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    Should AJ Open Crazy AJ's?

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    • DashrenderD
      Dashrender
      last edited by

      When I cruised to the Bahama's, I found a Dunkin' Donuts that had free WiFi, I definitely spent around $10 there on drinks and snacks while I surfed the web.

      It might be better to offer free WiFi and get the money from other things. Don't offer free power though.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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        @Dashrender said:

        It might be better to offer free WiFi and get the money from other things. Don't offer free power though.

        Doesn't work that way here. Your business would be surrounded by locals using the free Internet and paying customers would be unable to get to the door. In works in the US and other rich countries for a combination of financial and social factors. Businesses are large and wifi doesn't extend to fifty other businesses and homes, the profit on coffee is huge, the spare expenditure power of everyone is huge. There is big money to be made on coffee and nothing to be made on wifi.

        Opposite here. Businesses are all touching each other, there is no social stigma to sitting on the steps or sidewalk using the wifi, profits on coffee are low and on Internet are high, etc.

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        • DashrenderD
          Dashrender
          last edited by

          aww.. well, definitely have to take the local situation into account... good to know.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
            last edited by

            Okay, just had some locals stop by the house and talk to me. They are renting a full house currently, here in Granada (most expensive city in the country) for $400/mo. So an apartment should be no more than $200 for what @thanksajdotcom needs to get started if he chooses to be here in the Granada area. That gives us a bit more solid of a number to work with. I would be quite surprised if he could not get below $200.

            The people with the $400 house were working professionals who own a business and were looking to move into our area and stopped by to talk about the block and if we knew of available rental homes.

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            • Reid CooperR
              Reid Cooper
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              $400 for a full house in the city? How big is the city?

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @Reid Cooper
                last edited by

                @Reid-Cooper said:

                $400 for a full house in the city? How big is the city?

                About 135,000

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller
                  last edited by

                  My wireless mouse here really sucks. If there was a Crazy AJ's I would walk down there and buy a Logitech wireless mouse right now.

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                  • DashrenderD
                    Dashrender
                    last edited by

                    How much do you pay for internet access, @scottalanmiller ?

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller
                      last edited by

                      It is included in my rent. Along with my pool guy, house maintenance and maid service.

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                      • DashrenderD
                        Dashrender @scottalanmiller
                        last edited by

                        @scottalanmiller said:

                        It is included in my rent. Along with my pool guy, house maintenance and maid service.

                        Mind if we ask what that runs?

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                          last edited by

                          @Dashrender said:

                          @scottalanmiller said:

                          It is included in my rent. Along with my pool guy, house maintenance and maid service.

                          Mind if we ask what that runs?

                          Rent? We are paying $1,200. It's a luxury tourist rental. Good price for that, we have a whole staff of people that maintain the place for us. We see at least three different people, at least one of them three times a week! And we are right in the tourist area. And things like Internet is included. It's a cost premium for the kind of place that it is.

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                          • thanksajdotcomT
                            thanksajdotcom
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                            What kind of internet speeds do you have and what kind of speeds would be available?

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                            • thanksajdotcomT
                              thanksajdotcom
                              last edited by

                              I just finished reading through all the posts I missed. I was passed out for 12 hours...I was exhausted. It's an interesting idea for sure.

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @thanksajdotcom
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                                @thanksajdotcom said:

                                What kind of internet speeds do you have and what kind of speeds would be available?

                                speedtestnica.png

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller
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                                  Great ping speed and 2/1 is not so bad for "free included" Internet. No idea what is available, though. I've not spoken to any ISPs.

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                                  • mlnewsM
                                    mlnews
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                                    From wikipedia:

                                    ispnica.png

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                                    • mlnewsM
                                      mlnews
                                      last edited by

                                      Looks like 4Mb/s is $50/USD per month.

                                      http://www.ibw.com.ni/internet-fijo.html

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller
                                        last edited by

                                        4Mb/s is probably more than enough for an Internet cafe. He could probably trim that down. Especially if he put in a cache of some sort too.

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                                        • IRJI
                                          IRJ
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                                          This thread is a joke, right?

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                                          • DashrenderD
                                            Dashrender @IRJ
                                            last edited by

                                            @IRJ said:

                                            This thread is a joke, right?

                                            only partly, actually.

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