5. Middle
mile
dispari=es
• Cost
of
“Internet
transit,”
i.e.
95th
percen=le
of
5
minute
measurements
of
actual
traffic
• WISP
in
rural
Wisconson:
$135/Mbps/month
– Working
on
P2P
wireless
link
to
obtain
$65/Mbps
• WISP
in
mid-‐state
Ohio:
$40/Mbps
• WISP
near
Omaha,
Nebraska:
$1.85/Mbps
• Backbone
data
center:
<
$1/Mbps
7. Internet
Access
–
Uncompe==ve
• 1
or
2
ver=cally
integrated
monopolies
– Telco
– Cableco
• US
rela=ve
global
rank
falling
every
year
• Public
policy
unable
to
improve
situa=on
8. Internet
Access
–
Uncompe==ve
• 1
or
2
ver=cally
integrated
monopolies
– Telco
– Cableco
• US
rela=ve
global
rank
falling
every
year
• Public
policy
unable
to
improve
situa=on
Change
the
commercial
landscape
!
13. 5
GHz,
not
TV
White
Spaces
Short
range,
high
capacity
point-‐to-‐point
links
• 5
GHz:
Direc=onal
antennas
fit
in
windows
– TVWS
antennas
are
huge
• 5
GHz:
Ten
40
MHz
channels
available
– TVWS:
just
a
few
6
MHz
channels
in
urban
areas
18. Head
End
Breakeven
–
just
11
subs
Fiber
back-‐haul
(Cogent)
$800
Equipment
(amor=zed
24
mos)
$100
Soiware
and
Hos=ng
$100
TOTAL
$1000
$5,000
Monthly
OPEX
$4,000
Monthly
Revenue
$3,000
11
Subs
$2,000
$1,000
$-‐
S u b s c r i b e r s
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
22
24
26
28
30
32
34
36
38
40
42
44
46
48
50
19. netBlazr
Leader
in
new
smaller
market
$10
B
Transferred
to
Customers
$12
B
$2
B
20. Thank
You
!
Brough
Turner
brough@netBlazr.com
netBlazr
Confiden=al