Hmmm... Nextweb: $199/month for 512mb/sec. Nope, too much $$ Etheric: $79/month for 1.5mb or $59/month for 1.0mb Not bad pricing.
I'd like to offer people 1.5mb for less than $60 and install somewhere around $300, not up to $599. Again, my idea is for a non-profit co-op, so my pricing structure is a bit cheaper. Thanks for the info. I wasn't aware of the second company. -- Matt --- rajan saxena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nextweb and etheric are the other two wisp's in the bay area. > > Nextweb uses Trango gear and is decent. > > Raj > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Matt Almgren > Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 1:37 PM > To: Dan Fitzpatrick > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [BAWUG] Co-op in Santa Clara ? > > > See Inline... > > --- Dan Fitzpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, I work for/co-own an ISP based out of Santa Clara and I'm not > > familiar > > with a WISP operating in the area. > >The only WISP that may cover this > > area > > that I can think of is Gate Speed. > > Ya.. and I'm gonna pay up the kazoo for service. "1 Mb/s link is > $299/month*" No thanks. > > >We've toyed with the idea but the > > biggest problem is the lack of tall buildings and hills combined with > > the > > spread of the city. There are a few tallish structures like the > dorms > > at > > USC and the Central computer building and a few communications and > > water > > towers that dot the landscape but nothing that would be worth it as > far > > as > > covering a huge area. > > You've already read my mind. I've had my eye on Central Computer > building too. > > > > > With all this combined with the fact that running a WISP is a support > > head ache we chose not to offer wireless service. It was outside the > > focus > > of our core business anyway. > > You're right the support would be horrendous for us to maintain for a > WISP. That is why I am thinking small... maybe just enough subs to > cover the cost of the infrastructure. Maybe 20 or so just to get > started. Honestly, at this time, I'm not in it to make money. I just > want to provide cheap, fast, Internet service. Experiment, if you > will > call it that, but hope not to lose my ass in the process. > > Thanks, Matt > > > > > > Dan. > > Layer42.Net > > > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 03:09:56PM -0700, Matt Almgren wrote: > > > Does anyone know of a co-op or cheap WISP either starting or > already > > > formed in Santa Clara ? Not the county, but the city. If so, > please > > > send me any pertinent information. I am familiar with BARWN, but > it > > > doesn't seem to stretch that far down into the south bay. I'd like > > to > > > get involved with either helping with network infrastructure or > just > > > being a client. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Matt > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > > > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > > -- > > > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > > > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
