You monitor your usage on all the links up to, and including your
backbone. If I have 100Meg from my core to a tower, does that mean I can
only sell ten 10Meg connections? Not if my usage never goes above
50Mbps.... or even 80Mbps. I graph and monitor every single link, every
port on every switch, etc. and we use that info to know when to upgrade
links, etc.
Out of five customers with 10Meg connections, only one of them actually
bumps up against the 10Meg, and that's only for a couple hours per day.
Businesses never use what they "think" they need... but when they run a
speed test, they want to see 10Meg. :)
Travis
Microserv
On 9/1/2010 7:21 PM, Mike wrote:
If you are selling dedicated 10M service for $500 and 10M cost YOU
$500, how do you make money? Or is it really oversubscribed?
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I have two OC-3 connections (155Mbps) and one OC-12 connection
(620Mbps)... and even at those levels, I still average $50/meg as my
hard cost. I am selling 10Mbps x 10Mbps dedicated connections to
businesses and schools, etc. for $500/month.
Travis
Microserv
On 9/1/2010 5:34 PM, Mike wrote:
I too would love to know that formula. I doubt if it would work in
rural Tama County Iowa. Most businesses are agribusiness (i.e.
farmers) and I already have most of them in my footprint. My biggest
obstacle right now is finding cheap bandwidth. So even a statement
that bandwidth is cheap right now does not apply to me.
Friendly Regards,
Mike
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