Exactly. That is what NewWays did. Our old plans on T1 or other smaller pipe were: 384K $33.00 512K $45.00 Now that we have a 50M fiber to a tower our plans are: 1M $35.00 2M $48.00
Justin Wilson wrote: > I think part of the issue is economies of scale. Many rural ISPs have > T1s and T3s at best. The cost of transport and bandwidth doesn¹t allow them > to scale as well as they could if they had fiber or some other high capacity > transport. With providers such as Cogent well under $10 a meg in bulk you > can afford to up the speed (providing your network can support it) if you > have access to such things. > > I have seen several providers start offering better speeds once they had > access to a bigger pipe. I know in my area a T1 is still around $450 a > month. Get 4 bonded t1s and you are looking at $300 a meg. If you had > access to fiber and your transport + bandwidth cost you say $75 a meg you > could afford to up the subscriber speeds. > > Just my thoughts. > > Justin > -- Scott Reed Owner NewWays Networking, LLC Wireless Networking Network Design, Installation and Administration Mikrotik Advanced Certified www.nwwnet.net (765) 855-1060 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
