[1st-mile-nm] Fwd: Crestone, CO WISP (from F. Ortman

[Richard Lowenberg]

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Subject: RE: [1st-mile-nm] Part 2 of Eric Mack's Rural NM Broadband 
Story
Date: 28.03.2012 15:24
 From: "Ohrtman, Frank" <Frank.Ohrtman at state.co.us>
To: <rl at 1st-mile.com>

Hi All!

I visited Crestone, CO, (pop. 150 households) home of Crestone Telecom
LLC, a WISP started by the community. They just turned up WISP service.
Here's the overview:

1. multi-Gbps-capable microwave backhaul (skywerx)
2. does not touch the telco network
3. $200k raised: 1/2 in local investors (minimum investment $100) 1/2
loan from Eco-Devo District
4. 200 pre-sells, need 300 subs to be cash flow positive, probably hit
that number in another month or so
5. 2/3s of new subs order mid-grade (not minimal) package of 12 Mbps
down
6. testing VoIP; 4 ms latency Crestone to Durango
7. legacy DSL speeds at about 500 kbps down, not much competition
there...
8. no bandwidth caps
9. Ralph, the founder, gets 30 mbps down at his house; Kevin his
neighbor and web designer gets 20 mbps and can now hire another 
designer
10. see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjFfkWDhOWo&feature=youtu.be

Frank Ohrtman



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Richard Lowenberg
1st-Mile Institute
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