The valuation of WISP user vs Cell user are a little funky. These
numbers came off the top of my head and may not be anywhere near
resembling reality. I am basing them on what I have made/lost in the
WISP business in the past 5 years, and what I have spent/seen others
spend on cell phone
Those are some very good comparisons... if taken very lightly in the
manner you intended... but to look at some real numbers...
My local cell phone company just announced a $59/month unlimited minutes
plan. You can then get unlimited SMS, web, pictures, etc. for like
another $35/month if you
Very good point. I had only thought about the extra
revenue from co-location, but your point is very valid.
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From: Mike Hammett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] What are your
Kind of rough to figure out what exactly they are paying
per subscriber, the system may have a lot of
revenue from other sources, such as co-locating.
Put another cell carrier on the tower and you can add
another 200K or more to the value of the tower.
IE, if you have a cellular carrier on your
The reduced costs are big in cellular when you factor in roaming. They said
in the article, they could have over $1B in savings due to roaming alone.
That takes it down to under $2400 per customer. Say $50/month (I wish I
only paid that!), that's a 4 year repayment. Not a bad long-term
