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Have you ever tried WeFunder or similar crowdfunded mechanisms to raise money? I would invest a few thousand at generous terms to support you guys and the mission, and I’m sure many others would too.
Can't imagine it would be worth the investor liability/risk for a couple $k.
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If it's anything like the smaller ISP's in my area, his advantages are: - Vastly superior customer service - Simpler contracts; straight fee-for-service without any bullshit - Likely better price overall
From my real-world testing, you shouldn't really expect to get more than 30-40 Mbps down and 5 Mbps up in a typical scenario. If you're competing with DSL, For the most part, he isn’t competing with DSL. He is competing with cable. It looks like Comcast does service the area. Another thing that stands out was that the article mentioned he was paying $1000 for a “ From the link on what’s available in Scranton, it look…
So what is his competitive advantage over the incumbent providers - the cable company and the phone provider? Is he offering service in areas they aren’t? https://www.broadbandsearch.net/service/pennsylvania/scranto...
If it's anything like the smaller ISP's in my area, his advantages are: - Vastly superior customer service - Simpler contracts; straight fee-for-service without any bullshit - Likely better price overall
I enjoyed reading the first part of this last year, and was thinking of it recently. As someone who built a bootstrapped company from $40k/y revenue through $3.5M/year over 14 years, before we were shot in the head by our bank, I was thrilled to hear that you were doing something like this, but concerned over the many potholes (pun, I guess, intended) you were going to encounter. One of the biggest ones that was an e…
>Understand that things don't always work out the way you intend. Starting over when you are my age is very hard. Consider me as a cautionary tale.
I'm pulling for him too, but I have the awful feeling that I'm reading the story of a guy blowing his savings, ruining his credit, and maybe taking mom down with him.
I enjoyed reading the first part of this last year, and was thinking of it recently. As someone who built a bootstrapped company from $40k/y revenue through $3.5M/year over 14 years, before we were shot in the head by our bank, I was thrilled to hear that you were doing something like this, but concerned over the many potholes (pun, I guess, intended) you were going to encounter. One of the biggest ones that was an e…
>I'm rooting for you, and like you, I had every ounce of skin in the game. My retirement, my daughters college. Everything. >Understand that things don't always work out the way you intend. Starting over when you are my age is very hard. Consider me as a cautionary tale. I'm pulling for him too, but I have the awful feeling that I'm reading the story of a guy blowing his savings, ruining his credit, and maybe taking…
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If it's anything like the smaller ISP's in my area, his advantages are: - Vastly superior customer service - Simpler contracts; straight fee-for-service without any bullshit - Likely better price overall
I've met Chris and I told him that if I didn't live so far outside of the city I would be happy to pay him for service to my home. I have decent speeds through Comcast but their customer service is atrocious. Telcos have a monopoly in most areas and they know it and act accordingly.
AT&T Fiber in my experience is a lot more reliable than Comcast ever was. Even thier old DSL was reliable.
My mom has had DSL for years in the small town I grew up in. She got cable internet when I stayed there for the summer because I needed more speed to work remotely. But she decided to keep both. The cable for better speeds and she said after 50 years of dealing with the phone company and 40 years dealing with cable, she trusts the phone company’s reliability more.
If a smaller ISP could offer the reliability of the incumbents, I might switch just to support them, but they would have to do a lot to gain my trust.
I enjoyed reading the first part of this last year, and was thinking of it recently. As someone who built a bootstrapped company from $40k/y revenue through $3.5M/year over 14 years, before we were shot in the head by our bank, I was thrilled to hear that you were doing something like this, but concerned over the many potholes (pun, I guess, intended) you were going to encounter. One of the biggest ones that was an e…
As a one-time dabbler in the local ISP business I found this fascinating but I also wanted to scream "Nooooo...stop" as I read! There are contractors who spend every day digging up streets, laying conduit. FFS use one of them to do the job rather than messing around looking for a Bobcat with the right Diamond saw attachment. Another thing I'd worry about is that there may be fiber in the ground or on poles already in…
We already have 60% of the street we just cut up signed up for service.