[AusNOG] Ethnic Centric ISPs in Australia?

[Joseph Goldman]

Using a whitelabel VISP setup, you could almost start your own ISP with 
nothing less then a phone for support/sales calls and a computer for 
management.

On 8/04/13 2:27 PM, Heinz N wrote:
>
>> One might assert limiting your demography isn't smart, but that, IMHO 
>> would
>> be very wrong.  Personally, I think just competing in the open market 
>> is the
>> dumbest anyone building a small ISP these days could do.
>
> Is it even possible to start a smallish ISP these days? Reading John 
> Linton's blog (while he was alive) seemed to indicate that if you are 
> using someone else's infrastructure DSLAMs, backhaul etc, you are 
> completely at their $mercy$. All the bigger guys have their own DSLAMs 
> (for which they'd still have to pay rental at the exchanges). Maybe 
> the NBN might level that playing field if it continues.
>
> I am curious if anyone has done the math to figure out how much cash 
> you'd need to set up a smallish "niche" ISP (major cities only) which 
> would have to be limited to renting ports etc from the big guys. I 
> also wonder if there are any niches left for something that is 
> completely a commodity item now.
>
> Maybe one of the big guys would let you rebadge their service, but 
> what is to stop them from poaching your clients or hiking the cost 
> later on? What investors would like to take that chance?
>
> Regards
> Heinz N.
>
>
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