matt380
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Looks like the yokels will be able to get all the pr0n the can handle from anywhere they want! wouldn't est. this in a larger metro area be a bigger selling point? |
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Logan 5
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join:2001-05-25
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|  said by matt380  :
wouldn't est. this in a larger metro area be a bigger selling point?
How so? Internet Access in rural areas/communities is the 'next big thing' for companies like Intel to naturally 'want to help' become a reality for the many that cannot get regular DSL or Cable Modem service, and for whom Satellite technology is unreliable at best.
Intel see's the "Have not's" as a better choice for a revenue stream, then the already spoiled "Have's" who can get their access 4 or 5 different ways in the more urban & metropolitan areas.
Expect, once Intel can convince/persuade/cajole a major ISP to provide the data pipe, that this will become a reality sooner instead of later. |
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cyberthugin
join:2002-03-12
Kew Gardens, NY | I guess it easy to deploy in rural areas than in big cities, esp where big building would interfere. |
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GNXPower
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Huntington Beach, CA
| reply to matt380
said by matt380 :
wouldn't est. this in a larger metro area be a bigger selling point?
No, there is a bigger market in serving those providers looking to deploy to consumers who can't get alternative access than trying to introduce competitive technology for the hotspot market. In the vast majority of metro markets, there is little problem with last mile deployment, either from a conventional WISP, cable, fiber or telco provider.
In a large number of rural markets last mile deployment is cost prohibitive and there is a large market for filling those deployment needs. |
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GNXPower
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| reply to cyberthugin
said by cyberthugin :
I guess it easy to deploy in rural areas than in big cities, esp where big building would interfere.
Competition from other established wired providers is what stops residential WISP deployment in big cities, not buildings. |
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joetaxpayer
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Wayland, MA
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| said by GNXPower :
Competition from other established wired providers is what stops residential WISP deployment in big cities, not buildings.
Don't underestimate the value cutting the wire brings the user. Having my laptop go anywhere in my house and yard is fine, but to be able to get in the car and have that range is worth the second fee, or changing providers.
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mattgyver
join:2003-07-22
Macon, GA
| reply to GNXPower
I just moved from Macon, GA (right outside Houston Co). One reason they may be trying it there is that there's a huge air force base there employing about 25,000 military and civilian personell. Plus the large numbers of big-business military contractors--Boeing, Lockheed Martin, etc. |
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GNXPower
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| reply to joetaxpayer
said by joetaxpayer :
said by GNXPower :
Competition from other established wired providers is what stops residential WISP deployment in big cities, not buildings.
Don't underestimate the value cutting the wire brings the user. Having my laptop go anywhere in my house and yard is fine, but to be able to get in the car and have that range is worth the second fee, or changing providers.
JOE
Roaming (like hot spots) is a tiny niche market compared to the possible market served by providing last mile connectivity to users who currently have no options save for satellite. |
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GNXPower
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| reply to mattgyver
You called it. One of the articles states that Intel selected that county because of the IT and military contractors located there and the county is looking to stimulate growth....thus share in the $2M cost.
I think it's a great idea...muni-owned WISP infrastructure...then consumers can choose from a list of content providers that can deliver service. People get service and competition without massive infrastructure costs, or big paybacks in the form of cable or telco monopolies and the constant crap service and high prices consumers receive. |
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mamoon
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| reply to matt380
Seems to me to be a positioning thing. Anyone who bothers spelling correctly also understands the location is closer to the center of Georgia than Atlanta. As some of us know The Macon area is the next area set to grow exponentially in this state. They are getting in on the ground floor. |
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