[WISPA] Marketing
We now have 2 gig fibers capable of being turned up to 10 gig, one through Cogent and one through COX. We wanted to try marketing to customers and installing licensed dedicated links. Is there a service that handles the FCC side of things? This aspect is totally new to us. What is the turn around to time to get the licensed and link set up with the FCC.. Again, we are new to Licensed and have no idea how it works, all we know is unlicensed bands. We are in Tucson, AZ. ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
Re: [WISPA] Marketing idea
Be sure to check your state's lattery/raffle laws. They vary a lot, but many have restrictions about how players can get tickets, etc. On 12/1/2013 12:03 PM, Joe Miller wrote: Thinking about how to get my company name out there more in our area... A thought that I came up with was a raffle... Raffle off a 2002 KZ C800, (see attached) at $5.00 a ticket. Someone will own this for $5.00. but instead of the conventional way of the actual paper ticket, come up with something that is web based where they can buy tickets through a web page. I haven't got the details on how to do this yet, but looking for ideas. Say start on 1/1/14 and have the drawing on the 4^th of July or something like that. Someone owed me money for a job, and this is how I got paid. the motorcycle is company owned, and it runs very well. Joe Miller www.dslbyair.com 228-831-8881 ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com http://www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3629/6882 - Release Date: 12/01/13 -- Scott Reed Owner NewWays Networking, LLC Wireless Networking Network Design, Installation and Administration Mikrotik Advanced Certified www.nwwnet.net (765) 855-1060 (765) 439-4253 Toll-free (855) 231-6239 ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
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AFAIK, it's illegal in every state to have an online raffle that is fee based. Certain NFP's can get a permit for an online raffle based on state laws. You can see your laws for Mississippi here: http://www.msgamingcommission.com/ or http://www.gambling-law-us.com/State-Laws/Mississippi/ Regards, Chuck On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Scott Reed sr...@nwwnet.net wrote: Be sure to check your state's lattery/raffle laws. They vary a lot, but many have restrictions about how players can get tickets, etc. On 12/1/2013 12:03 PM, Joe Miller wrote: Thinking about how to get my company name out there more in our area… A thought that I came up with was a raffle… Raffle off a 2002 KZ C800, (see attached) at $5.00 a ticket. Someone will own this for $5.00. but instead of the conventional way of the actual paper ticket, come up with something that is web based where they can buy tickets through a web page. I haven’t got the details on how to do this yet, but looking for ideas. Say start on 1/1/14 and have the drawing on the 4th of July or something like that. Someone owed me money for a job, and this is how I got paid. the motorcycle is company owned, and it runs very well. Joe Miller www.dslbyair.com 228-831-8881 ___ Wireless mailing listWireless@wispa.orghttp://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3629/6882 - Release Date: 12/01/13 -- Scott Reed Owner NewWays Networking, LLC Wireless Networking Network Design, Installation and Administration Mikrotik Advanced Certifiedwww.nwwnet.net(765) 855-1060 (765) 439-4253 Toll-free (855) 231-6239 ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
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I wouldn't mind buying that... What was the bill and what do you want for it? If you are interested in selling... -- On 12/1/2013 12:03 PM, Joe Miller wrote: Thinking about how to get my company name out there more in our area... A thought that I came up with was a raffle... Raffle off a 2002 KZ C800, (see attached) at $5.00 a ticket. Someone will own this for $5.00. but instead of the conventional way of the actual paper ticket, come up with something that is web based where they can buy tickets through a web page. I haven't got the details on how to do this yet, but looking for ideas. Say start on 1/1/14 and have the drawing on the 4^th of July or something like that. Someone owed me money for a job, and this is how I got paid. the motorcycle is company owned, and it runs very well. Joe Miller www.dslbyair.com 228-831-8881 ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- West Michigan Wireless ISP Allegan, Michigan 49010 269-686-8648 A Division of: Camp Communication Services, INC ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
Re: [WISPA] Marketing ( was Re: Verizon 4G LTE - WOW - update)
