We are doing a similar project in Marin county - regardless of ability to pay. If I can make it pencil, not only why not, but shouldn’t we all?
Ms. Lady Benjamin PD Cannon, ASCE 6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC CEO b...@6by7.net "The only fully end-to-end encrypted global telecommunications company in the world.” FCC License KJ6FJJ Sent from my iPhone via RFC1149. > On Dec 28, 2020, at 12:24 PM, Aaron Wendel <aa...@wholesaleinternet.net> > wrote: > > We still build when needed. We're in the process of building to 700 new > apartments so we can provide them with free service. We're actually pulling > 576 strands into the basement of one building to backhaul each apartment to > it's own switch port in the new hut we just deployed to service that new > development. (we don't use a PON system. Everyone has a dedicated switch > port.) Also, keep in mind that this isn't all we do. This is a very small > part of a much bigger pie. So I agree with you. If this was it then it > would make no sense. When you look at all the pieces together it makes > perfect sense. > > Aaron > > >> On 12/28/2020 1:50 PM, Baldur Norddahl wrote: >> I applaud your commitment to helping your local community. Just want to >> point out that this is a charity because it does not scale. Nobody could >> build out a FTTH network and make it free as a business case. But there are >> plenty of people that made a network for their neighbors and provided that >> for free. Maybe a person had a commercial fiber to his home and thought he >> could just as well share it. This might be on a bigger scale but it is the >> same. >> >> Regards, >> >> Baldur >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 8:27 PM Aaron Wendel <aa...@wholesaleinternet.net >> <mailto:aa...@wholesaleinternet.net>> wrote: >> >> Darin, >> >> Our business support and residential support is the same >> department. I >> have to pay those people to be in the office either way so it doesn't >> cost me any "more" to provide support for the residences. Yes, >> walking >> Grandma through getting her email can sometimes be a chore but that >> person is on the payroll whether he/she is helping Grandma or sitting >> there chatting with his/her co-worker. If we dumped all the >> residential >> customers we would still have the same cost structure we do now. >> >> Again, it's been free for the last 7 years at this point. I've never >> been one to really do what I "should" anyway. >> >> Aaron >> >> >> On 12/28/2020 11:48 AM, Darin Steffl wrote: >> > Aaron, >> > >> > The "Free" service doesn't cover your cost of support which is much >> > higher for residential than any business customer. Our residential >> > customers call at least 15x more often compared to business >> customers >> > compared on a 1:1 ratio. >> > >> > I honestly can't fathom providing free residential service >> because we >> > make enough money on the business side of things. You should be >> > charging something, at least $20-30 per month. >> > >> > On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 11:15 AM Aaron Wendel >> > <aa...@wholesaleinternet.net >> <mailto:aa...@wholesaleinternet.net> >> <mailto:aa...@wholesaleinternet.net >> <mailto:aa...@wholesaleinternet.net>>> wrote: >> > >> > The $300 covers the equipment and the time to send someone >> out to a >> > house to install it. If $300 is too much you can pay in 12 >> > installments >> > of $25. >> > >> > The TIK alone costs us about $250. >> > >> > Aaron >> > >> > >> > On 12/27/2020 5:04 AM, Mark Tinka wrote: >> > > >> > > >> > > On 12/26/20 20:48, Darin Steffl wrote: >> > > >> > >> Aaron, >> > >> >> > >> One simple question. Why on earth would you offer free >> internet >> > >> service? How and why? Your site show 1 Gig symmetrical >> for free >> > when >> > >> you should be a minimum of $65 per month to be competitive. >> > > >> > > They also ask for no monthly fee after a single payment of >> US$300. >> > > >> > > Considering the 2Gbps package costs US$49.95, you'd guess >> they'd >> > value >> > > the 1Gbps service at, say US$27/month, give or take. >> > > >> > > So that US$300 provides a bit of coverage, perhaps 1 year, >> in which >> > > time they'd have likely upgraded the customer. >> > > >> > > Mark. >> > >> > -- >> > ================================================================ >> > Aaron Wendel >> > Chief Technical Officer >> > Wholesale Internet, Inc. 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