Are they doing self-install? Is there a contract required? Travis Johnson wrote: > Yes. > > Gino Villarini wrote: > >> Is that 2.5 Wimax gear? >> >> >> >> Gino A. Villarini >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. >> tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 >> >> ________________________________ >> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of Travis Johnson >> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 9:36 AM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Future >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> A new player just came to my area... BridgeMaxx (a Digital Bridge >> company). They are using Alvarion WiMax equipment. We have a test radio >> that we play with. We have their "up to 3meg premium service" and we >> barely get 1meg (any time we have tested over the last 3 months). >> >> Here's the real kicker... they will have spent $40 million dollars to >> roll out 15 cities (this is direct from their GM to me). She was pretty >> proud of herself with that statement. So that's $2.6 million per city... >> and I'm talking some cities with 15,000 population (their biggest had >> 120,000). >> >> Travis >> Microserv >> >> Chuck McCown - 2 wrote: >> >> WiMAX was dead, is dead and will remain dead. OK, not factually true >> but >> emotionally true. The cell companies will use WiMax frequencies and >> technologies but they will be a premium service and not well suited to >> compete with us for point to multi point fixed wireless. It will never >> live >> up to the hype. >> >> All the cell data technologies will remain premium for folks on the go. >> Cell does not want to squander the bandwidth to go after the value >> driven >> customer that love us so much. Cell is and will not be value leader for >> >> fixed wireless. technologies. >> >> 700 MHz is just not going to be used for anything other than more cell >> spectrum. The bands are narrow. Good for phone and limited amounts of >> data. Great propagation. Problem with 700 MHz is that the size of the >> antenna will be problematic for really small cell phones. Less gain >> than >> the current 900 and 1800 antennas for the same physical sizes. Also >> there >> will be a few years of implementation due to moving some existing TV >> stations. And some of them are not moving for some reason. I don't >> know if >> they get a special dispensation or what. >> >> All ILECs will continue to build out with fiber to the home. That will >> erode market share for WISPs in some areas. This is a slow and capital >> intensive process so no reason to get jumpy on that. Plus many folks >> prefer >> to deal with us vs a large public traded company. Superior customer >> service >> and support will always retain the customer. >> >> The cable companies will continue to shoot themselves in the foot and >> drop >> the balls. They are sooo freaked out by the erosion of customer base >> from >> DirecTV that they are not managing the IP side of the house as well as >> they >> could. They will continue to get in a tighter and tighter cash >> situation >> from satellite TV pressing from one side and the ILEC FTTH (and us) from >> the >> other. >> >> In the meantime, we add VOIP, computer repair, data backup, web >> development, >> OTA HDTV install and maint, etc as cross sell and up sell opportunities. >> >> All of us can offer triple play if we team up with DirecTV or OTA HDTV. >> OTA >> HDTV is a wonderful opportunity for the next 18 months for the value >> conscious customer. Stock UHF TV antennas and converter boxes and help >> folks get their analog TVs converted over. Less work than a WISP >> install >> and you will lock in the customer even more with superior customer >> service. >> You can rent them the gear for $5/month and make it a low cost package. >> >> In 5 years hopefully your investment will be a cash cow and you will >> ride >> this horse until it dies. Perhaps other technologies will come along >> for us >> to deploy but I see our segment strong for the next 5 years. In 10 >> years, >> if we have not diversified, we will probably be hurting. >> >> Oh, and satellite ISP will never do much. Pesky physics. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Mike Hammett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "WISPA List" <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 6:44 PM >> 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! 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