Quite so. Very true.
Tom DeReggi wrote:
The idea is to put yourself in a spot that you won't feel the squeeze.
When enough of your gear is paid for, enough of your cell sites are
traded, once you've reached a scale to have rock bottom bandwidth, and
spread your business around without all you
Charles,
Intersting answer/perspective.
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
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Marlon K. Schafer wrote:
They call EVERY number in that area Not just your customers.
This simply shows the level of desperation that they have.
I don't see it as desperation.
I see it as aggressive marketing.
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happens, they will be far more loyal in the days to come.
marlon
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George Rogato wrote:
Travis J
l business owner main source of cash is its subscriber base
Clearwire's main source of cash is Venture Capital / Wall Street
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competitive markets.
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Alan Cain wrote:
What speeds and price were you offering that they picked of most of
your subs?
40.00 per month, 3 Mbps (actual). And we do offer hand holding,
antivirus filtering, spam filtering and usually free truck rolls for
problems (we only charge for the most clearly definable "not
Dylan Oliver wrote:
What exactly is it you're going to file against this student?
That is the question, isn't it. I am not a lawyer. Just pissed.
I could file him with a nice rasp. (that is a joke)
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Loved your service buy left?
They didn't really know what they had then.
Do you combat these special offers with a mailing comparing the real
billing from Qwest with yours?
Plus add in the extras plus add in the time for one service call to
Qwest per billing period.
Alan Cain wrote:
40.00 pe
What exactly is it you're going to file against this student?
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Dylan Oliver wrote:
Alan,
You offer wireless service at $40/mo, don't you? I'm surprised that
anyone
left you for $2.50 a month. Inertia alone is worth far more to people ..
especially when it comes to things like changing internet addresses,
and the
prospect of having to learn something new.
I have a suggestion for you... your pricing is currently at $40/month.
That's the same price we had for the previous 4 years and we just
changed it... to $39.95 and guess what? It made a huge difference. We
changed all of our existing customers, and made all the changes on all
of our other acco
George Rogato wrote:
Alan Cain wrote:
And quoting unit prices is fully effective enough. One of my POPs has
gone from 20 customers to 1 customer, as Qwest has aggressively
targeted the area with phone calls to each (!) of my customers 4, 5
and 6 times a week, offering 1.7 Mbps service for 3
Alan,
You offer wireless service at $40/mo, don't you? I'm surprised that anyone
left you for $2.50 a month. Inertia alone is worth far more to people ..
especially when it comes to things like changing internet addresses, and the
prospect of having to learn something new. How fast is your servic
Alan Cain wrote:
And quoting unit prices is fully effective enough. One of my POPs has
gone from 20 customers to 1 customer, as Qwest has aggressively targeted
the area with phone calls to each (!) of my customers 4, 5 and 6 times a
week, offering 1.7 Mbps service for 37.50/month. The contra
George Rogato wrote:
Travis Johnson wrote:
I agree with almost everything you said... except the "triple play"
revenue... Qwest is doing a triple play system (Qwest DSL, Qwest VoIP
and DirecTV) for $99 per month with $0 install.
Also, I don't have a problem with 30-50 year ROI for fiber... bu
I agree with almost everything you said... except the "triple play"
revenue... Qwest is doing a triple play system (Qwest DSL, Qwest VoIP
and DirecTV) for $99 per month with $0 install.
Their introductory price is $99 per month, but they are most likely
counting on people bumping up a tier in DSL
Travis Johnson wrote:
I agree with almost everything you said... except the "triple play"
revenue... Qwest is doing a triple play system (Qwest DSL, Qwest VoIP
and DirecTV) for $99 per month with $0 install.
Also, I don't have a problem with 30-50 year ROI for fiber... but
ClearWire is wirele
I agree with almost everything you said... except the "triple play"
revenue... Qwest is doing a triple play system (Qwest DSL, Qwest VoIP
and DirecTV) for $99 per month with $0 install.
Also, I don't have a problem with 30-50 year ROI for fiber... but
ClearWire is wireless... all the equipment
Just some general thoughts on large corporations, financing, and
business. While Peter's analysis about silos and funding sources is
right on, I'm going to skirt that discussion because it isn't a
meaningful discussion on a superficial level.
How do they make money? (Well, if they do make money
The problem with that is eventually all of those income sources (IPO,
credit line, investors, etc.) dry up... and then you are left with
revenue to try and pay all the others (hardware, long term and monthly
debt, etc.). It can work, but I just don't see it in this industry. With
$30/month acco
I've spent much of this year analyzing the financials of Vonage and
other companies. I just finished looking at VZ.
(http://radinfo.blogspot.com/2007/03/vz-spending-billions.html)
The numbers make no sense. But then under GAAP accounting its all about
putting your numbers in the proper silo and
half Of Travis Johnson
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 10:00 PM
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Subject: Re: [WISPA] McCaw losing money?
The cellular business was different 2-3 years ago... before number
portability...
Travis
Microserv
Gino Villarini wrote:
Hes basically emulating the Cellular Biz
Or possibly called BGP...
Best,
Brad
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Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 9:41 PM
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Yea there is, its call DNS
Ryan
On Wed, 2007
band Corp.
tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Travis Johnson
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 10:00 PM
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Subject: Re: [WISPA] McCaw losing money?
The cellular business was different 2-3 years ago
s Broadband Corp.
> tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145
>
>
>
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Travis Johnson
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 10:00 PM
> To: WISPA General List
> Subject: Re: [WISPA] McCaw
] On
Behalf Of Travis Johnson
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The cellular business was different 2-3 years ago... before number
portability...
Travis
Microserv
Gino Villarini wrote:
Hes basically emulating the Cellular
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Smart people sometimes do foolish things. However, he isnt the
dumbest guy in the world either
PM
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Subject: Re: [WISPA] McCaw losing money?
Smart people sometimes do foolish things. However, he isnt the
dumbest guy in the world either. So what is his bet? Why would a guy
who cut his teeth in cellular come out so hard against the cell
carriers with a new
Smart people sometimes do foolish things. However, he isnt the
dumbest guy in the world either. So what is his bet? Why would a guy
who cut his teeth in cellular come out so hard against the cell
carriers with a new wireless product?
chris
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