iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
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| reply to hottboiinnc
Re: b\w Meter? I'm familiar with why TWC is doing what they're doing, why Frontier is doing what they're doing, etc. Also, the 5GB deal is something I wouldn't be able to put up with, and I want an internet service that everyone can put up with...it'll just be that heavier users pay proportionately more so I can reinvest in the network to support them. Granted, most users will be light ones, and that's fine; I'm thinking MRC + b\w (cheaper as b\w usage increases) so billing, admin costs are covered upfront, and SU costs are amortized over the long run, along with some base station and other network costs.
Totally unrelated and might need to go in a different forum: anyone know how AT&T and Level(3) would compare with each other on b\w costs for a low-capaccity (10 mbit probably to start) line in the San Antonio area? I'm assuming they wouldn't be too bad but still rather costly since a few weeks ago I asked Grande Communications about a 50 Mbit commit in one of their lit buildings and IIRC it was upwards of $80 per Mbit on a 3-year cntract. |
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| not sure about AT&T but i know sprint and TWC circuits out of SA are fairly comperable to grande. Cogent is gonna be your cheapest solution by far but they have a very limited number of breakouts in the city.
As far as wimax for the last mile. You will need some big time cash if you plan to start with a full Wimax network. We just started 2 new wimax deployments and the thruput is good (Alvarion 2.5ghz gear). But im a little worried about the SU/AP ratio. I cant see providing upwards of 20-30, 2 or 3meg accounts on a 12 meg AP radio. and with that low of a subscriber ratio your infrastructure costs will be quite high. Alvarion gear is around $60k for a 90deg sector |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
·Comcast
| Heh, Sprint...I'd rather get a company who hasn't been in a recent peering dispute with Cogent. TWC works even though their parent (AOL) had issues with Cogent maybe six years ago...
About the WiMAX stuff, from what I've heard you can get systems that will give better throughput on 7 MHz channels. Still haven't heard back on whether 10 MHz channel equipment is available yet from Alvarion. I know that Proxim has the stuff, and they have 34 or so Mbps as the top speed in aggregate over 10 MHz. |
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| TWC's parent is TWC. They were spun off remember. Just TW owns 51%+ of TWC. AOL has been pretty much kicked to the curb and its now just Time Warner. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | Understood...but beside the point. |
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