I've got the same issues here. I'm getting rid of my expensive T1's and bringing in bandwidth from 30 miles away. If the usages keeps growing, I'll employ one of the options you mention below. -RickG
On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 9:50 PM, Blair Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With the things that are coming, I'm starting to wounder just how the > bandwidth/pricing model is going to have to change. > > This is likely not a big deal for you urban guys, but out here in the rural > areas, bandwidth ain't cheap. > > A T1, 1.54Mb/s, costs me $700/month. > On my fiber, 1Mb/s costs me $200/month. > > These movie services look to run 2Mb/s. IPTV looks to run 500Kb/s per > stream. Just how much of this can our rural networks handle? > > The sat. services can't do this. The cellular providers can't do this. > > Most of us have our residential service priced in the $35-$45 range. > > It doesn't take a accountant to see that those numbers don't add up. > > Is per bit pricing the answer? Higher fixed monthly? Traffic > discrimination? A combination? > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/
