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

Thu May 12 18:16:53 UTC 2005

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 at 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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