sad,but it reminds me of the post bb days,and from a wisp standpoint..i can appreciate it!
--- On Fri, 3/12/10, Ryan Spott <[email protected]> wrote: From: Ryan Spott <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WISPA] here it come$ To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, March 12, 2010, 9:13 PM http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/1984/picture3vs8.png And that is all I have to say about that... ryan On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Mike Hammett <[email protected]>wrote: > Oh, don't suggest that! Every time someone suggests WISPA do some > collective bargaining, someone cries that isn't what WISPA does... but no > valid reason why it can't. Yes, I cry every time that WISPA should. > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Tim Sylvester" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 7:24 PM > To: "'WISPA General List'" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] here it come$ > > > I'm confused by this message. Are you saying you just heard of ESPN360? > It > > has been around since 2007. > > > > How much do you think big bad ESPN charges for ESPN360? I have seen > > estimates between $0.05/sub/month to $0.25/sub/month. As far as I can > > tell, > > any ISP can contact ESPN and sign-up to offer ESPN360 to their > > subscribers. > > Here's a link to the current list of ISPs offering ESPN360: > > http://espn.go.com/broadband/espn360/affList. The list of providers > ranges > > from ATT and Verizon each with over 10M subs. Down to the Spencer Iowa > > Municipal Utilities and Spruce Knob Seneca Rocks Telephone, each with a > > few > > thousand subs. > > > > The list includes cable, DSL and FTTH ISPs. The only thing that might > > prevent a WISP from offering ESPN360 is bandwidth. > > > > ESPN360 is just an add-on service that an ISP can bundle with their > > service > > offerings to customers. Think of it like offering e-mail accounts or web > > sites. In the mid 90s, ISPs had to pay to provide a TCP/IP stack and a > web > > browser to their customers. > > > > If the WISPA members think ESPN360 would be a useful to offer their > > customers, have someone contact ESPN to see if you can negotiate an > > ESPN360 > > contract for all WISPA members. > > > > Tim > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > >> Behalf Of RickG > >> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 10:57 AM > >> To: WISPA General List > >> Subject: [WISPA] here it come$ > >> > >> The television content providers are going to bill ISP's? > >> Try using ESPN Live 360 and see what it tells you. > >> -RickG > >> > >> > >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> --------- > >> 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/ > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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/ > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
