The home security biz is a nice model, very similar to internet. We are literally on the verge of starting to do it, but have all my labor budget tied up in fiber/wireless. Have been prepared in the backend for 2 years to do it.
Regards, Chuck On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 12:44 PM, Bill Prince via Af <[email protected]> wrote: > Vivint claims an installed base of 800,000 and $30 million in monthly > revenue (http://www.vivint.com/company/about-us). That's not chump > change. > > It would appear that their fixed wireless internet product is a small part > of their overall enterprise. > > bp > > > On 10/23/2014 8:55 AM, Ken Hohhof via Af wrote: > > Is it kind of a Trojan Horse thing? Get in the door selling Internet, > then sell them home security and that’s where they make the real money? > > BTW, I’m not knocking that approach. I think we underestimate the power > of DISH, Direct, VZ/AT&T Wireless, they are already inside the castle walls > and upselling the customer to increase their ARPU. As you drive around > your coverage area, imagine you had the email address and phone number of > every target customer, and were already billing them monthly, and could > stick flyers in the bills, and send texts to their phones, and to the > customer your service was just another line item in that bundle. Of course > they may also hate you, but you have to rise to a pretty high hate level > for people to cancel their bundle. > > > *From:* Travis Johnson via Af <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, October 23, 2014 10:09 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Vivint wireless > > 20,000 - 30,000 subs in a year and half is great... but they have > probably $20mm into it, and they are dumping more money (millions) into it > as well.... it's a "play" thing for them. Kind of like Google's "fiber > across the ocean" project... something cool, but not really your core > business. > > Travis > > On 10/23/2014 8:51 AM, Mike Hammett via Af wrote: > > Yeah, but they got that far... in a year? Year and a half? > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Travis Johnson via Af" mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]> > *To: *[email protected] > *Sent: *Thursday, October 23, 2014 9:30:28 AM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Vivint wireless > > Well, they only have about 150,000 more subs to go... :) > > Travis > > On 10/23/2014 6:35 AM, Mike Hammett via Af wrote: > > *nods* They've been doing this for over a year. Last year at WISPAPALOOZA > they had like 30 people there. Some expect them to overtake JAB as the > largest WISP in the states. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"TJ Trout via Af" mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]> > *To: *[email protected] > *Sent: *Wednesday, October 22, 2014 11:43:02 PM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Vivint wireless > > Where have you been? Lol search the list :] > On Oct 22, 2014 8:39 PM, "Jaime Solorza via Af" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Spoke to young guys from Vivint >> Today at lunch and they are beta testing 50 x 50 mbps wireless using a >> fiber fed hub and then cover a neighborhood. Testing here and Utah >> somewhere. They work for automation branch and didnt know particulars. >> Anyone hear about this? >> Jaime Solorza >> > > > > > > > >
