I cringe when i have these people approach me. So very certain of the easy money. not aware of the market saturation. Very much not aware of the time commitment. After all, WiFi just works.
On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 8:16 AM Matt Hoppes < mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> wrote: > I'm amazed how many folks I've seen over the years think running a WISP > was so easy a caveman could do it and I had to sit them down and talk > them out of it for their good and my good. > > On 3/7/23 6:06 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: > > Well everybuddy knows that you can't compete with fiber, right....?! > > > > (this guy (the WISP) is a coder/IT guy that decided becoming a WISP is > > easy. Heavy advertising as FOTA. I think he is learning that pesky RF > > stuff might indeed be important) > > > > -----Original Message----- From: Matt Hoppes > > Sent: Tuesday, March 7, 2023 1:27 PM > > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > > Cc: Chuck McCown > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Shadenfreude > > > > Why did they come back? A properly running WISP should be as stable as > > a fiber connection. > > > > We rarely get service calls on wireless -- usually it's something > > related to the customer's router or interference they have caused.... > > that doesn't change with fiber. > > > > On 3/6/23 3:55 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > >> Had our first fiber customer disconnect to go to a new WISP in the area. > >> They said the new service was half the price of ours and they got a > >> price lock for three years. > >> Yeah, OK, but we will have your service on standby any time you want > >> to reactivate it. > >> The disconnect was Friday. The reconnect was this morning... > >> I know that is not music to the ears of WISP only companies, but I > >> gotta tell you, you never get service calls with fiber. > >> Best Regards, > >> Chuck McCown > >> > >> McCown Technology Corporation > >> 8401 N Commerce Dr > >> Lake Point, Utah 84074 > >> 801-250-9503 Office > >> 435-830-4306 Cell > >> www.mccowntech.com > >> www.microtrench.pro > >> www.terabitnetworks.com > >> > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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