I remember those days. Glad that ended 3 years ago, myself. On 5/27/10, finkle dinkle <[email protected]> wrote: > 1/2) UVerse is coming soon, box has been outside for 6 months on, > neighbors can get it but not the building yet. 6mbit max dsl and 28/3 > possible cable modem but it's usually unstable. > 3) if I want to sell LOS, it's pretty flat if I recall, I dont know to > what degree I can shoot LOS though, it may be smaller than I remember. > 4) maybe 5 miles, would love 10. > 5) want to be able to scale.. 50 megs each way would be great, 100 > megs would be better (doubt I will have a customer for 100/100 but who > knows) > 6) if I could profit off it, why wouldn't I cater to the people who do > want the symmetrical speeds, residential or business -- I have no > discrimination towards people who work from home, like uploading > pictures and working, I will obviously have to figure something out > about file sharing. > 7) I already get little sleep anyway ;) no I sleep well and very > little amount of people nag me. I guess I'd have to learn to deal > with it. > 8/9) It's sort of like a service where I'm able to offer them a lot > more than just wireless service. I could pretty much upsell them on > everything else, referrals and stuff. With the potential clients I > have lined up for inside the building, If i could get two 50/50 > customers which I KNOW I could, I will do well. > > > I never thought about using the existing phone lines in the building.. > I wonder how ATT would react to that once they're ready to launch > UVerse inside. I do like the ability to be able reach "Maximum Speeds > of 100 Mbps Symmetrical at distances up to 1,000 feet (300 m) " as > said on some of those VDSL modems but it's all maximum theoretical > speeds anyway. > > I know I could differentiate myself from these bigger companies > because of the possible level of "Enterprise" support I could offer, > for example.. Offering the bigger companies space in the cage at the > datacenter with service to allow them to set their servers offsite but > pretty much be considered LAN since I could just send it via the PTP > Fiber link. Also, I could obviously link up to any provider in Los > Angeles via the meet me rooms. I'd probably plug into Hurricane > Electric since they're unbelievably cheap but there are Premium > Bandwidth Mix's out there that aren't too expensive and I think I > could make a pretty good amount of money doing this. > > Richard, thinking about changing my name to Wilmington Wellington > 3rd.. perhaps I could get money at me with that sort of a name. > > > On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 10:12 AM, Jerry Richardson > <[email protected]> wrote: >> There are a few considerations to make before heading down this path. >> 1. What are you selling against? DSL, Cable, 3G, Satellite >> 2. What speeds are available via these services >> 3. What is your terrain like - trees, hills, valley, desert, etc >> 4. What is the max distance you are looking to cover - 1, 5, 10 miles? >> 5. What speeds do you want to deliver - 1.5, 3.0, 10, 20 Mbps >> 6. You said symmetrical speeds - why? Pretty uncommon for residential >> service >> 7. Are you prepared to get little sleep, give up most of your free time >> for at least the forst 2-3 months? >> 8. If you are doing this to break even, don't bother. You are only doing >> your customers a disservice because you will get tired/bored/sick of >> losing money and shut it down. >> 9. If you want to make this profitable, plan on trying to get some >> business customers - they are worth muvh more. >> >> Jerry >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of finkle dinkle >> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 8:57 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [WISPA] Becoming a Wisp >> >> 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: [email protected] >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! 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