I didn't mean standard monthly rate. I fully expect these one offs to be rather lucrative for the ISP. I just meant that legally we can't really commit to a year long install on a venue that we're only going to be in for a week or two.
Chris Stradtman Sent from my iPhone On Mar 16, 2011, at 11:09 AM, Cameron Crum <cc...@wispmon.com> wrote: > We all know what bandwidth costs are like at these shows for vendors. If you > don't, the last big show I attended as a vendor cost $1500 for 1.5M for 2 > days. Very few shows are as friendly as WISPA regionals and MUMs to vendors. > I would say if you are willing to revenue share some of that, you might get a > bit more interest. Otherwise, a month of service fees is probably not worth > the headache for most WISPs. > > Cameron > > On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Mike Hammett <wispawirel...@ics-il.net> > wrote: > I would love to drop that kind of bandwidth in on an on-demand basis. > Unfortunately, there aren't (m)any of those venue types in my area. > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > On 3/15/2011 8:17 PM, Chris Stradtman wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > This may not be the right place for this query, but if it's not I'm > > hoping someone will point me in the correct direction. > > > > I'm not actually a WISP, however on a regular basis I could use > > service from WISPs. > > > > We do network professional services for tradeshows and other events. > > Many times I could really use a wireless backup link to venues that > > just have one terrestrial link (or indeed sometimes we could use the > > wireless as the primary link). Typically these events need > > connectivity for between 2 days and 2 weeks. We're willing to pay for > > up to a month's service even if we only need it for 2 days, however > > for obvious reasons full year contracts are out of the question. We > > typically know months ahead of time where the location is (once and a > > great while we will only get 2 weeks warning). Bandwidth demands can > > vary between 5M and 1G depending on a lot of factors. > > > > Typically the information we would get would be something like > > > > somebuilding > > 123 Anywhere Street > > sometown, somestate XXXXX > > bandwith = 10M burstable to 50M > > > > for example. > > > > My question is: Is this an appropriate place to post the requests, or > > if not, where could we post requests to get exposure to potentially > > interested WISPs?? > > > > We've found that just doing a web search for WISPs in the area and > > repetitive phone calls to yield a close to 0 success rate. I do > > understand that not every WISP is going to be interested in this sort > > of business. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Chris Stradtman > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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/
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