Hi Nick! I would LOVE to have more options! Right now I have DSL. It's peppy for DSL. As importantly it's reliable. I had Comcast(also known as Cox on the West coast) for about 6Months. It simply wasn't reliable so I swiched back to CyberMesa who are.
On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 1:08 PM, Nick Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Everybody, > > > > My $50. Dollar number was way off the mark. Please read below. > > > > Sorry, > > > > Nick > > > > Nicholas S. Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology > > Clark University > > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > > > > *From:* MOODY, SEAN [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, March 04, 2016 9:33 AM > *To:* Nick Thompson <[email protected]> > *Subject:* RE: Ting Internet > > > > Ting’s pricing is shown here <https://ting.com/internet>: $89/month > residential gigabit service and $139/month business gigabit service. Thanks > Nick! Sean. > > > > *From:* Nick Thompson [mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>] > *Sent:* Thursday, March 03, 2016 4:10 PM > *To:* friam <[email protected]> > *Subject:* FW: Ting Internet > > > > Hi, everybody, > > > > Many of you will recall that a representative of Ting Internet visited > with “the local chapter” last Friday, hosted by my friend Sean Moody, who > works for the City. Ting is a Canadian business whose business model > includes bringing fiber to cities like Santa Fe. I asked Sean to get back > to us, and his report appears below. > > > > If I understand correctly, the crucial issue seems to be whether enough of > our fellow citizens are sufficiently fed up with our current service to > make a switch. I may have mis-heard, but I thought I heard you guys > bandying around a number like $50/mo. With I am certainly in at that > price. Does any of you remember that conversation? > > > > See below, > > > > Nick > > > > Nicholas S. Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology > > Clark University > > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > > > > *From:* MOODY, SEAN [mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>] > *Sent:* Thursday, March 03, 2016 3:18 PM > *To:* Nick Thompson <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Ting Internet > > > > Hi Nick, > > Please share with FRIAM: > > > > Thanks to everyone for the collegial reception. The visit was quite > successful. I think Adam got a sufficient taste of Santa Fe to help Ting > <https://ting.com/internet> make a decision. And I got enough insight > into their business model to understand what the city would need to do to > rank high on their list of prospective locations. The two factors driving > an investment decision are the capital expense per service drop, which > typically ranges between $2,000 and $8,000 depending on local conditions, > and the expected “take rate”, or ratio of subscribers-to-drops along a > street or fiber segment, which ranges between 8% and 40% depending on the > community’s level of satisfaction with current providers. > > Our next challenge is to prove to Ting that the take rate will be > sufficient, and to provide the regulatory environment that will keep > utility construction costs under control. > > I was extremely impressed by this particular company. Fundamental to their > thinking is the reproducibility of their model across many different urban > environments. Hence their taking the time to understand Santa Fe. I > honestly think they've got a page or two on Google Fiber in this regard. > > > > Lastly, you FRIAM folks may appreciate the graphic below. It illustrates > the correlation between broadband speed and household income. The report > <http://hugin.info/1061/R/1729555/577891.pdf> from which it is extracted > is one of the few I have encountered approaching the issue objectively. > > > > Sean > > > > [image: cid:[email protected]] > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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