amungusPremium
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 ·AT&T DSL Service
| in Russia... WiMax has berzerker speed 
Got to consider what $28 is to them. Currency calculator shows me 833.1 Rubles. That doesn't tell me much about what the value actually means...
Found this though: »www.worldsalaries.org/russia.shtml
Say a person makes 10,000 Rubles/month... that means nearly a tenth of monthly income would go to internet.
Very likely too expensive for the average person over there.
Also found this: »www.kylekeeton.com/2007/10/russi···ary.html
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 BRI
@192.250.23.x | said by amungus:WiMax has berzerker speed Got to consider what $28 is to them. Currency calculator shows me 833.1 Rubles. That doesn't tell me much about what the value actually means... Found this though: » www.worldsalaries.org/russia.shtmlSay a person makes 10,000 Rubles/month... that means nearly a tenth of monthly income would go to internet. Very likely too expensive for the average person over there. Also found this: » www.kylekeeton.com/2007/10/russi···ary.htmlOuch. There are definitely some conclusions to be drawn from this. If a Russian WiMax company can roll out an uncapped service for $28/month it seems a US company should be capable of that as well. Given that this amount is such a high percentage of an average person's salary, it stands to reason that comparatively few people would sign up for such a service. That in turn would mean that WiMax can be successful and profitable even with a low subscriber count. |
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| said by BRI :said by amungus:WiMax has berzerker speed Got to consider what $28 is to them. Currency calculator shows me 833.1 Rubles. That doesn't tell me much about what the value actually means... Found this though: » www.worldsalaries.org/russia.shtmlSay a person makes 10,000 Rubles/month... that means nearly a tenth of monthly income would go to internet. Very likely too expensive for the average person over there. Also found this: » www.kylekeeton.com/2007/10/russi···ary.htmlOuch. There are definitely some conclusions to be drawn from this. If a Russian WiMax company can roll out an uncapped service for $28/month it seems a US company should be capable of that as well. Given that this amount is such a high percentage of an average person's salary, it stands to reason that comparatively few people would sign up for such a service. That in turn would mean that WiMax can be successful and profitable even with a low subscriber count. Do you think it will be profitable? That remains to be seen. |
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amungusPremium
join:2004-11-26
America Reviews:
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| I'll go ahead and say that I think this will be more for business use. If that turns out to be the case, I would personally venture to guess that it'll turn some kind of profit eventually, though it's hard to know how much.
Whatever the case for cost may be, either here or over there, the technology sure is neat  |
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Russian in 2005 was just exiting one of the WORST collapses in Modern History. From the early 1990s (USSR imploding) until around 2001/2002 Russia and the old Soviet Bloc was in such a crippling "Depression", that as much as 20-25 percent of the people were unemployed. Similarly, the Russian Economy was Mafia run and black market. Russia has once again found it's footing and significantly grown due to oil since then. I would guess their salaries would be far higher now, even with the current economic crisis. |
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