Only problem with that is then, I waste my time sitting on hold, waiting for
them to pick up my call. :-(
Second problem, you then have to have a rock solid call tracking system, so
you can remember to call them back :-)
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
----- Original Message -----
From: "Travis Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 10:04 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Pricing
Or you work on a call-back tech support basis. ;)
We changed to that model almost 8 years ago and it was the best thing we
ever did. No hold times for customers, less tech support personnel, better
tech support when they do call back (because they can review the notes
about the call BEFORE calling the customer).
Travis
Microserv
Tom DeReggi wrote:
I did the same thing, until the client base realized that the same guy
answered the phone regardless of whether they were calling the priority
or non-priority line.
Somethings only work after a company scales to a certain number of
employees.
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Tetherow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Someone talked about this at ISPCON in Santa Clara. Their phone system
actually asked the user which service they had and queued the calls
appropriately. Higher end service got priority on all calls. He used
it as an upselling point.
Sam Tetherow
Sandhills Wireless
Tom DeReggi wrote:
I agree that branding product levels is one good approach. However I'd
liek to bring up there is a big diffeerence between Marriot and an ISP.
With Marriot, you can touch, see, and feel the difference between the
product brands. Whether the budget hotel has smelly carpet and the
high end hotel has fancy chandaliers and hottubs, or efficiencies with
kitchens, etc.
With Wireless its very difficult for the end iser to see the
difference, and the ISP to prove the difference, or for that matter
truly build a network that can deliver the mulitple services
differenciated. In other words its both a technical problem and a
perception problem, for the ISP.
I'm aware of one company who specifically stayed out of the DSL
replacement business because they had evidense that getting into it was
lowering the value of their high ARPU service, because there really was
no way for them to differenciate it. They actually started a completely
different company to go after the low end business, to protect the
value of thier name for the high ARPU business company.
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 12:52 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Pricing
You could create 2 brands like Toyota and Lexus.
One is a decent car but the other is a luxury.
The difference between a Camary and a Lexus 200 was about $5000. Same
basic car.
Let's look at Marriott. These are its brands:
Marriott Hotels & Resorts
JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts
Renaissance Hotels & Resorts
Courtyard by Marriott
Residence Inn by Marriott
Fairfield Inn by Marriott
Marriott Conference Centers
TownePlace Suites by Marriott
SpringHill Suites by Marriott
Marriott Vacation Club International
Horizons by Marriott
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C.
The Ritz-Carlton Club
Marriott ExecuStay
Marriott Executive Apartments
Grand Residences by Marriott
Everyone is branded with an exact thought in your head for who it
targets and what you get.
It's all in the marketing. Lots of ways to package your services to
meet different strata of a region.
Regards,
Peter Radizeski
RAD-INFO, Inc.
813-963-5884
Mark Nash wrote:
This is interesting, and something I've been giving alot of thought
to. My market is mostly rural, residential, mom & pop shops, etc.
Providing inexpensive access will get me more customers but as we all
know, our APs only have so much capacity so how do you get as much
revenue as you can out of each and every one of them? If you go
exclusive then you grow slower but your revenue per user goes up,
making your AP more valuable.
Anyone got comments on providing a mixture, perhaps even with
different quality APs at a single site?
Mark Nash
UnwiredOnline
350 Holly Street
Junction City, OR 97448
http://www.uwol.net
541-998-5555
541-998-5599 fax
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