| U.S. Broadband As a small really rural WISP I get very angry seeing all the subsidies go to the large guys. We literally mortgaged the farm to start up our business. None of our customers will, in the next ten years, have DSL, cable or FIOS. We are the only alternative to dialup. Our cost per customer is over $900 each for equipment...customers only pay $100 install and $50 per month for 3Mbps service. We do not restrict P2P, but ask that they be courteous about it's use.
We are putting up towers, $11,000 each, to reach another 240 subscribers. What do we get from government . . . additional taxes, zoning hearing charges, paperwork up the wazoo and little else.
Some of our customers are so anxious to get service that they are putting up their own towers! |
