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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Behalf Of Kurt Fankhauser
Sent: December 31, 2005 10:19 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Customer owned wireless coop
Around here most peoples option is DIAL-UP or me. I don't consider
this area poor. A lot of farms. P
Well, in the coop model, if there are only 10 subs, and the group is
losing money (like I would be if I paid for a T1 out there, not so bad
if I feed it wirelessly) its up to the members (coop owners) to get more
subscribers. This model would give me limited upside, and VERY limited
downside to
Around here most peoples option is DIAL-UP or me. I don't consider
this area poor. A lot of farms. People living out in the rural area
and drive to their factory jobs/whatever. I have a hard time getting
them to pay $199 install and 34.95/month for 768k. I don't know how
your gonna charge $50/m
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We are doing something similar. La Cañada Wireless Association
(www.lcwireless.net), located in rural NM, S/SE of Santa Fe. Terrain
here seemed pretty flat when we started but seems to have gotten real
up and down since :). We have about 150 members pa
There is a town (Yorktown, TX) with about 1200 people in it, about 15
miles away from our main pop in our county. We have not pursued a
backhaul to there, or putting out a POP. We are very busy putting subs
on our existing POPs and maintaining them.We have been offered roof
rights in down town
