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Verizon as a WISP

As long as no one realizes they are now a fixed wireless operator and continue the liberties allowed to mobile wireless in the FCC.s neutrality law.

Too early to tell. Around here, if you run three speed tests back to back the speeds lock down to 4megs too.

reply to Jim_in_VA
A small challenge. Probably loose a few customers to them, but shouldn't make a huge dent around here, I hope. Coverage is so spotty with them already.

I hope that no caps, better pricing plans, better service, and a live human for local support will win over VZW. Just gotta keep on your toes and stay current with speeds.

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reply to Jim_in_VA
I see them as a small threat. Isn't that product still under a heavy usage limit? With very high per gig fees after the fact?
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$60 for 10 GB
$90 for 20 GB
$120 for 30 GB

$10 per 1 GB over you plan cap.

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Yeah,
That's a rip off. Are they trying to compete with satellite and that's it? Or are people that stupid?
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Verizon admits it's not a replacement for wired broadband, rather like satellite where nothing else works. WISPs can make a killing.

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AT&T is looking at doing the same thing soon. Before long all the wireless carriers will offer it and probably put a dent on existing and new customers. Heck, we had more people signing up for satellite broadband before these new faster services came on board than our wisp even though we advertised and told them the benefits. Sometimes it is hard to beat name recognition. Once they go with satellite they have money tied up in it and under contract even if they wanted to switch to us after they got it and they don't know how great our service was compared to it.

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WHT is right though. They will get CAF funding to build it. Then run it as a WISP without the regulations a WISP has to follow for Net neutrality, because it's not a Fixed point network. But rather a cellular network. Unless they some how divey up their IPs and have separate management policies for each "division".

It's a pretty neat racket really
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regarding "Net Neutrality" it appears to be a cloudy regulation that offers many loopholes to remedy network congestion and security.

reference: »www.telecommediatechlaw.com/broa···nternet/
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reply to Jim_in_VA
It's been cloudy since day one. But there are more regs on WISPs and landlines, than cellular to begin with.

We got lumped in to the fixed/landline category, while cellular has less restrictive definitions of bandwidth management techniques.
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not sure why this regulation is a problem for a WISP. You can let the customer access any website (Netflix, Hulu) they want. You are not restricting them at all to what is accessed.. BUT ... there is a limit to how much data can be consumed with the plan you offer. That is controlling network congestion and does not violate the rule. IMO
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Bandwidth regulation is not a violation of Net neutrality. QOS policies that dictate which applications goes first is, or can be, if construed to interfere with an application, or "block" it.

The idea is neutral policies. It's when you pick or choose what has priority it's an issue. And HAS to be listed on your website to be in compliance among other things.

I'm sure you know some people utilize throttling, or QOS to regulate usage based on GB. That has to be listed in your NN disclosure to your customers. ESPECIALLY if it targets an application specifically. Because you are no longer being "neutral" about your throttling policy.

Even if you do nothing more that regulate maximum speeds, you have to disclose that to my knowledge as part of the "rules"
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reply to WHT

not with HomeFusion. It has a fixed antenna, connected to a router, and is not mobile
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reply to Jim_in_VA
Its a cell phone minus the phone.I avg 50gig a month so
this wouldnt be for the average user.

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