[TriLUG] Re: I need a really fast Internet connection at the Outer Banks

[Greg Brown]

So far they about threw up on themselves when I said $3k per month (I told
them to expect at least a bill of $1.5k a month, obviously they thought I
was "way high" on my estimate).

Regardless of cost, this is something that still needs to be done.  They are
now looking to partner with another company to share some of the cost if at
all possible, something the vendors would probably frown upon in the first
place.

What I'm really worried about is the condition of the physical plant on the
outer banks in the first place. From what I can tell from the phone and
cable infrastructure is nobody really wants to invest a lot of money in
outside plant if they think it might get washed away in the next hurricane
season.

But I have not given up hope yet.  I'm heading back out there in two weeks
to discuss this further.  We'll see what they say.

Greg

On 5/26/06, Aaron S. Joyner <aaron at joyner.ws> wrote:
>
> Greg Brown wrote:
>
> > 100 meg burst, at least.  It's starting to look like a lot of money.
> >
> > Greg
>
> Did you get any hard quotes from vendors?  If so, would you mind sharing
> them?  Pricing info that I know I can't give out for non-disclosure
> reasons of previous employers, not more specific than powers of ten at
> least.  I can say that the previous poster's assertion that cost is
> directly related to physical build out is very true, and his example of
> $3000 for 5Mb/s of guaranteed bandwidth is reasonable.  The build out
> was probably a painful upfront cost, and if you want a burst rate over
> the base the cost of that burst bandwidth is going to be more $/Mb used
> than the $3k/5Mb formula.  Although, once you have the line in place,
> upgrading from 5Mb/s to 50Mb/s (for example) is just a phone call, so
> you can scale up and down your bandwidth requirements, perhaps with as
> low as 1-month granularity.  Ie. you might be able to upgrade on Monday
> to 50Mb/s for the remainder of the month, then down-grade next-month
> with no big fees, depending on your contract.
>
> Anyway, if you can provide rough numbers based on actual quotes, it's
> likely to be useful to some one some where.  Also, as a word to the
> wise, location really matters.  So don't try to apply anyone's numbers
> to your exact situation with out allowing ~15-30% margin of error for
> distance from the CO, etc.  Regardless getting with in a range helps
> people understand the economics better.
>
> Aaron S. Joyner
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