said by SuperWISP:I'm a wireless ISP. I make money by BUILDING the last mile, not by providing "me too" service over someone else's last mile infrastructure, on which I have little or no ability to differentiate my service from that of any other ISP who does the same thing.
If I'm on a shared last mile network, I can't offer greater reliability (if it goes down -- and I don't run it, so I can't control that -- my customer is down), greater throughput, or service to any area that other ISPs on that network can't serve. And, of course, if Google gets its way, tehre will be "network neutrality" regulations that will prevent providers from competing on the basis of traffic management, etc. So, what happens? The lowball bidder wins the customer. And to be the low bidder, you need to be a big company with lots of bargaining power on the wholesale level. Small or local businesses like mine need not apply.
Who would want to be in a strictly commodity business where value added and innovation simply aren't appreciated?
And why would I ever want to pay rent to Google, which is seeking to impose onerous regulations upon all ISPs?
I'd much rather go up against their network with one that offers things that they can't -- at lower prices (because I'm not paying rent to Google) -- and win.
and if you have caps and port blocks, what makes you any different from ABC isp or XYZ isp?
