That's why I had to change my name from Richard Head. That last name was a curse on this list. Now I have a last name that gets me more respect.
-Richard Face -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Justin Wilson Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 12:58 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Becoming a Wisp Nice introduction to the WISPA community. Make fun of the name. I even recommended this person check out WISPA from the Ubiquity forums. Anyhow, welcome. I would suggest reading through the archives for some good discussions on things. Justin -- Justin Wilson <j...@mtin.net> http://www.mtin.net/blog Wisp Consulting - Tower Climbing - Network Support From: Jack Unger <jun...@ask-wi.com> Reply-To: WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 09:28:35 -0700 To: WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Becoming a Wisp My first recommendation would be to legally change your name from Finkle Dinkle to something that sounds a little more business-like. I'd recommend something like "Joe Smith" or "Bob Jones". finkle dinkle wrote: > So, I've got space in a building in So. Cal with a lot of neighbors > with crappy connections. In the beginning, I wanted to bring in a gig > PTP from the datacenter 12 miles away... I'm not a salesman, I think > with the bandwidth I have available at the DC + the of the PTP, I > could've made everyone in the building happy, at least 20 tenants if I > could convince them.. doubt I could. > > Anyway, I have potential access to the roof, I'd have to ask. > > Are there any laws if I want to sell service ? > > If I want to provide service to lets just say 50 clients (not in the > building but through wireless), are there devices that dont have to > rely on LOS ? > > I'm just trying to understand if this all went along well, how many > devices would I need to mount up on the roof to support 20-50 clients > externally with the devices and which devices.. > > I'm looking to sell the bandwidth for a relatively low price, undercut > wimax and not strictly looking for profit but looking to be the point > guy for other tech operations for these potential clients.. > > Also, to the people who have good access to bandwidth or even not.. > how much are you looking at from all your cost to what you actually > charge (not including administrative) but lets assume your bandwidth > costs are 8k/month with the point to point to the datacenter + > 1000mbit commit. I know I could do better but what are we looking at > here, if the total cost to get the bandwidth, less the equipment to my > office building at 8 bux a meg, how much should I be selling it ? any > recommendations ? > > I do not want to be a company like towerstream where I sell 8 megs for > 800/MRC, i'm looking to charge more like 25 bux per meg... Is my model > right or wrong ? > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > 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/ > > > -- Jack Unger - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. Network Design - Technical Training - Technical Writing Serving the Broadband Wireless, Networking and Telecom Communities since 1993 www.ask-wi.com 818-227-4220 jun...@ask-wi.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- 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/
