Really? You think if you don't pay the subsidy or the money up front you won't, as a member of the community, be paying for it? Just because you use less electricity than your neighbor do you think you're not paying for citywide upgrades? Seems naive.
Will the network maintenance costs be be absorbed by the monthly fees each customer pays? What about upgrades to the CPE, network hardware and physical network? What about the technicians and call center to handle troubles? Can a city like this realize the economies of scale in operational costs like a regional or national provider who's been operating for years? Seriously.
BTW. The consultant who suggested this approach (Entry Point) is the selling the city the billing/management software to allow businesses to "use the network". So, yes, you can switch anytime....but what will the difference in service be? Same network, same billing software, possibly different pricing but in the long run it will be the same since more can't run a business at a loss. Doesn't Entry Point then become a monopoly with their proprietary software that requires maintenance and updates going forward? This is a total boondoggle and will fail like 98% of them have across the country. Good luck. https://munibroadbandfailures.com/
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"If you're not using it, you're not paying for it"
Really? You think if you don't pay the subsidy or the money up front you won't, as a member of the community, be paying for it? Just because you use less electricity than your neighbor do you think you're not paying for citywide upgrades? Seems naive.
Will the network maintenance costs be be absorbed by the monthly fees each customer pays? What about upgrades to the CPE, network hardware and physical network? What about the technicians and call center to handle troubles? Can a city like this realize the economies of scale in operational costs like a regional or national provider who's been operating for years? Seriously.
BTW. The consultant who suggested this approach (Entry Point) is the selling the city the billing/management software to allow businesses to "use the network". So, yes, you can switch anytime....but what will the difference in service be? Same network, same billing software, possibly different pricing but in the long run it will be the same since more can't run a business at a loss. Doesn't Entry Point then become a monopoly with their proprietary software that requires maintenance and updates going forward? This is a total boondoggle and will fail like 98% of them have across the country. Good luck. https://munibroadbandfailures.com/
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