RickG wrote:
Charles,
I'll check my archives for the spreadsheet (I think Charles Wu has it
online someplace)
Thanks. I appreciate that.
but I believe the financing is only a small portion
of the issue.
Indeed. Gear is only a small part of the network. I was thinking 100k
for
On 5/24/2009 9:25 PM, Marlon K. Schafer wrote:
I'd start MUCH smaller and grow organically though. You should be able to
start with less than $25k and keep the rest for operating and unexpected
expenses.
I tend to agree, and have been at this just as long. The luckiest thing
I did was to
LOL
Careful what you wish for!
marlon
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From: Rick Kunze rku...@colusanet.com
To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org
Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 9:10 AM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Starting a wisp - required capital
On 5/24/2009 9:25 PM, Marlon K. Schafer wrote:
I'd
: Scottie Arnett sarn...@info-ed.com
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 11:52 PM
To: char...@thewybles.com; WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Starting a wisp - required capital
What you are missing...is most of us can't get the funding to build that
Backhaul required and provide CPE
All these talks about financing have been very interesting.
Let's say I wanted to start a wisp to serve a medium city in southern
california (population 100,000 or so).
I can get access to gigabit fiber for a 1 time cross connect fee of 2500 and a
monthly cost of 1500. There are a few
Charles,
I'll check my archives for the spreadsheet (I think Charles Wu has it
online someplace) but I believe the financing is only a small portion
of the issue. It's the labor. Good, reliable labor, that has
experience and knowledge.
As far as your $100k, there are many variables and more
What you are missing...is most of us can't get the funding to build that
Backhaul required and provide CPE for 100,000 CPE up front. Ok, sorry, I see
you are talking about Cali!
Many of us are covering rural areas that the local telco is not yetand if
they do...they are getting subsidized
Plus all the cities that are mentioned are in a competitive environment! None
that are government competitive subsidized for some reason or another.
Scott
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