Yes I remember the keynote on this.
Tyson Burris, President Internet Communications Inc. 739 Commerce Dr.<x-apple-data-detectors://1/1> Franklin, IN 46131<x-apple-data-detectors://1/1> 317-738-0320<tel:317-738-0320> Daytime # 317-412-1540<tel:317-412-1540> Cell/Direct # Online: www.surfici.net VIA WIRELESS On Oct 1, 2025, at 18:01, Robert <[email protected]> wrote: Until the point comes where they want to provide that service in exchange for must watch ads interrupting your browsing/video experiences... I trust amazon to live up to a deal for as far as I can throw an amazon truck.. On 10/1/25 2:38 PM, David Hannum wrote: A couple of years ago at WISPAmerica, they had an industry "expert" give a keynote. He was suggesting that Amazon, when in operation, would offer totally free Internet in exchange for Prime membership. If that happens, that will be hard to beat . . . On Wed, Oct 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Has anyone figured this out? Other than free hardware for any resident at the location for 10 years, I can’t find what else BEAD will pay for. What about installation? And are the monthly fees discounted? I assume it varies by state, but what’s typically being done? The reason I ask is now that my state’s proposed awards have been publicized in the form of a map, I can see where they are subsidizing fiber and where it will be Amazon Kuiper. This figures bigly into our future plans. Most areas will get fiber, and while they have 4 years to get it done, I think most of it will be done in the next 2 years. I’m not going to try and deploy fiber anywhere that is getting BEAD fiber. It’s another matter where private money has been overbuilding cable companies in town that charge north of $100/mo. They also knew they wouldn’t face BEAD fiber because the locations weren’t unserved. But the areas where there were no bids to do fiber for below whatever the threshold was for LEO, probably you’d have to be a fool to do fiber in those areas with 100% your own money. So that’s where we’d focus any WISP expansion or upgrades, and what we’d be competing with is subsidized Amazon Kuiper. If we’d be competing with a free satellite receiver, that’s entirely possible. If it’s 100 Mbps for $10/mo, that’s another matter. -- AF mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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