Yeah, agreed.... It may not save money to do a 10 hop wireless backhaul, considering colo costs. But why must the full path be done by either wireless versus fiber? Why not hybrid?
My point being, if it can be justified doing fiber will save, sure go for fiber. But I ask, how much of that fiber path could be sahred amongst multiple projects? And at what point does the rurality get to rural, where the benefit of Fiber speeds no longer be advantageous, to that segment? Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband ----- Original Message ----- From: "Travis Johnson" <t...@ida.net> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 8:20 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cost of bandwidth > Because it's 200+ miles away and crosses state lines. It would be at > least 10 hops. Tower space is roughly $250/month around here.... so > that's $2,500 per month just for the towers... then you have > maintenance, equipment cost ($100k) and it would only save me about > $1,000 per month. > > Travis > Microserv > > Harold Bledsoe wrote: >> 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: 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
