Bob, We do the same here. Day one ROI upon installation. Not having any problems getting customers, In fact, we're growing faster than we ever have. Of course, there is a lot more to the cost of operating than just ROI upon install. Our lowest plan is $49.99/month. Which is the reason I responded to Jayson's post:
Jayson Baker <jay...@spectrasurf.com> wrote: "$24.95/mo gets you 12Mbps/6Mbps. $49.95/mo gets you 20Mbps/6Mbps. We guarantee minimums--not just an "up to" speed" I'm always game to learn something. Every business model I've ever done only shows profit at $50/month ARPU. I'm just wondering if & where I'm going wrong. -RickG On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 6:34 PM, Robert West <robert.w...@just-micro.com> wrote: > Using UBNT, we have a zero day ROI. We pay the salesperson a commission and > the installer is paid by the job. Thus, the install fee and first month > service covers it all including the price of the radio/antenna. After that, > the monthly charge comes with not much effort unless the customer turns out > to be high maintenance and with that, we just start charging for service > calls and computer repairs. > > Just because one charges a small monthly fee doesn’t mean you can’t have add > on services, higher tiers or other profit areas. > > But even with that, we've had the "cheap skate" discussion before.... some > people will go with the 15 buck slow service no matter what. Let em'. You > deal with that type of offer with quality, service and educating your > market. The worst thing you could do, in my opinion, is to try to join in > their game. It only associates their low quality standards with you. Apple > computers doesn’t sell $298 laptops for a reason. > > Bob- > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of RickG > Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 3:29 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] how to compete with $15 DSL > > 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. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to retain these >>>>>> > customers???? They are not even giving us a chance to offer them a >>>>>> > lower >>>>>> > price as they all already have the DSL turned on and been using it >>>>>> > for a >>>>>> > month before they cancel ours. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Kurt Fankhauser >>>>>> > WAVELINC >>>>>> > P.O. Box 126 >>>>>> > Bucyrus, OH 44820 >>>>>> > 419-562-6405 >>>>>> > www.wavelinc.com >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- >>>>>> > WISPA Wants You! 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