[TriLUG] Re: need an employee --- scratch that -- need a business partner

[Magnus]

Greg Brown wrote:
> A note about the apartment complexes (condos) I referred to that a few
> people have brought up:  In both the cases I mentioned the property
> management company is footing the ENTIRE bill for ALL units - i.e. this is
> not a "per unit adoption cost of $13/month".  All 320 units in the first
> case and 45 in the second will paid for in a single bill each month by the
> property management company to the company contracted for the work.  Crazy
> sounding I know, but this is the way coastal rental facilities are going
> these days.


Smart move.

When I lived in an apartment in Hillsborough, they did something like 
this for cable TV.  They paid a flat rate to Time Warner.  I paid my 
landlord like $12 a month for cable TV.  Insanely good deal for me, and 
Time Warner got a big fat check every month for the whole complex 
regardless of how many tenants subscribed.

As cheap as it was they could have just jacked the rent up $10-$15 and 
advertised free cable.

High density housing these days should be pre-wired for broadband.  High 
speed mesh on the property (100Mbps or more between units) and variable 
level outbound bandwidth based on tiered bandwidth caps regulated at the 
router.  Here in the U.S. we're sort of behind the curve compared to 
many other nations.