Re:Lessons from the failure of General Magic
by walrus01 on Thursday July 26, 2018 @10:35PM
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It very much depends, fiber construction can have a very long ROI and be very costly depending on how much of it has to be underground, right-of-way issues, etc.
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Re:Lessons from the failure of General Magic
by icedchai on Friday July 27, 2018 @11:01AM
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How about fixed wireless? I have ISP experience and a decent amount of startup capital. It just seems like potential for a real money pit and massive losses with cable and fios both in the area...
Re:Lessons from the failure of General Magic
by walrus01 on Friday July 27, 2018 @03:29PM
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Fixed wireless should definitely a part of any small/start-up ISP plan. If you're in an area that's solidly served by GPON and ADSL2+/VDSL2 by the ILEC phone company (FIOS), and they're really built the fiber network out a lot, that's hard to compete with. And hard to compete with a solid DOCSIS3 network that reaches everyone. You'd have to find an area on the far outlying reaches of your metro area that is much worse off, where a market need exists.