Re: [WISPA] How to compete (was) 30Mbps for $55/month!

2005-09-20 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Grin. Yeah, fiber is going in all over the place. It'll hit every home in the country next week. After all, digging up roads is cheap! I've had a few people leave DSL for our wireless of late. They all report HUGE increases in performance with us. And they love the fact that they can

Re: [WISPA] How to compete (was) 30Mbps for $55/month!

2005-09-20 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
- Original Message - From: Travis Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 7:52 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] How to compete (was) 30Mbps for $55/month! Marlon, Just so I understand... you are a Wireless ISP, and you sell

[WISPA] How to compete (was) 30Mbps for $55/month!

2005-09-19 Thread Dawn
Ah alls well and good but, how about these apples? http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,14309116~root=ool~mode=flat Verizon is offering 30Mbps down/5Mbps up for $54.95/month in selected areas of Long Island to compete with ComCast! As far as VoIP, we use it here because of the friggin'

Re: [WISPA] How to compete (was) 30Mbps for $55/month!

2005-09-19 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Grin. Sure, we'd all pay $50 for 30 megs. So go get it for YOUR connectivity and offer 10 megs for $35 and still make a ton of money! As long as we maintain the ability to buy these types of connections I think it's actually a good thing for the wips. BTW, even out here in Odessa I just

Re: [WISPA] How to compete (was) 30Mbps for $55/month!

2005-09-19 Thread Travis Johnson
Marlon, Just so I understand... you are a Wireless ISP, and you sell wireless equipment and you stand in front of the FCC talking about wireless spectrum, policy, etc... and yet you used a Telco to provide your backhaul to another city and for your upstream? Why didn't you use wireless