Your question has some of the answer in it. What do you want for ROI (return on investment) timing? The answer to that helps determine installation charge and how much you have to charge per month.
RickG wrote: > Sure but I'm more curious about the business model for making money at > such low prices. UBNT is priced right and certainly helps but it would > still be tough to make a profit at only $24.95/month. I havent seen > one a financial discusion on the list in a very long time. I though > market share models died a long time ago. Are people still out there > losing money in the short term in order to make money on the long > term? > > On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Mike Hammett <wispawirel...@ics-il.net> > wrote: > >> Mikrotik, StarOS, or UBNT could all deliver those speeds. >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "RickG" <rgunder...@gmail.com> >> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 8:19 PM >> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] how to compete with $15 DSL >> >> >>> If so, with what equipment? >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 1:35 PM, Marco Coelho <coelh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Are you delivering that wireless? >>>> >>>> mc >>>> >>>> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 9:08 PM, Jayson Baker <jay...@spectrasurf.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> That's what we did. $24.95/mo gets you 12Mbps/6Mbps. $49.95/mo gets >>>>> you >>>>> 20Mbps/6Mbps. >>>>> We guarantee minimums--not just an "up to" speed. A lot of people >>>>> really >>>>> like that too. >>>>> Our packages: www.peakinter.net >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 11:14 PM, MDK <rea...@muddyfrogwater.us> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> One of the things you have to keep in mind, is that you really do have >>>>>> to >>>>>> offer your customers a decent value for their dollars. 35 Bux for a >>>>>> fraction of a meg is darn steep pricing these days. We offer a 300K >>>>>> for >>>>>> 25 >>>>>> and 2 meg for 38.50, which is reasonably competitive. >>>>>> >>>>>> You don't' need to be the cheapest to be "competitive", but you can't >>>>>> be >>>>>> way >>>>>> outside of normal pricing. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm thinking of throwing up some MIMO gear and offering something like >>>>>> a 7 >>>>>> meg service. Was thinking of making it about 75 / mo. Not the >>>>>> cheapest. Not the most expensive, either. What would 7 meg be in >>>>>> your >>>>>> area? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>>>>> Neofast, Inc, Making internet easy >>>>>> 541-969-8200 509-386-4589 >>>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>>>>> >>>>>> -------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> From: "Kurt Fankhauser" <k...@wavelinc.com> >>>>>> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 8:05 AM >>>>>> To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> >>>>>> Subject: [WISPA] how to compete with $15 DSL >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Local phone company here just expanded their DSL coverage area and >>>>>>> mailed >>>>>>> out fliers to everyone for $15 DSL. I see no mention of it being a >>>>>>> promotional price. One person said as long as you have it they will >>>>>>> not >>>>>>> raise the rate from $15. Think its for 768k service. Anyways we are >>>>>>> getting >>>>>>> about 1 person a day switching from our $35/month/768k wireless >>>>>>> service >>>>>>> >>>>>> to >>>>>> >>>>>>> this DSL. 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