Rion, How do successful *community wireless* projects fair compared to *community fiber* projects? For either scenario, how does one acquire enough bandwidth to try to compete with the likes of Comcast (16mb?/2mb?), or Fairizon (1.5mb dsl?) without costing twice as much without factoring in infrastructure or human resource costs? (It looks like the cheapest 15mb frac T3 into Montpelier would cost me $3k/m, thats 50 customers at $60/m. Splitting 15mb 50 ways isn't horrible... but you would probably need more like 75-100 users on that 15mb pipe to even make is self sutaining.
Thoughts? Stan On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Rion D'Luz <[email protected]> wrote: > Hail Vaguers: > > Not having anything better to do at the moment, I decided to go over my > research notes and compile > a wireless Survey which I intend, informally, to conduct sometime this week > (finally getting off my butt and doing it, as it were). > > In lieu of Flint's request for feedback, and despite the non-dearth of > responses (on this list, @least), > I thought I'd too ask, and hope, for the bene's of 'crowd-sourcing' > oversight with many eyes. > > If anyone cares to comment, correct, or otherwise assist me in not > appearing uninformed, poorly be-spoke, off-the-wall, > or in any way looking weak in making my case, your inputs are more than > welcome. > > Best Regards, > > Rion > > -- > 3010 Rte 109 > Waterville, VT 05492 > email: rion_at_dluz.com > web: http://dluz.com/Rion/ > AIM/Jabber/Google: riondluz > Phone: 802.644.2255 > http://www.linkedin.com/pub/6/126/769 > > > by gnick (1211984) Alter Relationship on Monday July 13, @03:22PM > (#28681089) Homepage > >> Corporations are making us more stupidity again =( > There's something oddly beautiful about that statement. But it hurts my > brain as I try to figure out exactly what. > >
