I thought the FCC tore down those contracts. ryan
-----Original Message----- From: Tom Sharples <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 11:00 AM To: WISPA General List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WISPA] MSOs investing heavily in wi-fi rollouts We've done a fair number of these too, by adding a second radio on 2.4 for wifi access on the back of our 5Ghz surveillance networks. The biggest issue has been that many of the multi-tenant facilities have onerous long-term (e.g. 3-year) contracts in place with Comcast that have to lapse before they can offer wifi to their tenants. Tom S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Ratcliffe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 10:18 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] MSOs investing heavily in wi-fi rollouts > We've done a lot of condos. For free wifi, a 2.4 mesh network like > open-mesh covers most decent sized condos (~100 units) for less than a > grand. Then you can charge $5/unit, blow away the cable company and have > the thing paid back in 3 months. > > We also install pay on demand which has had moderate success - a 120 unit > apartment condo building, $9.95/wk, $19.95/month, we get about 10-15 > signups > a month and Meraki sends us a check minus their fee. Still takes a year > or > so to pay it back but its really been a zero maintenance building minus > the > occasional person who can't get their wifi working at first. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rogelio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 12:25 PM > Subject: [WISPA] MSOs investing heavily in wi-fi rollouts > > >> One trend I'm seeing is for cable companies to purchase a ubiquitous >> wifi infrastructure in new areas. >> >> These numbers aren't too far off from some numbers I saw yesterday: >> >> --$50K to put in ubiquitous wifi for a time share condo (retail is way >> more, like $70K; but MSOs get discounts) >> --$20/mo for each unit >> --$20/mo * 100 units * 12 months = $24,000/year in revenue the cable >> cable company can ear >> >> => paid off equipment in approx two years >> >> Anyone else seeing those numbers / trends? >> >> In fact, it seems as if bringing cable companies into the deals has been >> a sure way to close these large purchases in some cases. >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
