San Francisco could have required cafes to install Wi-Fi networks and also required them to offer Wi-Fi service free of charge to the public. Then, companies such as FON, could have offered these free (or cheap) FON access points.
Esme Vos: use government fiat to force private businesses to give away service for free. Maybe Vos should change her last name to Lenin or Marx.
I signed a two (2) year agreement with Sprint in April 2002 for 2 T1 circuits (3mbit) for $2411.00 per month. At the time no other telecom offered high speed dedicated access in Statesboro Georgia.
if I signed a new contract I would have to pay more than if I stayed with a month-to-month. Between 2004 and 2007 Lyssa Schlosser gave me that same more expensive song and dance
Unknown to them I had been checking prices for 3mbit service in Statesboro and when I received quotes form several customers that were about a one third of what Sprint was charging me, I decided to do something about it. Namely to switch providers
Sprint doesn't seem to think there is anything wrong with screwing a customer hard and long, such as they have with me and my company. We are a small technology company with thin profit margins and we struggle at times to cover all of our costs.
A businessman has a contract expire and he doesn't shop around for the best price. Whose at fault here? Sprint? Yes. But the customer is also at fault for being such a poor businessman.
After all, the purpose of a business is to sell for AS MUCH AS THEY CAN GET. And the purpose of the customer is to PAY AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE. Looks like the customer fell down on his part of the process. -- My BLOG .. .. Internet News .. .. My Web Page
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Re: In the Red? Sprint Says Gouge the Customers
Yes I totally agree that the majority of the issue lies with the customer in this case for not doing due diligence and getting competitive rate quotes from other carriers.
Based on his description of the issue Sprint (the LD company) bought local access from whoever his local telco is which means he could've gotten service from ATT, MCI, or a dozen other companies.
And if he is such a remote area, maybe there build out costs built into the monthly rate he received.
My company had Sprint SDSL 1500/1500 Internet service and was paying almost 750.00 a month for it. The day their two year(!) commitment ended I dumped it for Covad T-1 service at $399.00 a month. For about HALF the $$, I got twice the number of IP addresses and a service level guarantee (this line would go down for days at a time and Sprint would say:”It’s DSL..too bad!”).
Too bad for YOU, Sprint!
PS: I didn't buy it (it was bought before I came there) but I did get rid of it!
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RE:How SF and other cities could have created citywide Wi-Fi
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