Depends where they are. If they have cable modem or good DSL in the area, perhaps not. If they have no cable and crappy DSL they do pay that much.
From: Lewis Bergman Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 12:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 50mbps is faster than 85% of the rest of the country? Bingo, I was considering a fiber deployment recently and did some market research. Very few were willing to pay even $50 for 50Mbs. Canceled project. On Wed, Sep 30, 2015, 9:47 AM Simon Westlake <[email protected]> wrote: Is 85% of the country unable to get 50Mbps or unwilling to pay for it? 50Mbps is towards the top end of what TWC offers to residential customers around here, and I would be willing to be the majority take a cheaper package. On 9/30/2015 9:45 AM, Rory Conaway wrote: � From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rory Conaway Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 7:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [AFMUG] 50mbps is faster than 85% of the rest of the country? � This was a speedtest taken by one of my customers this morning.� The thing that surprised me was the 85% number.� I�m not sure of the source of the data but if that�s correct, then there is a huge opportunity that we all need to be looking at.� In this case, it�s a lowly Nanostation Loco M5 to an older XM Rocket.� Even though there is about 40 customers on it, it wasn�t under a lot of load when this was taken.�� But the point is, 50Mbps is a relatively easy number to hit with 802.11ac and it also means, 85% of the country is where we need to be competing.� �� � Rory Conaway � Triad Wireless � CEO 4226 S. 37th Street � Phoenix � AZ 85040 O 602-426-0542 www.triadwireless.net� [email protected] � �
