Re: [WISPA] Make a profit with lower pricing? Was: how to compete with $15 DSL

2010-03-25 Thread Robert West
A very well known example.. Dell. Dell advertises $400.00 systems and laptops. Anyone here ever end up with one at the advertised price? Probably not many. Bob- -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Robert West Sent:

Re: [WISPA] Make a profit with lower pricing? Was: how to compete with $15 DSL

2010-03-25 Thread RickG
LOL! I get all the time already! Like I said, the ARPU is what matters. Still, if I offered $29, I think most would downgrade to it. Cant make $29 work on the current business model. On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Robert West robert.w...@just-micro.com wrote: We start at 29 bucks.  The way I

Re: [WISPA] Make a profit with lower pricing? Was: how to compete with $15 DSL

2010-03-25 Thread RickG
I'm sure they dont. For me, I dont pay attention to the cheap advertised prices. For others, I suspect that what they do is compare pricing and get a relative feeling for a benchmark. Of course, they also compare features benefits then choose the laptop that fits their needs and/or budget. With

Re: [WISPA] Make a profit with lower pricing? Was: how to compete with $15 DSL

2010-03-25 Thread Robert West
We've been selling a loss leader dial up service for $5.99 for 10 years now. We don’t lose anything and only make a couple of bucks per user but we get the payback on the backend. The 5.99 service, they have to come into our retail store to sign up for it and to pay the bill. No online or phone

[WISPA] Make a profit with lower pricing? Was: how to compete with $15 DSL

2010-03-24 Thread RickG
Bob, We do the same here. Day one ROI upon installation. Not having any problems getting customers, In fact, we're growing faster than we ever have. Of course, there is a lot more to the cost of operating than just ROI upon install. Our lowest plan is $49.99/month. Which is the reason I

Re: [WISPA] Make a profit with lower pricing? Was: how to compete with $15 DSL

2010-03-24 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, I have packages starting at $29.95/month and I'm quite profitable... have been for over 12 years now... :) Travis Microserv RickG wrote: Bob, We do the same here. Day one ROI upon installation. Not having any problems getting customers, In fact, we're growing faster than we ever

Re: [WISPA] Make a profit with lower pricing? Was: how to compete with $15 DSL

2010-03-24 Thread RickG
But what is your ARPU? On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 12:02 AM, Travis Johnson t...@ida.net wrote: Hi, I have packages starting at $29.95/month and I'm quite profitable... have been for over 12 years now... :) Travis Microserv RickG wrote: Bob, We do the same here. Day one ROI upon