On 9/6/19 9:50 AM, Adam Moffett wrote:
Unpopular Opinion time:
DSL is the new dialup. Wireless is the new DSL. Nobody wants any of
those if they can get something better. You can push the end farther
down into the future with micro POP's, MU-MIMO, big channel sizes, etc;
but we're at the top of the hump in the business cycle and the tail is
looming before us. Use the cash generated by your wireless business to
start something new, and/or plan how you'll maximize revenue on the long
tail. If fiber ain't your thing that's ok, but figure out some kind of
plan.
Back when I started doing WISP stuff it was upgrading people from DSL.
I've had customers downgrade from 300Mbps licensed microwave to 50Mbps
fiber at a higher cost because it was fiber. Often the perception is all
"wireless" to the customer, and wireless is assumed as poor quality,
many times by the actions of lesser WISPs. And I don't have the energy
or sales charisma to convince people otherwise so basically I'm on my
way out of the WISP business unless someone asks nicely and it's easy
for me to do.
But the perception that wireless is bad doesn't seem to extend to
LTE/4G/5G or "mesh" or wifi repeaters other indoors wifi.
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