Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

[Travis Johnson]

You can not grow in large scales without financing... and I don't understand why people are against it. Our last equipment lease was under 10% interest, no personal guarantees, no money up front. We were able to purchase a large quantity of CPE units (thus saving us about 20% off the single unit price). So, in the end, it actually saves money and the "cost" of installing a new customer is $0 to you, because the $99 installation fee pays for the time, materials, etc. Example: single CPE = $190 each 460 CPE = $155 each 36 month lease on $71,300 = $2,300 per month x 36 months = $82,800 / 460 units = $180 each And it costs you $5 per month for 36 months for the equipment on that customer... that's pretty cheap even if you only charge $29 per month. :) Travis Microserv rea...@muddyfrogwater.us wrote: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ <insert witty tagline here> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom DeReggi" <wirelessn...@rapiddsl.net> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 5:46 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow Every WISP needs to ask themselves... Why are they not deploying more broadband? How come they have 500 custoemrs instead of 5000? What is standing in their way? What are they lacking? What do you need to change that? My "hold-up" is twofold... The cost of installs, and the fact that people are slow change. Inertia, they call it. I know what I need. I need a loan guarantee program, that can be secured by the only assets that I have, my network, and the commitment to deploying, that I have shown. What do you need? I think the introduction of the "bullet" has pretty much answered the cost thing for those who aer willing to use them. In my case, I've not decided to use them, or not use them. I have one sitting beside me I have yet to get to test. I want programs that do not show preference or predudice. For example, we need end user CPE assistance. It shouldn;t matter whether the CPE is a $100 CPE, a $500 CPE, a Fiber Optic CPE, or a Wireless CPE. A CPE is a CPE. And a low income family needs the same assistanceregardless of the technology or provier. What we need is a CPE procurement assistance program that is technology/vendor neutral, so it can be used for the end user's provider of choice. So we can compete on service, not by who has the most access to long term finance. I'm not willing to finance anything. it's paid for in cash, or it's not to be. That's how I operate now. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband ----- Original Message ----- From: Blair Davis To: WISPA General List Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 3:06 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow I happen to agree with muddyfrog... I built my network with NO money from the gov. My 'competition' has taken gov money, lots of it.... One of them put up a $40K AP cluster, 900MHz, smack in the middle of a 900MHz PtP link I have, (running since 2001), and then complained to me when they had interference problems. My link still works fine.Their poor planning, and gobs of 'free money', suddenly became my problem. I, like frog, simply want to be left alone. Don't give my competition money, don't give me money. Of my 3 competitors, 2 would not exist without gov money. Blair Jack Unger wrote: *** Everybody brings JOY to this list. Some by entering, some by LEAVING *** rea...@muddyfrogwater.us wrote: I'm very, very, very <pruned> -- Jack Unger - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. Serving the Broadband Wireless Industry Since 1993 Cisco Press Author - "Deploying License-Free Wireless WANs" WISPs - Do you know where your customers are? For wireless coverage mapping see http://www.ask-wi.com/mapping FCC Lic. #PG-12-25133 LinkedIn Profile <http://www.linkedin.com/in/jackunger> Phone 818-227-4220 Email <jun...@ask-wi.com> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! 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