GNXPower
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join:2003-12-18
Huntington Beach, CA
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Re: yee-haw!!
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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mattgyver
join:2003-07-22
Macon, GA
| 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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Huntington Beach, CA
| 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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