[AusNOG] Ethnic Centric ISPs in Australia?

[Skeeve Stevens]

Eric,

Most of the ones I built are from the early days, mostly with dialup
access.... there were hundreds of ISPs that didn't make a successful
transition to broadband.

One of the recent ethnic based ones I built (in the last couple of years)
went bust due to a VoIP hack that left them owing their provider hundreds
of thousands of dollars, and unable to recover.  No, I didn't build the
VoIP systems.

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.



...Skeeve

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On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Pinkerton, Eric <
Eric.Pinkerton at baesystemsdetica.com> wrote:

> So they **all** went out of business because they had poor business
> skills?****
>
> Given how competitive the ISP market in Australia is, one might assert
> that limiting your demography from the outset might in itself be an
> indicator of poor business skills.****
>
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> *From:* Skeeve Stevens [mailto:skeeve+ausnog at eintellegonetworks.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, 8 April 2013 1:29 PM
> *To:* Pinkerton, Eric (AU Sydney)
> *Cc:* Joseph Goldman; <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] Ethnic Centric ISPs in Australia?****
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> Having a viable business model and being able to run a business are two
> very different things.****
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> ****
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