Funny, we have people and companies ask us for this type of setup quite often. Rather than running them off, we price it accordingly and build our network to support them even if that is a dedicated link to their premise. I would much rather take their 300-500/month (t1 pricing) than give them to the telcos ....
Ryan Marlon K. Schafer wrote: > I agree. > > I had a gamer come to me the other day wanting a guarantee that his games > would work on our system. heh > > Told him that if it's really that much money on the line (he said he had up > to $25k per month riding on his gaming) he should buy a t-1 from the telco! > > Never heard from him again. grin > > laters > marlon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scottie Arnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 9:10 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Metered Broadband > > >> I am not sure what the costs should or will be? But...I will say that is >> where I think broadband will be headed, for sure, if the FCC keeps going >> the way they are headed(since the Comcast deal) with the completely "open" >> concept, such as no bandwidth shaping of any sort. >> >> Even the BIG players such as the major cable companies and the major >> telcos cannot operate their networks very long with the new bandwidth >> intensive apps coming along(unless its on their own network) with no >> bandwidth shaping. >> >> IMHO, I think this is how it should be, a cost per data transfer or a >> limit and then overage charges, just as electric, long distance, water >> usage, etc... have been for a long time. >> >> My 2 pence worth. >> >> Scott >> >> ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- >> From: "Mike Hammett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: WISPA General List <[email protected]> >> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:23:58 -0500 >> >>> So what types of rates would be appropriate for a metered broadband >>> service? It obviously depends on what your costs are. I'll just throw >>> something out to start a conversation, not necessarily reflective of any >>> costs. >>> >>> $2/gig transferred, no other costs or limits. >>> >>> $10 base, $1.50/gig transferred, no other limits. >>> >>> >>> ---------- >>> Mike Hammett >>> Intelligent Computing Solutions >>> http://www.ics-il.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/ >>> --- >>> [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: [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/ -- Ryan Langseth System Administrator InvisiMax email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 218.745.6030 Cell: 701.739.1577 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
