Hi Hal, In the grand scheme of things...bandwidth / port costs are a minute fraction of an ISP/WISPs operating expenses (heck, I find that for a residential WISP...the credit card processing bill can be higher than the bandwidth bill)
That said, look at it this way Based on our studies/trending...1,000 residential subscribers consume ~20 Mb of bandwidth So...1,000 customers @ $40 / month = $40k / month in revenue If you're getting "hosed" and paying $200 / Mb, that's still only $4k / month Now...say there's a datacenter 40 miles away that has bandwidth for $50 / Mb -- that's a total of $3k / month in savings But to make that work...you've got to get 2 towers where you can put some decent sized dishes ($400-800 / month) -- pay for a cabinet, roof rights, cross-connects, etc in the datacenter ($600+ / month), buy radios and associated stuff like cabinets, batteries, antennas, mounts, cable, infrastructure ($10-20k), install it and then deal with the fact that now you're responsible for making sure 2 more towers are working And after that, when all said and done, you could've installed an extra 50-100 customers (and made another $5k in revenue) with the 2-3 months worth of time, research, negotiations, etc it took to get this project done -Charles -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Harold Bledsoe Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 8:47 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Cost of bandwidth Those of you that are paying >$50/Mbps, what is keeping you from building your own backhaul to cheaper bandwidth (wireless, dark fiber, etc.)? It seems to me that this would be a major consideration in the business plan as this is a big MRC. Don't wait for someone to bring you cheap bandwidth...go get it! :-) -Hal -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ This message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivery of the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone at 630-344-1586. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
