--- Mike Hammett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wireless + VoIP is really the only way to be an ISP or an ITSP. > Any other combination results in too much dependence on someone > else and not enough profit.
Dunno about that... as a WISP with VoIP you're pretty much restricted to your WISP user base. I'd much rather provide services to anyone who wants it, anywhere, than be restricted to only my WISP users. It's a solid business logic (you WILL make more revenue at a very low investment) - but it's certainly not the only way nor the best way to operate as a ITSP. As far as not making enough profit- it all depends on your spending habits. If you go about it the Vonage way, spending millions in advertising, packaging, giving your customers bad service at inflated prices - then sure, you won't make profit. But if you control your costs and invest only in what you REALLY need to (infrastructure, necessary personnel only, little/cheap advertising) then sure- you won't grow as fast as Vonage.. but you'll actually be here in a few years. Vonage won't be. (actually, the name will probably still be there, but some other company will buy just the name and customer base and leave the rest of the company to go bankrupt as it's already doing.) I wonder if they'll call it "The VoIP bubble" when it happens? ;) -- Nitzan _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
