Wow, I've never seen it explained in such simple terms. "milk the corporate customers" is exactly what we see around here and exactly why so many corporations fail to move forward, except those who have money to burn. When it comes to residential, everyone loses, unless a low cost solution is available (and many many many are exploding now in our area, I'm seeing 1 new WISP per month, and probably within a few months 1 new WISP per week and the market is there to sustain them, if their equipment/install costs are low enough (<$100 or <$300).
Picked up a $48 DVD player the other day. Bought one last year for $150 (actually it was march, so its been less than a year) that isn't nearly as nice and doesn't have nearly as many features (ie, the new one not only plays jpg's, and mp3's, but it also plays WMA files as well). How long until 100mW 802.11b radios are built into your DVD player along with a web browser and the ability to connect your home PC and your 802.11b WISP through your DVD system and all for a cost of <$100? 2 years? 1 year? 3 months? ;-) I've been reading various stats out there recently. Linksys, Netgear and others, holding 15-19% of the market (each). Where are companies like Alvarion who previously claimed 50-60% market share? Oh.. they were only claiming 50-60% market share of BWA products.. oh I get it. I was at Comdex less than 2 weeks ago and I don't think I saw an Alvarion booth there, but there were a whole lot of wireless products there (and new ones being released). The old big guys have lost sight of where the market is going, or at least the majority of the market. I have a vision.. one that makes the US market look much like the Japanese market, however, owned and operated by people like those on this list. Enablers of technological advances, using tools that are available to them today, without waiting for solutions of tomorrow. They're building those solutions and manufacturers are following in those ideas as they see them presented and working in the marketplace. We may be behind the rest of the world, but I don't believe that means we are going to follow. We are creating a completely different path to a better solution. Its nice to see your comments John and evilbunny. :-) Judd evilbunny wrote: > 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... > > -- > Best regards, > evilbunny mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.cacert.org - Free Security Certificates > http://www.nodedb.com - Think globally, network locally > http://www.sydneywireless.com - Telecommunications Freedom > > 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 > > JF> -- > JF> general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > JF> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
