You better stay away from the medical industry. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373
On Aug 22, 2016 10:01 PM, "Eric Kuhnke" <[email protected]> wrote: > This is not a WISP that competes with me in any way... > > It's actually a family member's new last mile connection, where the bill > looks like: > > NRC > $several hundred dollars - CPE radio > $165 - new customer one time installation fee > $80 router purchase > > MRC > $85 monthly for a reasonably high quota service > > I think that the price disparity between the actual market value of the > router ($11 to $15 on ebay with free shipping included in the price) and > what they sold it for is so wide that it's just *wrong*. > > I can see buying a $75 basic 802.11ac router and selling it for $100, or > even $110... But not this. > > > On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 6:23 PM, Trey Scarborough <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I agree if they are selling the router along with installing it for $80 >> and they are not selling it as a new router I don't see the problem. Its a >> $10 plus say $10 for shipping and $60 to install it. If that was geek squad >> the bill would probably come out to $300... >> >> I agree if this is a competitor just sell a better faster router for less >> with install. >> >> On 8/22/2016 8:07 PM, Lewis Bergman wrote: >> >>> If this is your competition, I encourage you to forget about it. Nothing >>> productive will come of it. >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 22, 2016, 7:33 PM Josh Luthman <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> That doesn't really answer the questions though. Sounds like the >>> second one kinda... >>> >>> Josh Luthman >>> Office: 937-552-2340 >>> Direct: 937-552-2343 >>> 1100 Wayne St >>> Suite 1337 >>> Troy, OH 45373 >>> >>> >>> On Aug 22, 2016 7:47 PM, "Eric Kuhnke" <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> A CPE radio was installed and aimed, ubnt PoE injector put in >>> place, and the router connected to the LAN side of the PoE... >>> >>> The CPE radio installation was its own installation service >>> charge and equipment fee separate from the $80 line item for the >>> router. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 4:00 PM, Josh Luthman >>> <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> If it's sold as new? That's wrong. >>> >>> If it's sold as a service (go to house, install router, >>> leave)? That's fine. >>> >>> If it's sold as a used product? That's fine. >>> >>> >>> Josh Luthman >>> Office: 937-552-2340 <tel:937-552-2340> >>> Direct: 937-552-2343 <tel:937-552-2343> >>> 1100 Wayne St >>> Suite 1337 >>> Troy, OH 45373 >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 6:57 PM, Eric Kuhnke >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Many WISPs rent routers or sell home wifi routers to >>> their customers. >>> >>> Some routers are used pulls from other customers, get >>> factory defaulted and configured for new customers. >>> >>> Nothing wrong with this. >>> >>> If you saw a WISP that was taking used routers from >>> customer pulls and re-selling them to another customer >>> at $80/piece, and that router was this exact model: >>> >>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/NETGEA >>> R-WNR1000-WIRELESS-N-N150-WIRELESS-ROUTER-RANGEMAX-4-PORT- >>> SWITCH-/171392676852?hash=item27e7ccb3f4:g:D8sAAOSwKPNTzDRY >>> >>> Would you consider it to be ethically questionable? I >>> could not in good conscience sell such a feeble, >>> obsolete $10 router for $80. >>> >>> >>> This is not a 'rented' router, this was an actual >>> purchase line item on a customer invoice. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >
