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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">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.<br>
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On 8/04/13 2:27 PM, Heinz N wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">One might assert limiting your demography
isn't smart, but that, IMHO would
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be very wrong. Personally, I think just competing in the open
market is the
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dumbest anyone building a small ISP these days could do.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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Regards
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Heinz N.<br>
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