Re: [WISPA] VoIP. Looking for your input
On Jul 22, 2006, at 12:06 AM, Patrick Leary wrote: 1. Is VoIP part of your plans? We are already doing VoIP. 2. Do you believe VoIP is a viable offering for a WISP? Depends on the WISP. 3. What type revenue contribution in terms of additional ARPU do you think VoIP can add? 0 4. If you will or are doing VoIP as a service, will/are you leveraging third parties? If so, who do like? We use XO and Volo Communications. I wouldn't recommend either. First, XO requires at least a 1M minute monthly commit and is very difficult to work with. We are through our pains with them now, but I wouldn't wish that on anyone else. Level3 has the best footprint, but requires at least a $25K monthly commit, so we went with Volo, which is a Level3 reseller. Much like XO, we have had to endure serious pain getting setup with Volo. Again, i wouldn't wish that on anyone else. Outside of Level3 and XO, virtually no operator has a large enough footprint or is stable enough to trust that they will build a large enough footprint. Further, many operators will provide their service over the internet leading to serious quality concerns. If an operator's customers aren't big enough to afford a circuit for their voice needs then they are too small. The VoIP economics don't allow for small wholesale deals. 5. Would VoIP be offered to your commercial customers, residential or both? We only do commercial. 6. If you are obtaining your own switch, what brands are in your top 3? We use a in-house maintained branch for Asterisk. 7. Does VoIP capability drive any of your wireless equipment decision making? Absolutely. 8. If you are doing now, could you architect out how you do it and what adjustment it forced in terms of capacity planning on your wireless network? Capacity was never a problem for us. However, we did find that in places where we were using Linux routers and/or cheap switches (cheap includes used carrier equipment) we needed to get rid of them in favor of modern carrier-grade equipment. -Matt -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
RE: [WISPA] SercoNet
Would be interesting to see how long a cable run you could run these over. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter R. Sent: 20 July 2006 16:14 To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] SercoNet Mixed Signals Wireless networks get a boost from phone lines. Entrepreneur magazine - June 2006 For example, SercoNet is developing a technology that sends Wi-Fi signals over your existing phone lines without affecting their use for voice or DSL internet access. http://www.entrepreneur.com/mag/article/0,1539,327728,00.html Regards, Peter RAD-INFO, Inc. - NSP Strategist We Help ISPs Connect & Communicate 813.963.5884 http://4isps.com/newsletter.htm -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.2/393 - Release Date: 19/07/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.3/394 - Release Date: 20/07/2006 -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
[WISPA] VoIP. Looking for your input
So VoIP over wireless is a very important topic to us at Alvarion right now. Increasing we are being told by new customers that much of their equipment choice is or will be based on the ability to offer true "double play" in scale. Essentially, they say the need to offer bundled services is a must, not an option, in order to remain competitive going forward. I am interested to hear listers inputs on the subject. Some questions I have: 1. Is VoIP part of your plans? 2. Do you believe VoIP is a viable offering for a WISP? 3. What type revenue contribution in terms of additional ARPU do you think VoIP can add? 4. If you will or are doing VoIP as a service, will/are you leveraging third parties? If so, who do like? 5. Would VoIP be offered to your commercial customers, residential or both? 6. If you are obtaining your own switch, what brands are in your top 3? 7. Does VoIP capability drive any of your wireless equipment decision making? 8. If you are doing now, could you architect out how you do it and what adjustment it forced in terms of capacity planning on your wireless network? Any other comments or issues on the subject would be welcome. Patrick Leary AVP Marketing Alvarion, Inc. o: 650.314.2628 c: 760.580.0080 Vonage: 650.641.1243 -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Field Techs & Non-Standard Installations
How can you tell he can / will pay for it? It is much better to have a set policy: our standard install includes X, Y, and Z. If we have to run another 100 ft of cabling or drill or whatever, that will be billable at $90 per hour. - Peter Tom DeReggi wrote: Don;t forget you may not be competing based on value of time. You may be competing on value of solution. remember you make residual income on their INternet subscription. If you ahve more man hours to instll the wireless, even if due to custom work, the cusomter may not have that same cost if they have Cable or DSL options. My cost to do the custom work is sometimes looked at as overhead ($15 salaried employee time). I only charge for the extra time if the client would likely pay it, because they don;t have any other option, or its work that would have to be done and paid for regardless of wether it was for Cable, DSL, or Wireless. Don't get confused which type of work it is, because if you try and charge for everything, you may loose the subscriber, lose the reoccuring revenue, and lose the X multiple of revenue at Sell time. However, if its billable work that you can get away with, I wouldn't charge anything less than $90 an hour. At $90 an houir we are the low cost guy in town compared to the $125-$150 others charge. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
