Re: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years?

[Ross Hosman <rosshosman () yahoo com>]

Not pointing any fingers but many of you think these
small ISP's are just going to die off instead of
adapt. Wireless is becoming a better and more reliable
technology that in the future will be able to provide
faster service then FTTH. I know of atleast one small
ISP in Michigan that went from dial-up to deploying
wireless. With WiMAX coming out I think you will see a
number of smaller ISPs switching to it as a service.
It is also much cheaper to deploy a wireless network.
 
Me personally, I think wireless is the future for
residential internet/tv/phone. 
 
Ross Hosman
Charter Communcations

> --- Steve Sobol <sjsobol () JustThe net> wrote:
> > Fred Heutte wrote:
> > > (1) There will be a market for independent ISPs
> as
> > long CLECs
> >
> > I think a more appropriate term would be ALEC
> >
> > (anti-competitive local exchange carrier)
> >
> > ...That having been said, the problem with the
> small
> > guys providing access is 
> > they can't generally achieve the economies of
> scale
> > that allow them to compete 
> > with the big guys.
> >
> > I'm on a Charter cablemodem, 3mbps down x 256kbps
> > up, $39.95/month. Verizon is 
> > building out FTTH in this area and they're going
> to
> > be offering 5x2 for $39.95 
> > or 10x5 for $49.95, IIRC. Those are all
> residential
> > prices, but Charter's 
> > actually pretty competitive on business rates too.
> >
> > And yes, there are people who value service over
> > price, but the price 
> > differential is only going to get worse.
> >
> >
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> >
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Ross Hosman
rosshosman () yahoo com