[Cialug] DSL provider costs.

[Dave J. Hala Jr.]

I don't think Wimax is going to be it either. However, it will be a god
send in a few rural areas -exactly where I need it.

Its looking like (at least to me anyway) that the Access points are
going to be priced and designed for the big players. (telco's etc.) I'm
thinking that due to the fact that an average joe like me can't get his
hands on a prototype.

I'm also concerned about spectrum. The big players will probably be in
licensed sprectrum. Us "Joes" can't afford those licences, so we're
stuck in the unlicensed band's. Which isn't a bad thing, its just not as
"easy" to work in.

Most of the "other" disruptive technologies were readily available to us
average Joe's (or should I say average Dave's?) even when they were
still prototypes.

I have an application that will launch my business up to the next level
as I soon as I can get  "internet access everywhere".   The sprint PCS
service is not an option, as its generally unreliable in the locations
where I need it. 

Nothing sucks more than having to wait around to see what the big
players are gonna do. 

:) Dave

On Thu, 2006-05-18 at 08:03, Dave Weis wrote:
> On Wed, 17 May 2006, john doe wrote:
> > After talking with a neighbor of my parents the other day, I was surprised
> > to hear that he's paying around $40 for 768 kbps DSL from Iowa Telecom.
> > Thought that was a little bit high, so I looked at the Iowa Telecom site.
> > Not only was he right, but the price for 1.024 Mb was $169.99!
> >
> > Does anyone else have information on non-Qwest residential high-speed
> > access (dsl, otherwise) around the state?
> 
> Providing DSL can be expensive, especially when your customers are all 
> over. I'm one of the last people that will defend Iowa Telecom but they do 
> have DSL in 100% of their towns. It gets expensive to put a DSLAM in West 
> Pig's Knuckle Iowa and the recurring cost of dragging a couple T1's back 
> to Newton.
> 
> A later message said they were looking at WiMax, I don't think that's 
> going to work as well as everyone that's selling it does. There's not 
> enough control over the spectrum and interference to give me a warm fuzzy 
> feeling. Comparing it to fiber is ridiculous, it's orders of magnitude 
> faster and more reliable.
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