viperm
Carpe Diem
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join:2002-07-09
Winchester, CA
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Re: How are local wisps affected
Is it Earhlink?
We have ET here in Anaheim. Its not an issue we offer faster and more consistent PTMP connections etc. You are comparing apples to oranges. The Muni concept will never outperform the WISP model, but these bigger companies still dont see that and eventually they will see the bigger picture.
There are still going to be areas that they will not be able to hit and or the thruput of the thier Tropos nodes or whetever they are using are going to to be the weak link as thruput is max 11 megs (in reality 5.5 megs) as 802.11 is 1/2 duplex.
SO I dont see how they can sell a dedicated 1.5 connection to a business customer and offer an SLA like we do. If that customer is downloading or uploading all the time its going to keep that node busy and affecting the QOS to other customers who have dedicated services off that node.
To me the Muni deals are only going to work for the casual surfer or smaller business possibly but never going to work for a tier 1 business customer.
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polk5
join:2001-12-29
New Orleans, LA
1 edit | I would agree to above but: Once these Co's spend millions of dollars to build a City out and realize that the tropo's just do not cut it, then all they have to do is ditch the tropos and turn to a wisp model. The main infrastructure will be canopy clusters all over the place. Why wouldnt they do this?
That being said, I think my customer service will always be better than a large corporation. So, I am not going to say I am not concerned but I really dont think it will affect my business. Take my alarm business for instance. I can compete heads up with ADT, Brinks and the other big guys all day long. I guess this is what keeps the small businesses going in the good ol USA. |
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