Well, thats the question. Did Tax dollars pay for it? Do Cities want to
take liabilty and accountability for how they spent tax dollars?
Thats the scare of Earthlink type models, it doesn't use tax dollars, it
uses private dollars, and the City is off the hook for liabilty.
That encourages Cities to give awards to the company that will pay for it,
which is the wrong message to send.
I beleive the message to send is, Governement stay out of building the
network, let the private companies do that.
What the Governement should do is provide grants, loan securing, and tax
incintives to re-imburse consumers or ISPs for buying the CPE.
CPE finance is the only way to guarantee that all providers have equal
access to serving consumers. The problem isnlt trying to find providers
willing to build networks, its getting subscribers to part with their money
to fund the upfront CPE cost.
Nobody wants to pay for CPE, not the customer, not the government, and often
not the banks and lendors. Thats the bottle neck that is slowing residential
wireless deployment.
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Hughes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 3:13 PM
Subject: RE: [WISPA] muni wi fi pricing
I heard the mayor of St. Cloud speak at the DigitalCities Expo last year.
He
said that there was a lot of complaints from people who could not receive
the signal inside their homes and they were disappointed in the speeds
they
received. Consumers wanted the city to pay for the APs at the homes
because
the network was paid for with tax dollars.
David T. Hughes
Director, Corporate Communications
Roadstar Internet
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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of chris cooper
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 2:46 PM
To: 'WISPA General List'
Subject: [WISPA] muni wi fi pricing
I read the article describing pricing and take rates for two separate
muni networks:
St. Cloud - free access, 80% take
Tempe - $19.95/mos first 3 mos, $29.95/mos after that, 15% take
Im wondering - is this a perception of value? Does free=low value/low
network quality in the mind of the subscriber?
Why would the take rate only be 15% for a $30/mos account in an urban
market? Competitive pressure?
Has anyone tried a wi fi pricing model somewhere in the middle? Maybe
$10/mos w/ X take rate...
Thanks
Chris
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