++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ <insert witty tagline here> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Travis Johnson" <[email protected]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 7:24 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow
> 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 But in 36 months, you might be able to charge no more than 10 dollars / month per customer. That's the magic of deflation - which is already occurring. > > 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. :) Whatever happens in the future... It will NOT be the same as today. Inflation or deflation will happen. No way around it. Congress has already taken on more debt than can be serviced. Neither scenario will let you survive being in debt. Besides, don't expect to be able to lease equipment at any rate or terms within 6 months. > > Travis > Microserv > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
