I think this message would best be answered by what the FCC is going to do. They seem to squash or auction everything (i.e. BPL, 700Mhz, DSL line sharing, telcos not having to share fiber, etc...) we can get to compete with the big guys in a real effective way.
The guys in the big markets that are doing OK now, might should really think about how the market is moving. Yea, you can compete with speed at the moment, but more and more higher bandwidth applications are coming, and full blast. The wireless equipment operators are not making the equipment we need, nor or we getting the spectrum we need to compete with what cable and telcos are able to offer now and will soon be offering in the tier1 markets. If you are where their is little or no availability of broadband, or where your competition absolutely sucks, we have some time before this will affect us...I am very rural with only 3 meg DSL to compete against. As long as the FCC thinks that Cable and Telcos are enough competition in broadband, I think we have a long uphill battle in store. Just my 2 cents worth. Scottie ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Mike Hammett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:44:04 -0500 >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/ >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > >Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >--- >[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > Dial-Up Internet service from Info-Ed, Inc. as low as $9.99/mth. Check out www.info-ed.com for information. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
