Did Clear take out all your customers? OpenRange? What about Verizon/AT&T/Sprint/Tmo and their 4G product?
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 10:46 AM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > Good point. Also I’m puzzled about reports that Starlink intends to apply > for RDOF money. Isn’t that for buildout not actual customers? And the > satellites fly over the entire earth, not a specific rural area. I’m not > understanding how they would even apply for RDOF. Just by promising > coverage in those areas? I guess Hughesnet and Viasat got CAF money. > > > > The other thing that might save us is the marketing challenge. Does > Starlink intend to sell online? And will it be a customer self-install, or > will they need local installers. Seems like key to their success will be > marketing partnerships. Not saying WISPs would be the answer, thinking > more along the lines of sat TV companies or phone companies. Some reports > actually give an edge to Amazon in the LEO satellite Internet space because > of Amazon’s ability to bundle with Prime. Teslas were so sought-after they > basically sold themselves, Musk didn’t really need local Tesla > dealerships. I’m not sure he’s ever had a venture where he needed good > marketing and sales. > > > > Not sure how the average consumer, especially rural consumer, will deal > with the term satellite Internet. Ignoring the terrible reputation from > Hughesnet, I’d say half my customers already call our antenna a > “satellite”. Plus when they say “we’ve got satellite” it means TV. > Expensive TV they want to ditch for streaming. Now ask them to understand > the difference between geostationary and LEO, and brains will be exploding > like the aliens in Mars Attacks. The flashy speed numbers will attract > some people, although many people don’t understand that latency is like > golf, less is better. People are also conditioned that when they hear > “satellite”, the speed doesn’t matter, it’s the data cap that’ll get you. > > > > So it’s really had to predict how this will hit us. Wipe us out and take > all our customers? Or free us from struggling to serve the people in mini > forests on low ground by the creek? A lot may depend on price. And what > early adopters think of it. Most sales in our area are through > word-of-mouth. The Facebook moms will make or break you. > > > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Steve Jones > *Sent:* Friday, August 14, 2020 9:22 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] starlink speed test results! > > > > My only real concern is loose state and federal funding eligibility. Not > the buildout, but the monthly service cost. Our governor here offered the > buildout dough on top of the caf buildout areas, more rules, same areas. > With internet as a utility mindset, there is no telling how much money the > suits will give out for service fees. > > > > On Fri, Aug 14, 2020, 9:13 AM Kurt Fankhauser <lists.wavel...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I would suspect this alpha testing is only going to get better once they > get the bugs worked out. I would not be shocked if we started seeing > 100mbps speeds with sub 30ms pings as the normal. Hoping I am wrong but > prepare for the worst. Hopefully they price that package somewhere around > $200/month and I'll be fine. The other thing is how much is thunderstorms > and clouds going to affect the quality of the Sat connections? Snow on the > receiver? Hopefully its not near as reliable as fixed wireless. > > > > On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 8:52 PM Colin Stanners <cstann...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > It'll be a threat to NLOS fixed wireless, but the LOS services that can do > 100-200mbit+ should be safe. > > > > Still a massive improvement over other satellite services. > > > > On Thu, Aug 13, 2020, 7:36 PM Tushar Patel, <tpa...@ecpi.com> wrote: > > If those results held up, this may not be a real threat to fixed wireless. > > Tushar > > > > On Aug 13, 2020, at 7:19 PM, Robert <i...@avantwireless.com> wrote: > > > > You can listen to all the BS and disclaimers through the first 5 > minutes or just jump to 5 minutes in to find the results. Well, for an > unloaded net, this isn't going to spin any pinwheels... I am amazed at > the results being this weird... > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dcan2c4gWSA > > > > -- > > AF mailing list > > AF@af.afmug.com > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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