Years ago my mom had internet service from her cableco. She told me the deal 
was a phone (VoIP) and Internet. 

I was trying to support her remotely and it was terrible. I called the cableco 
and she was getting the basic triple play: 
Basic Cable
Phone
Internet... 80kbps!

I wanted mom to upgrade so I could help her when needed. She said no; Facebook 
and email worked just fine. 

This deal offered by the cableco damn near killed the local telco. 

ryan

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D. Ryan Spott | NGC457, llc
broadband | telco | colo | communities
PO Box 1734 Sultan, WA 98294
425-939-0047

> On Apr 26, 2016, at 12:22, That One Guy /sarcasm <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> dsl to our customer base is never reliable over about 300k. Id say ten bucks 
> a month for 300k is fair.
> 
>> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 2:06 PM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> Hope he's doing OK.  Reminds me of Monty Python - perhaps he died while 
>> writing it!
>> 
>> Personally I'd have a hard time justifying $9.95 for any kind of unlimited 
>> service.  If he can get DSL at that price, have at it.  If it's not 
>> available, maybe we can help.
>> 
>> 
>> Josh Luthman
>> Office: 937-552-2340
>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>> 1100 Wayne St
>> Suite 1337
>> Troy, OH 45373
>> 
>>> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Rory Conaway <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> We got hit with this a few weeks ago.  They get internet for $9.95 per 
>>> month for 1.5Mbps with DSL.  We match this.
>>> 
>>> Rory
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jerry Head
>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 12:03 PM
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: [AFMUG] How would you address this?
>>> 
>>> This is a copy/paste of an inquiry submission we received on our website. 
>>> What is this guy asking for? Discounted service possibly? As a WISP we 
>>> certainly don't feed from the public trough, are we "required"
>>> to do some kind of discounted service here? Having said all that I would 
>>> mention that as a practice we do discount/waive the installation fee for 
>>> veterans as taken on a case-by-case basis. Yes it is incomplete and we are 
>>> not sure why he did not finish it....
>>> 
>>> 
>>> "I am wondering if your company participates in the Rural Broadband 
>>> Initiative? I live on a fixed income and it was suggested by a friend I 
>>> research the program.
>>> 
>>> My retirement is more than adequate under normal circumstances but my 
>>> medical cost not covered by the VA eats up much of my income. This makes it 
>>> necessary to budget my expenses.
>>> 
>>> I need internet service right away and I am...."
>>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> 
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> 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.

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