<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000'>Variability will always happen with small businesses, but you're more likely to encounter someone that won't do nasty things to your bits through a local WISP as opposed to a national player. It's also more likely to be consistent versus the variability of a mobile service.<br><br>WISPs have been going strong for years.<br><br>Typically when a fixed wireless customer moves to mobile wireless, they move back within a couple months.<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Also, *most* people don't need more than 10 megs at home, so fixed providers that haven't upgraded to support faster speeds aren't really at a disadvantage when you look at how the connection is actually used. That becomes apparent once you switch.<br><br><div><span name="x"></span><br><br>-----<br>Mike Hammett<br>Intelligent Computing Solutions<br>http://www.ics-il.com<br><br>Midwest-IX<br>http://www.midwest-ix.com<span name="x"></span><br></div><br><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Bryan Fields" <Bryan@bryanfields.net><br><b>To: </b>"NANOG List" <nanog@nanog.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, March 27, 2019 2:28:05 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: residential/smb internet access in 2019 - help?<br><br>On 3/27/19 7:50 AM, Mike Hammett wrote:<br>> https://broadbandnow.com/Florida/Micanopy?zip=32667#<br>> <br>> You might want to try neighboring ZIP codes to see what other fixed<br>> wireless providers might be convinced to expand.<br>> <br>> http://svic.net/wireless-broadband-north-florida/<br><br>You really want to weigh what wireless can offer as many of the local players<br>doing wireless lack the depth of network knowledge and are completely ignorant<br>of what it takes to run an RF network. I'd independently verify your circuits<br>up-time if you decide to go with a wireless ISP.<br><br>The other sad part is the PtMP wireless technology is likely slower than an<br>LTE modem with external antenna.<br><br>The WISP's had a great time circa 2005 or so, but now that the licensed<br>players have surpassed what they can offer it's hard to justify the lower<br>availability of the typical WISP vs. cost.<br><br>-- <br>Bryan Fields<br><br>727-409-1194 - Voice<br>http://bryanfields.net<br></div><br></div></div></body></html>