facility? Very intriguing. I've considered doing that > here in Los Angeles. Back haul to One Wilshire or something. I have > friends with gear on the mountains. Hmmm.... >> Bret >> >> >> >> Mike Hammett wrote: >> >>> Well yes, AT&T, Sprint, Qwest, and Verizon have fiber almost everywhere. >>> That doesn't mean they'll sell you a service that you can cost >>> effectively >>> use. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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/
