| reply to battleop
Re: Simple Solution Will WISP's charge a flat fee or will they be usage based? Most everything wireless seems to be usage based and is always more expensive than cable or DSL. WISP would be wonderful if it were priced the same as the options everybody else has. Even if it were priced similarly, it's still a dead end with respect to bandwidth. As urban dwellers are offered fiber with 100Mbs and 1Gbs speeds, rural people will be stuck with 10Mbs or less.
In my opinion, the only hope for rural people is the cable company. The carriers don't want anything to do with them but most cable companies seem to be making an effort to pick up these people. |
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| "Will WISP's charge a flat fee or will they be usage based?"
It seems to vary from market to market. It seems to largely depend on the WISP's costs to get bandwidth and the capacity for them to deliver it. WISPs currently have limited resources on usable spectrum and their cost to get bandwidth to a rural area can be extremely expensive.
"As urban dwellers are offered fiber with 100Mbs and 1Gbs speeds, rural people will be stuck with 10Mbs or less."
That's a trade off to living in a rural area. There are pros and cons to everything. If enough usable spectrum is available you can see these speeds go up.
"the only hope for rural people is the cable company"
If it hasn't happened by now it's probably not going to happen. The cost of fiber and coax sharply increases as the number of houses you pass decreases. Your per house covered on Fixed wireless is much cheaper because the distance from the AP does not have a large effect on your delivery costs.
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I do not, have not, and will not work for AT&T/Comcast/Verizon/Charter or similar sized company. |
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| reply to mlcarson
The cable companies want nothing to do with the very rural. Some are willing to service towns of 500+, but I don't know of any large cable companies actively expanding to markets smaller than that. |
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| reply to battleop
This same debate happened with Rural Electrification and the government intervened with the REA. There are certain services that really need to be offered everywhere for the good of the nation as a whole and I believe Internet is one of those services today. It's easy for those that have to simply say those than don't can get by without.
said by battleop:"As urban dwellers are offered fiber with 100Mbs and 1Gbs speeds, rural people will be stuck with 10Mbs or less."
That's a trade off to living in a rural area. There are pros and cons to everything. If enough usable spectrum is available you can see these speeds go up.
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