I wouldn't be doing this if we didn't make a profit.
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On 12/31/2013 1:57 PM, Sam Tetherow wrote:
We are suppose to make a profit?
On 12/30/2013 09:51 PM, Phil Curnutt wrote:
Granted that our model is way different then yours, we are a
non-profit member owned, volunteer operated, coop, but we give
everybody 2 up and 2 down (now that we have an AirFiber backhaul) and
are still scrambling to keep up with the members usage (400 members
covering 600 square miles). And, they always want more.
Charging $30 a month. Of course we only have one paid employee. The
folks here in NM are happy to get that as their only alternative is
dial-up or satellite. When CenturyLink finally moves into a
neighborhood we actually encourage new inquires to go with them as we
still have tons of folks with no options other then us.
It cost us about $30K every time we have to upgrade the backbone and
back haul and APs, but luckily we have enough time between upgrades
to bank the funds.
I don't know how you guys can make a profit.
Phil
On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 8:00 PM, Matt Hoppes
<mhop...@indigowireless.com <mailto:mhop...@indigowireless.com>> wrote:
It's cut down in confusion. Oh yeah. 5 meg is x in town a but y
in town b.
And we don't do the upto game. So if you want 5 and can only get
3 we won't install you unless you'll take 3. We don't charge for
packages folks can't get.
Likewise this keeps our network happy since most links are pretty
clean.
On Dec 30, 2013, at 21:48, "CBB - Jay Fuller"
<par...@cyberbroadband.net <mailto:par...@cyberbroadband.net>> wrote:
That is a good idea
Sent from my waaaaaaaay too expensive android mobile vzw 4gish
device.....
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From: "Matt Hoppes" <mhop...@indigowireless.com
<mailto:mhop...@indigowireless.com>>
To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org
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Cc: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org
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Subject: [WISPA] Internet Packages regarding geography
Date: Mon, Dec 30, 2013 9:34 PM
What we have done is offer the same packages across the board.
If you can't get at least the package you want we don't install
you.
On Dec 30, 2013, at 21:11, "heith petersen" <wi...@mncomm.com
<mailto:wi...@mncomm.com>> wrote:
We are getting to the point in a lot of our markets that we
need to offer different speed packages. Issue being some
markets, being 900 or slightly sub-par infrastructure, we
wouldn't be able to promote these packages across the board.
Was curious if others are offering packages to different areas
that would not be possible in some? And if so, do you get any
backlash from those who cannot get those packages? Is it
appropriate to offer extended packages to users on one tower
when another tower down the road wouldn't be capable of these
packages? Its bad but we just offer a residential rate, no
matter if that customer can get 1 meg down via Canopy 900 or
close to 10 meg on a UBNT SM. I have caught a little heat in an
area where we fired up 900 about 4 years ago to a market that
had only satellite. Then we hooked up a tower in a small town 4
miles away with UBNT M2 and news spread like wild fire. We went
from 40 900 subs to about a dozen, and a pile of radios I don't
want to deploy again. Shame on me for not offering the
extended packages at that time for those wanting more bandwidth.
I also have the area outside my home town that Century Link
offers what they claim is 12 meg service, but it never gets
close. I am constantly adding more sectors in these areas, Im
getting to the point where I am adding UBNT to offload Canopy,
then adding more UBNT to offload the UBNT that was offloading
the Canopy, it gets to be a vicious circle. I am already $20
per month more than CL, not sure if a lot of customers would
stay if I were to charge them more for what they are getting
now. Once again shame on me. The bosses think the prices should
be the same across the board, but technically performances
cannot be matched across the board, plus Im running ragged
satisfying existing customers when I should be looking at new
areas, and start the vicious circle all over again LOL.
thanks
heith
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