I can order metro fiber from ATT for less. On Friday, April 8, 2011, John Thomas jtho...@quarnet.com wrote: Smart marketing goes a long way. I know of a company that was basically getting a 3 x T-1 pushed its way because ATT wanted to sell it to them. Wow, for only $700 per month you can have 4.5 Megabits per second. We told them go ask about Fiber. By going through a reseller, they were able to get ATT to install a 10 meg x 10 meg fiber connection for $973 per month. Of course the equipment is 100 meg port and they are actually getting about 20 + meg both directions, and are VERY happy with this arrangement. Of course if The TW Telecom rep had actually wanted to sell the product, they could have had 100 meg over fiber to their site for about $1400 per month. The fiber is literally in the street outside their building, but the TW Telecom guy didn't want to sell it. A fellow Network Engineer has 1.5 meg / 384 k ADSL to his house. According to ATT's website, for $45 he can get 6 meg / 768 k + 5 static IP addresses for $45 per month. After having ATT *hang up* on him 3 times, hes has decided to drop ATT and look at other alternatives. John On 4/5/2011 9:19 PM, Faisal Imtiaz wrote: You can always upgrade More! The key central question is ... how to 'Capitalize' on it and make some Money. There are always two ways the Market move .. Either PUSH (try to sell your excess capacity on the network , making it attractive , lower the selling price, while increasing margins ... or Packaging your products differently for a different Target Market). or PULL .. where the customers are knocking on your doors to demand more. So.. here is bit of Challenge for All of US, including Rick Travis If we have the capacity to deliver the high bandwidth to our customers.. and in our market place the Phone Company is still selling T1' s and Metro Ethernet's like hot cakes.. then there is only one possible conclusion . We need to Review our products / pricing / packaging strategy... since we are leaving a LOT on the Table.. now, if you tell me that in your / our market place.. the Telco's are hurting in business because folks are lining up purchase your / our circuits.. .then and only then I can say you are starting to 'saturate' your territory.. time to expand and break new ground. Some Food For Thought.. Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet Telecom 7266 SW 48 Street Miami, Fl 33155 Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 Helpdesk: 305 663 5518 option 2 Email: supp...@snappydsl.net On 4/6/2011 12:08 AM, RickG wrote: +100%! I've upgraded my network to the point that I cant anymore but 90% of the customers are fine with 1.5 or 3Mbps! On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Travis Johnson t...@ida.net wrote: The other question is how much do you pay for the service? It all comes down to price. I can deliver 10Mbps x 10Mbps up to 300Mbps x 300Mbps to anyone that wants it... however, most people don't want to pay for it... ;) Travis Microserv On 4/5/2011 5:37 AM, Charles Wu wrote: It's generally known that the 20 Mb burst given by cable companies is throttled to sustained download speeds in the 1-3 Mb range That said, the point I'm trying to make is that the technology has come so far for mobile cellular data that we are now unconsciously comparing it side-by-side to fixed terrestrial broadband technologies (think of it this way, how many WISPs can deliver up-to speeds of 8-10 Mb to a low power handset in the middle of a concrete building 3+ miles away from a tower) -Charles -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of St. Louis Broadband Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 9:33 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] Verizon 4G LTE - WOW - update I just checked my Charter via Ookla and it said I was getting 20 Mbps down and 1 Mbps up, horse pucky. I only get that in speedtests and never when I have to upload or download a big file via FTP or whatever. It generally gets throttled to dial up speeds or
[WISPA] Marketing ( was Re: Verizon 4G LTE - WOW - update)
Smart marketing goes a long way. I know of a company that was basically getting a 3 x T-1 pushed its way because ATT wanted to sell it to them. Wow, for only $700 per month you can have 4.5 Megabits per second. We told them go ask about Fiber. By going through a reseller, they were able to get ATT to install a 10 meg x 10 meg fiber connection for $973 per month. Of course the equipment is 100 meg port and they are actually getting about 20 + meg both directions, and are VERY happy with this arrangement. Of course if The TW Telecom rep had actually wanted to sell the product, they could have had 100 meg over fiber to their site for about $1400 per month. The fiber is literally in the street outside their building, but the TW Telecom guy didn't want to sell it. A fellow Network Engineer has 1.5 meg / 384 k ADSL to his house. According to ATT's website, for $45 he can get 6 meg / 768 k + 5 static IP addresses for $45 per month. After having ATT *hang up* on him 3 times, hes has decided to drop ATT and look at other alternatives. John On 4/5/2011 9:19 PM, Faisal Imtiaz wrote: You can always upgrade More! The key central question is ... how to 'Capitalize' on it and make some Money. There are always two ways the Market move .. Either PUSH (try to sell your excess capacity on the network , making it attractive , lower the selling price, while increasing margins ... or Packaging your products differently for a different Target Market). or PULL .. where the customers are knocking on your doors to demand more. So.. here is bit of Challenge for All of US, including Rick Travis If we have the capacity to deliver the high bandwidth to our customers.. and in our market place the Phone Company is still selling T1' s and Metro Ethernet's like hot cakes.. then there is only one possible conclusion . We need to Review our products / pricing / packaging strategy... since we are leaving a LOT on the Table.. now, if you tell me that in your / our market place.. the Telco's are hurting in business because folks are lining up purchase your / our circuits.. .then and only then I can say you are starting to 'saturate' your territory.. time to expand and break new ground. Some Food For Thought.. Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet Telecom 7266 SW 48 Street Miami, Fl 33155 Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 Helpdesk: 305 663 5518 option 2 Email:supp...@snappydsl.net On 4/6/2011 12:08 AM, RickG wrote: +100%! I've upgraded my network to the point that I cant anymore but 90% of the customers are fine with 1.5 or 3Mbps! On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Travis Johnson t...@ida.net mailto:t...@ida.net wrote: The other question is how much do you pay for the service? It all comes down to price. I can deliver 10Mbps x 10Mbps up to 300Mbps x 300Mbps to anyone that wants it... however, most people don't want to pay for it... ;) Travis Microserv On 4/5/2011 5:37 AM, Charles Wu wrote: It's generally known that the 20 Mb burst given by cable companies is throttled to sustained download speeds in the 1-3 Mb range That said, the point I'm trying to make is that the technology has come so far for mobile cellular data that we are now unconsciously comparing it side-by-side to fixed terrestrial broadband technologies (think of it this way, how many WISPs can deliver up-to speeds of 8-10 Mb to a low power handset in the middle of a concrete building 3+ miles away from a tower) -Charles -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of St. Louis Broadband Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 9:33 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] Verizon 4G LTE - WOW - update I just checked my Charter via Ookla and it said I was getting 20 Mbps down and 1 Mbps up, horse pucky. I only get that in speedtests and never when I have to upload or download a big file via FTP or whatever. It generally gets throttled to dial up speeds or worse. ~V~ -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Charles Wu Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 9:21 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Verizon 4G LTE - WOW - update Sitting in my living room at 8 pm3 bars, laptop connected to wireless router on phone http://www.speedtest.net/result/1236758959.png -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Tom DeReggi Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 6:39 PM To:
[WISPA] Marketing
EarthLink is giving away phone service so people can try it: http://www.whittierdailynews.com/business/ci_4834554 Why do you think car dealers let you have a test drive? I used to tell my DSL ISP's to put the fastest PC in the store hooked up to DSL and let poeple play with it. Once they see how fast it is they will move to it. The concept works with Wireless, Wi-Fi, and VoIP, too. -- Regards, Peter Radizeski RAD-INFO, Inc. - NSP Strategist We Help ISPs Connect Communicate 813.963.5884 http://www.marketingIDEAguy.com -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
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Tony, Thanks for your message. Very helpful! I guessed that my ILEC (Verizon) would have the list of leased lines, but also that they'd be the most reluctant. Getting on the radio might not be too hard since we're replacing leased lines for a large broadcaster. The question once that equipment is up is: who else can we hit? Seems like we (which is mostly me at this point) will get further a lot faster by concentrating on a few high-profit customers rather than myriad low-profit subscribers. And I know cold-calling is the way, but I would really like to get all these addresses into a RF-GIS system so I know who's around first. Best,-- Dylan OliverPrimaverity, LLC -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
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Hi Dylan, Marketing practices depend on your business model and your customers. If you can only reach a few entities, it's usually best to go directly to them with your pitch. If you want widespread publicity, more traditional channels are usually most efficient: Radio, TV, billboards, etc. If you're creative you can probably come up with ways to get into this type of media very inexpensively. Others have been successful with door-knob hangers. Obviously, your ILEC has the all the voice/data circuit information you could ever want, but I have a feeling that they will sell you their fiber routes before they sell you their customer list. You can get business records from infousa.com. Most libraries have a subscription. Check with them before using it for commercial purposes. One of the columns the data has is number of computers. It's probably not that accurate, but it may be better than nothing. The IRS does not collect property taxes, local municipalities do. Check your city's assessor's office. It looks like Spring Green farmed it out to: Krueger Appraisals, LLC/Greg Grandprey 608-837-6005. They may be able to give you the data on CD. Note that the building owner is not necessarily the business owner. - Tony On 11/30/2005 7:53 PM, Dylan Oliver created: Hi, Just wondering how you all approach marketing. At the moment I'm interested in obtaining a list of addresses of all businesses within say a 150-mile radius of Spring Green, WI. What I really want is a list of every entity leasing T1s or greater! Somehow I doubt that this information will be easy to come by. I'm willing to work at this, and am happy to rip apart / cobble together sundry databases. I heard that one could obtain property tax records from the IRS, but haven't found anything on this most promising claim. Suggestions? Thanks, -- Dylan Oliver Primaverity, LLC -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
