Another item for us to do: Peer, aggregate bandwidth and save money. As you said, thing like the big guys.
On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 12:57 AM, Faisal Imtiaz <fai...@snappydsl.net>wrote: > .. Correction / Point:- > The ISP Model is built on OverSubcription.. the Telco's 'generate' > internet traffic or in otherwords 'peer' so their capacity cost is dictated > by equipment and infrastructure maintenance cost. > > The price for anything is arbitrary based on their desired profit level. > > @ $100/month the services START becoming profitable, as WISP's & ISP's may > not have much of Add-on Services to keep increasing that number, the Telco's > and Cable Co's have plenty of options to raise the monthly tab. > > Yes we do have some features that are very much applicable for a 'niche' > cannot be everything to everyone (e.g. like Cable Co's & TelCo's), and I > think that is going to hold the key to success for WISP's . > > the other option is to look and think beyond.. e.g. make some real / > serious money so that you can build or pay for infrastructure that one can > own.. (e.g. wires in the Ground... / CLEC presense @ colo / Fiber Routes / > Cable Plant etc.etc.) > > Regards > Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas to all. > > Faisal Imtiaz > Snappy Internet & Telecom > > > > On 12/23/2010 11:53 PM, RickG wrote: > > Frankly, the converse of this is also true... Maybe our services are >> 'under-priced' to begin with ? We, because of our cut to the bone >> business model of making little to no profit, choose to sell service at >> a price that takes a lot of factors into consideration and we may have >> 'mis-calculated' on the shifting consumer behavior ? >> > > I've been saying that since 1997 when I was paying $3500 per T1 and I > bought my first Alott box. The problem is people cant pay for what they use > and depend on the over-subscription model. > > >> B. Cost of Communication Services Consumed by folks will go UP. (I say >> Communication Cost, not Internet Cost.. go back into time, 20 years ago >> I was spending about $70 on Phone service, $35 on cable Tv... Today, it >> is something like $35 voip/Home Phone + $50 Internet DSL + $70 Cable Tv >> Service + $250 Cell Phone + data Plan..... Over time this will >> consolidate, and the Telco's and cable Co's are fighting to keep as big >> as a share the can off it... Plus there are other pay for services HD / >> DvR / Special Programing etc etc that can kick in another $100 / month >> from the subscribers... >> > > Can anyone make any money providing all that for $100 or less? > > >> Unfortunately, the WISP's may not have "other addons" to make money from >> .... personally, when ever I do the un-adulterated business math, I keep >> coming up with conclusions that .. when Gross Revenue from a Subscriber >> hits south of $50/month, it is very difficult to turn healthy profit.. >> when it starts to approach $100/month, things start looking a lot more >> reasonable and business like. This is very much true for the Cable Co's >> and the Telco's as well. >> > > We do have one feature - upload bandwidth. I havent marketed it yet but > with Facebook and such being so popular I hear people grumbling about upload > speed on their DSL & cable. > >> -- >> > -RickG > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > -- -RickG
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