are you selling managed services on top of the internet? On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 11:54 AM, Jeremy <[email protected]> wrote:
> The Comcast pricing you have listed is for their best-effort 'up-to' > service. For a WISP to provide those speeds you will usually be providing > a dedicated PTP. The cost for 'dedicated' from Comcast is like $5K or more > for 100/100 dedicated (a 10x10 dedicated was around $2K a month from them > last I checked). Why would you provide a dedicated service for the cost of > their best effort service? The PTP to provide those speeds are likely to > cost thousands per link. I prefer to compete with their dedicated pricing > (where I beat them by a couple thousand per month). If they want the > smokin' deal that is their best-effort business class let them have it. I > have no intent of competing with those prices. The real money is in > dedicated connections. > > On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 10:28 AM, Mathew Howard <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> the 28ghz stuff does have that kind of capacity in PTMP. >> Other than that... Mimosa, perhaps? >> >> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 11:18 AM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> What kind of capacity does the 28 GHz stuff have? >>> >>> *From:* Craig Schmaderer <[email protected]> >>> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 06, 2016 11:14 AM >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Hey guys... I'm baaaaack! >>> >>> >>> I would like to know what kind of equipment you plan on using to deliver >>> those speeds at that price reliably. I don’t think anything will do that >>> in pmp mode that I would consider business class quality. So are you going >>> to be using a tone of license links at $7000 grand a pop? Even at 100 mbps >>> plan, pmp 450 can not really do that, so what is your plan? Please don’t >>> say Ubnt. >>> >>> >>> >>> *Craig R. Schmaderer* >>> >>> *CEO | Skywave Wireless, Inc.* >>> >>> *Ph: 402-372-1975 <402-372-1975> | Fax: 402-372-1058 <402-372-1058>* >>> >>> *Direct: 402-372-1052 <402-372-1052>* >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Judd Lists >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 05, 2016 6:14 PM >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Hey guys... I'm baaaaack! >>> >>> >>> >>> Yes, commercial service mainly. I might consider some residential, but >>> I'm going for the opposite end of the spectrum as I did when I started in >>> this industry 15 years ago. Back then, I wanted to deliver the cheapest >>> and lowest cost service to anyone and everyone. Now I'm focused on >>> providing only the top, highest quality service to the clients who are >>> willing to pay the price. Oh.. and under promise, over deliver. >>> >>> From a customer perspective, I got a call yesterday from Comcast, to >>> upgrade my 65Mbps to 150Mbps for $3/Month more than I'm currently paying >>> and it would include TV and the online streaming/subscriptions, etc, for >>> $69.95/Month. They pump that to $85/Month after the 12 month contract is >>> up. They had a non-contract deal for $79/Month, same 150Mbps plan. >>> >>> However, my business consulting clients pay $120-200/Month for just >>> Internet speeds from Comcast ranging from 18Mbps low end to 80Mbps high end >>> at $200-205/month. That's the market I'll be after. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 5:03 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> You’ve been out of it for 5-7 years? From your description, I hope you >>> are targeting business customers. Otherwise, be prepared, residential >>> customers have become very “entitled” in the past 5-7 years. >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Judd Lists <[email protected]> >>> >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 05, 2016 5:55 PM >>> >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> >>> *Subject:* [AFMUG] Hey guys... I'm baaaaack! >>> >>> >>> >>> Listening in for now. Thought I'd pop on a couple lists since I'm >>> designing a new WISP and going to be bringing in some investors in the next >>> few months. >>> >>> Going to be focusing on delivering 100-300Mbps plans or better (yes, via >>> wireless) and will be doing some fiber planning for long-term. >>> >>> Working on getting the first GigE backhaul and a few POP's allocated. >>> >>> Hello again! I've been mostly consulting and doing other things the >>> last 5-7 years, but wireless is still a passion for me and I love it so >>> much I'm getting back into it full-time. >>> >>> Judd Dare >>> Mega Secure >>> >>> >>> >> >> > -- 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.
