Yeah, me too. But this guy is an unemployed gamer. Guess what he's really gonna do? Stay with the DSL cause it's cheaper. grin marlon
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan Langseth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:04 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Metered Broadband > 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! 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