Re:Starting an Internet Service Provider
by chrishacken on Monday February 20, 2017 @01:49PM
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The majority of our customers are businesses paying >$100/m. Aside from that, I still work full-time as a Systems Engineer at USPS +$3,400/m after taxes.
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Re:Starting an Internet Service Provider
by zer0t3ch on Monday February 20, 2017 @09:41PM
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> I still work full-time as a Systems Engineer
I hope then that you're not the only person working at NEPA Fiber. How many employees do you have?
Re:Starting an Internet Service Provider
by metilda on Monday February 20, 2017 @11:42PM
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He probably is running it all himself, it's only a 50 customer business. Combined with a day job that allows him to take the occasional personal call, it's very doable.
If you look on the DSLReports Wireless ISP forum, most of the smaller WISPs are doing exactly this, and eventually they may bring a person on to answer the phone, and an installer, but until you get a bit over 200 subs you can do this.
Re:Starting an Internet Service Provider
by zer0t3ch on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @04:40AM
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I guess so, just seemed a bit odd at face value. All this WISP stuff seems really interesting to me. I don't think I have what it takes to start one myself, but I wish I could find someone starting out in the business who needs a partner.
Gotcha, this is really amazing, I've been thinking about doing something similar. Thanks for the write up!