Wow full page ads with them bashing your company name? That sucks. How long did it take you to go from the dozen subs to what you have built it up to now?
Kurt Fankhauser WAVELINC P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405 www.wavelinc.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown - 2 Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 10:19 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] when does a startup WISP become a successful WISP? I have one taking care of 600. He works about 2 installs a day and 2 troubles a day. The growth is pretty flat in that town. I have another area where there are a few more and we have 2 installers and the growth is pretty steady. I have 6 installers taking care of 4000 in another area. They are hardly breaking a sweat. So, yeah I do have thousands. And I compete with Qwest and Comcast running full page ads in the paper mentioning us BY NAME. The question was when does a wisp become successful. Successful to me means about 25% ROI annually. No debt. 50% market share. Successful to you might mean that your WISP makes your mortgage payement for you as a part time venture. I started out the same as all of the rest of you guys. 4 APs and a dozen SMs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marlon K. Schafer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 8:12 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] when does a startup WISP become a successful WISP? > roflmao!!!! > > ONE person can't take care of 600 subs. Might work ok if you've got > thousands and you do 600 per sub. In our case we have 120ish dialups, 60 > or > 70 fiber to the home and over 400 wireless and I have a gal in the office > and I hire part time help when I have installs stacked up. > > So we're more in line with one body per 200 subs. > > I figure that a guy that keeps his day job and runs a part time WISP will > make more net income than most any of us ever will. grin > > marlon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chuck McCown - 2" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 6:32 AM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] when does a startup WISP become a successful WISP? > > >> My rule of thumb is you need 600 subscribers per employee. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Kurt Fankhauser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "'WISPA General List'" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 7:17 AM >> Subject: [WISPA] when does a startup WISP become a successful WISP? >> >> >>> Whats the magic client number? >>> >>> >>> >>> Kurt Fankhauser >>> WAVELINC >>> P.O. Box 126 >>> Bucyrus, OH 44820 >>> 419-562-6405 >>> www.wavelinc.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- >>> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >>> http://signup.wispa.org/ >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- >>> >>> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >>> >>> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >>> >>> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >>> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
