Re: [smartBridges] Could not regain association

[Mark Koskenmaki]

Title: Now have 45 customers on 1 aPPo

They have to pay for the equipment to get them online, and one month's service in advance.    Other than that, it seems pointless to get people to sign a contract I'd have to go to court to enforce for a couple hundred bucks.       NEOFAST.NET North East Oregon FAST Net mark(at)neofast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Patti Jones To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 4:38 PM Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Could not regain association So how much if any contract do they sign with you?  12 months. 24 none?   Patti ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Koskenmaki To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 3:50 PM Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Could not regain association Here, at least, there are no other providers.   In other towns, you  can get ADSL, but $30 is the same or less than anything else.  That gets you  265K / up to 256K ADSL (Quest's terminology, not mine), and I'll be offering 1.5 Mbit for that price.   No other provider can compete with that, since thier overhead (due to the cost of the dsl line) only a bit less than that.   For me, I have little fixed cost, buy bandwidth at $1.50-2.00 a gig and resell it at 3 to 5 times that plus the monthly service charge.   So, the model makes money.   I'm going to be in the black at less than 10 paying residential customers on the lowest tier.   But, since the area and customer base is limited, I never expect to get rich at it.   I have other ventures I'm pursuing to earn a living :)   Mark     NEOFAST.NET North East Oregon FAST Net mark(at)neofast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Colin Watson To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 1:27 PM Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Could not regain association I'm curious, do you find traffic limits (i.e. 1 gig/month) actually make you competitive with the cable/adsl providers? Do people tolerate that - especially  as extra gigs cost, on top of subscriptions that must be as expensive or more so then wired broadband equivilents? ----- Original Message ----- From: Dennis Burgess To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 9:01 PM Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Could not regain association I agree, however, customers DO NOT like there bill going up due to transfers.  How about just saying, you hit your transfer level, and then drop there bandwitdth to 64k ..  When they call up to say that their intenret is slow you get them to upgrade to the bigger package!   Dennis     --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.497 / Virus Database: 296 - Release Date: 7/4/03