Hello John,

ROI = milk the corporate customers... everyone knows there's virtually
no money in home users, they want everything for nothing... unless
you're super large and have economies of scale... or reselling
someone's product that does, there's no money in it...

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Tuesday, December 3, 2002, 12:07:25 AM, you wrote:

JF> At 06:51 PM 12/1/2002 -0800, Patrick Leary wrote:
>> Both are growing
>>rapidly. Both compete head on with DSL. In fact, SpeedNet faces DSL
>>competition selling for $19 a month.
>>BYW, in Tokyo, fiber runs to most every pole. SpeedNet owns it and uses it
>>to backhaul the wireless. So much for fiber's competition. It is all
>>relative depending on who has what assests.

JF> Maybe you can tell us about ROI of these non-WiFi options.
JF> I have a hard enough time understanding how dial-up makes money,
JF> much less unlimited DSL or cable modems or high-speed wireless.

JF> Let's say I want to feed 100 customers in a small town.
JF> How much will I spend on Alvarion equipment alone?  What's the 
JF> CPE cost?

JF> As for years of experience - in my 20+ years, I've always found it
JF> interesting that the big players need to send their scouts and
JF> evangelists to find the small-time mailing lists to find out
JF> what's really going on.  :-)

JF> - John

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