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 Simba7I Void Warranties
join:2003-03-24
Billings, MT | reply to Scilicet
Re: What exactly does the "national broadband plan" actually do? I'm not.. Leave it up to the lobbyists to cloud everyone's idea to what's really going on.
So.. Basically what this "national broadband plan" does is give the big players more money to kind-of upgrade their network.. if they feel like it.
It should have been targeted to smaller providers that are local to most rural towns.. or people who want to start their own WISP. I'm sure most places would be excited to actually have broadband.
Hell, I could probably set up half the state with wireless broadband for less than a mil.. and I'd be glad to do it.
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join:2003-12-01
Franklin, TN | said by Simba7:I'm not.. Leave it up to the lobbyists to cloud everyone's idea to what's really going on. So.. Basically what this "national broadband plan" does is give the big players more money to kind-of upgrade their network.. if they feel like it. It should have been targeted to smaller providers that are local to most rural towns.. or people who want to start their own WISP. I'm sure most places would be excited to actually have broadband. Hell, I could probably set up half the state with wireless broadband for less than a mil.. and I'd be glad to do it. Agree 100%
As a matter of fact the "set up half the state with wireless broadband for less than a mil.. and I'd be glad to do it." is exactly where I am right now. Though, I only got half-mil 
But either way, the two markets that I'm working to take over are a combination of fierce competition (Comcast, AT&T, Covad, Clearwire, Speakeasy, etc.) and a rural market (no competition except dial-up and satellite) have both turned out to be a bit more expensive than you would think.
The big factor has been lock-ins. I have people that want service, but Comcast/AT&T/whoever has some 1 or 2 year lock in that makes even dirt cheap service too expensive for them to shed before the ETF amount. What I have resorted to doing is offering up free installation & equipment which has slowly bled away customers from Comcast and AT&T. This year has been better as a lot of the ETF are running out and people can afford to switch and still pay a modest $35 installation fee for our time to get them hooked up without too much hassle.
What's been the biggest obstacle? Well, getting the word out and getting an established name. I started back in 2005 and just now in 2010 do people recognize the company name and I have customers who have been with our wireless service for years than can vouch for it's speed and reliability. So image is another factor for those that start their own ISP because if someone comes to you and says "I'm from a brand new XYZ Internet company, do you want service", people are afraid of the hassle they may face if they switch, probably traumatized from years of dealing with out of country tech support or perhaps poor service in their area from other ISP. I can understand that completely, all part of the business though.
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