Yes...
But my approach is different. Its not to be a wholesaler or a reseller.
Instead Earthlink takes teh roll of a friendly "VentureCapitol"
Except they take it one step further...
The WISP is required to Outsource Support, for large projects, to the "VC's"
support company (Earthlink).
The WISP is required to Outsourec Content, again, to the "VC's" content
company (company)
The WISP is required to Outsoure VOIP, again to " ".
Earthlink just becomes a service or a product, just like buying a CISCO
Router, or Vonage account, or any other.
But because they also fund you... they are really concidered a partner. But
they don;t have to own you, because they ahve secured a revenue trail from
you already.
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marlon K. Schafer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 11:52 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] EarthLink Says No More Money for Existing Muni Networks
WISPA already has a committee dedicated to designing a wholesale program
that would make this doable. We just need a big customer to work with.
We can already document that WISPs pass well over 2 million homes. Lot of
customer potential there.
marlon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Travis Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 7:45 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] EarthLink Says No More Money for Existing Muni
Networks
Can you imagine trying to partner with 500 WISP's around the country?
What a nightmare. Different equipment, different troubleshooting,
different everything. It would never work.
Travis
Microserv
Tom DeReggi wrote:
Like we didn't see it comming :-)
The key statement I saw was... "no more investment, unless a change in
model", or something like that.
What Earthlinks should be doing is staying focused on help desk support,
content, and value add, partnering with existing providers that have
models that work. Meaning partner with successful WISPs, not try and
become one.
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
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