Why not deploy some dragonwave and other high capacity backbone and build your own network to cheap BW. Build to St. Louis with a large microwave backbone and you will wholesale all along its entire length. More than enough to pay for it.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Butch Evans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 9:50 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information > On Mon, 24 Nov 2008, Chuck McCown - 3 wrote: > >>What I have done, you can do too. Just takes lots of time and work >>and bootstrapping. > > Ok..so we're gonna put this whole netflix thing on hold for the next > 20 years so that I can bury enough fiber to support it? It seems > that you are trying to make a point that is not related in any way > to the NetFlix discussion at all (as the subject line would > indicate). I'm not minimizing your accomplishments. I think that > it says a LOT about you AND this country that you could accomplish > that. I am, however, still stuck with the reality that a LARGE part > of rural America faces. There is simply not enough bandwidth > available at affordable prices to support the kind of requirements > that we are discussing. Sure, I could bury a 180 mile long fiber to > St. Louis, but I seriously doubt anyone would call THAT affordable > bandwidth. > > -- > ******************************************************************** > * Butch Evans * Professional Network Consultation* > * http://www.butchevans.com/ * Network Engineering * > * http://www.wispa.org/ * WISPA Board Member * > * http://blog.butchevans.com/ * Wired or Wireless Networks * > ******************************************************************** > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/