I agree, now is not the time to sell. We are now just getting going . Soon everyone will have to have a broadband connection and that means we should be at least able to double our sizes quickly.
Dial up is almost dead. Couldn't be soon enough. Travis Johnson wrote: > I would disagree. We are adding 120-140 new subs every month in an area > that has 200,000 population total (25,000 square miles). We have cable, > DSL, 2.5ghz licensed WiMax, two other WISPs (using Canopy), etc. We are > also not the cheapest service in town. > > You have to provide some value to your service. We offer local support, > symmetrical speeds (upload is the same as download), free wireless > firewall/router with install, real static IP address, etc. > > Travis > Microserv > > Tom Warfield wrote: >> You forgot satellite which is picking up steam. >> >> >> Honestly..... >> >> Now is the time to sell! (hence one of the reasons I sold last month.) >> >> Unless your servicing very rural area with almost no population. >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Mike Hammett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 5:44 PM >> To: WISPA List <[email protected]> >> Subject: [WISPA] Future >> >> What do you see as the future of our industry over the next 5 years? >> >> AT&T is expanding U-Verse (will this be available outside of town?) >> Verizon is expanding FiOS (will this be available outside of town?) >> Cable will be using DOCSIS 3 >> 3G will gain more steam >> WiMAX will have larger and larger shares of the market >> 700 MHz will be in use possibly for data communications by the big guys >> >> >> My banker asked me, so I figured I'd see what other's opinions are. >> >> My thought is that the big guys mentioned above will continue to avoid the >> niche that we currently serve and we'll be able to provide better services >> with more spectrum (5.4 GHz, additional 2.5 GHz, 3.6 GHz, possibly TV white >> spaces) and WiMAX. >> >> >> ---------- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> [The entire original message is not included] >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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/
