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To: Jay Lowe who wrote (280)	11/8/1999 3:01:00 PM
From: Valueman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1782

Sure would be interesting if ViaSat offered a Neighborhood Area Networking (NAN) program ... a dish and fixed wireless station + POP marketing support. What a growth plan! That's a great idea. How would you then connect to the subscribers? Dial up? Cable? COuld you string coax to each home strictly for a bandwidth pipe to preserve the high speeds? Is there a wireless solution? I like the sound of this. There is a "nerd"(like me) in every neighborhood who could man the portal. There are companies like Softnet(SOFN) who have something like this, if my memory serves me. The business model only works, however, if you design the system , sat included, from scratch, to get the highest capacity. Only then can you charge a cable-modem-like monthly fee and have enough users to make it profitable. That is ViaSat's strong suit.

To: Jay Lowe who wrote (280)	11/9/1999 7:23:00 AM
From: Ed Edwards	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1782

>>would I want to become an ISP/carrier/consultant to my neighbors? NIMBY! <g> besides, they (at least the kids) want as much bandwidth as this household. Don't think the wireless BW would sustain it. Anyhoo the terrain wouldn't either - lotsa hills. The idea of a fat drop (don't go there) by the vendors for a neighborhood makes sense but it seems that neighborhoods in the western 'burbs (west of the Hudson, at least) tend to spread out quickly. I know that a dish installer said that $250 is the going rate for a business dish (flat roof, easy access, etc). Wonder what the real world cost for a home dish installation would be and corresponding cost for curbside cable/fiber feed + installations in comparison? Anyone have an economic model on that? Ed