Remember "free" dialup? I thought I was going to be SO broke. I had a
quarter million $ worth of leases on modem pools and was charging $20
and thought I was going to have a heart attack when K-Mart's
bluelight.net free dialup came to my town. Guess what, only one person
switched to them and they came back in a month. I still get the $20 per
account and I still get new customers and people coming back to me from
other "cheap" dialup providers to this day. The broadband business is
exactly the same deal. The lesson learned is this. Charge what you need
to to make a profit and build your business. Do not let the price
gouging change your business plan. Your plan should still work if it was
a good plan to begin with. Track your customer movements. When they
leave ask therm why. When they join ask them why. Write it down. Look at
these once a week and see what works and what does not. If less than 5 %
of your customers are leaving for a cheaper service then this is not a
factor to even consider.
Scriv
Mac Dearman wrote:
Through a promotion, AT&T has again cut its DSL price to $12.99 per
month for the first 12 months in an attempt to aggressively woo
potential customers as an alternative to cable companies. After a
one-year contract, the price increases to $29.99. AT&T also cut its
mid-tier DSL offering to $17.99 from $21.99, which jumps to $34.99
after 12 months. Verizon launched a $14.99 DSL service with a slower
connection speed last August. It will be interesting to see if this
DSL price change bundles into AT&T's CallVantage for a better offering.
To learn more about this story:
- read AT&T's press release
<http://lists.fiercemarkets.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=69l,i03n,lcs,2kwo,40ip,1d89,9vae>
How cheap is "cheap enough" and will it ever stop?
Mac Dearman
Maximum Access, LLC.
Authorized Barracuda Reseller
MikroTik RouterOS Certified
www.inetsouth.com
www.mac-tel.us
www.RadioResponse.org (Katrina Relief)
Rayville, La.
318.728.8600 318.303.4227
318.303.4229
Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote:
The best is a mix of solar and wind.
I know of some that use propane too.
I've never done it either though :-)
Marlon
(509) 982-2181 Equipment sales
(408) 907-6910 (Vonage) Consulting services
42846865 (icq) And I run my own wisp!
64.146.146.12 (net meeting)
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www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam
----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Liotta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 7:52 AM
Subject: [WISPA] non-grid power
Just wondering what others have done for non-grid power options at
towers. We are thinking solar is the way to go, but since we have
never done anything like this I wanted to check with others.
-Matt
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