Without strict NetNeutrality laws, WISPs would have the flexibilty and leverage to make those kind of deals, for mutual benefit of both parties.
However, not sure its cost effective to encourage increased Video usage for just $5 per month. I remember a tradeshow Session with CWLAbs on VOIP like 6 years ago or so, where one of the messages was sure VOIP could be done over wireless 802.11b reliably, but the trade off was that to keep latency where it needed to be, a WISP would only being able to serve 5x less customers per sector. So... sell broadband with 50cust per sector, or 10 custoemrs per sector with VOIP. Sure sectors were 3mb back then and not 30mb, but the point still applies. A 40k stream compared to 1.5mb video stream. If a WISP had a market with only 30 homes within range of a sector, and the sectors were LOS with 30mbps +, sure maybe encouraging video "Might" be OK. But I'd argue that most markets are larger than that, and most markets dont have all LOS customers. At the end of the day, ability to scale is reduced. Trading $5 block buster revenue for a loss of several a $40/mon sub, when doing the math on capacity usage. The only way I'd justify a BlockBuster type partner ship would be if it was charging pr mb of transfer, where maybe each video rental was $5, and each party got $2.50 per movie rental. Over the month, the revenue would then be more attractive. But then, why even bother to partner? Why not do the math to deterine how much bandwdith a single movie download takes, and then jsut automatically charge your customer that fee, and sell plans with per mb billing. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband ----- Original Message ----- From: "support" <[email protected]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 11:01 AM Subject: [WISPA] idea to slow the pain of netflix > has anyone ever tried to partner with blockbuster > > say something like > > if you have a 1Mps service for $39.95 > > but then partner with the local blockbuster > > then have 1Mps premier service for $49.95 includes deals at block buster > > $5 would go to blockbuster > > a extra $5 would go to the WISP > > blockbuster gets more business people watch less netflix > > seems like a win win > > Please give your input > > Thanks > > -- > > > Tim Steele > > [email protected] > > NITLine Support > > (574) 772-7550 ext 103 > > www.NITLine.net > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > 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: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
