That farmer is an asshat as well, assuming you just tap into fiber willy nilly. Fuck him, I hope his crops die and his livestock goes lame a day after his slow internet times out when paying his insurance
On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 2:43 PM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting point. I know of a place where the customer bought a 100' > tower for $12k to get internet. He also had someone bury conduit from the > tower to the house. I don't know what he paid for that part, but it wasn't > free. I haven't run into anyone willing to pay 6 figures though. > > > On 10/15/2015 2:34 PM, Eric Kuhnke wrote: > > Sounds like a good business opportunity for some construction worker types > who can learn how to do turnkey Rohn 25G installations for customer > sites... Maybe financing of a tower build? If you take $8000 and divide > it by 96 months with a reasonable interest rate it's not so terrible. > Particularly considering how much some people (not the $24.95/mo type > customer) will pay for services in rural locations. Not too rare to find > someone paying $95/mo for consumer grade VSAT service and then another $70 > on top of that for satellite TV. > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 11:30 AM, Joe Falaschi <[email protected]> wrote: > >> We've been doing some pretty creative and some pretty expensive >> installations with Clear's service shutting down. We have had a few people >> willing to spend 5k to get installations done. One has built a tower. >> Another one is $900 to create a very unique PTP from a new microsite. It's >> amazing what SOME people will do to get internet but I know that is not the >> norm - most just expect 50M for 19.95 and free install... >> >> Joe Falaschi >> e-vergent >> >> >> On Oct 15, 2015, at 11:31 AM, Mathew Howard wrote: >> >> Yes, Steve's comments were excellent. >> >> To summarize the whole thing, a couple of us can almost get to him, but >> not quite - and nobody wants to. It turned out he actually had called us >> earlier this year. >> >> On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 11:20 AM, Josh Luthman < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Steve has some fantastic comments. >>> >>> Josh Luthman >>> Office: 937-552-2340 >>> Direct: 937-552-2343 >>> 1100 Wayne St >>> Suite 1337 >>> Troy, OH 45373 >>> On Oct 15, 2015 9:17 AM, "Ty Featherling" <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Oh well fine then. Be that way. :P >>>> >>>> -Ty >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -Ty >>>> >>>> On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 11:16 AM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> This guy was discussed at length in a previous thread. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 10/15/2015 12:15 PM, Ty Featherling wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Anyone know if a WISP around Wisconsin that might be able to help >>>>>> this guy? I feel for him, he took all the right steps before he >>>>>> bought/built. Then finds out he's screwed. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/09/man-builds-house-then-finds-out-cable-internet-will-cost-117000/?mbid=synd_moz_technews6 >>>>>> >>>>>> -Ty >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >> >> > > -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
