[WISPA] Senate to cut Rural Broadband from Stimulus Bill!

2009-02-07 Thread St. Louis Broadband
The Senate agreement pared from the bill $20 billion for school construction, $2 billion to expand broadband access in rural areas, $3.5 billion to make federal buildings more energy efficient and $200 million for NASA. It also reduced a proposed subsidy that would allow the jobless to buy health

Re: [WISPA] Senate to cut Rural Broadband from Stimulus Bill!

2009-02-07 Thread Brian Webster
I think there is still 7 Billion still in there isn't it? Thought I read somewhere it when from 9 down to 7 but I could be wrong or the reporters could be mistaken. Thank You, Brian Webster -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]on

Re: [WISPA] Senate to cut Rural Broadband from Stimulus Bill!

2009-02-07 Thread Al Schneider
Does anyone out there have access to the actual revised bill? That’s the only way to tell whats really happening. I heard yesterday that they were cutting the RUS out of the administration of the programWho knows -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] Senate to cut Rural Broadband from Stimulus Bill!

2009-02-07 Thread St. Louis Broadband
I read the bill last night: http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/stimbil2009.pdfand found the reference to broadband, specifically section 101 pages 11-12, but did not find any reference to amounts. The last had heard was that it was @ $10 billion, so this could be right...that there

Re: [WISPA] Senate to cut Rural Broadband from Stimulus Bill!

2009-02-07 Thread Rick Harnish
I heard the same thing Al, but Senator Harkin (Iowa) was going to fight hard to get it put back in, in conference committee negotiations. I don't know how factual this is. Rick -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Al

[WISPA] List emails

2009-02-07 Thread Rick Harnish
I would like everyone to know that if you have a question directed at me, please send it to me privately as well as on list if you want the answer on list. If you send it to me privately, please strip off the [list headers] for I sort my email using those tags, therefore a private email may go to

Re: [WISPA] StarOS/Valemount

2009-02-07 Thread Mark Nash
I'll chime in and say: 1. Great product. Great performance 2. Forums support is hit and miss. I've read alot of the forum articles and there seems to be alot of arrogance and opinionated views there. 3. I have bad units that Freespace Systems (their US distributor) has had for months. When I

Re: [WISPA] Senate to cut Rural Broadband from Stimulus Bill!

2009-02-07 Thread John Scrivner
I believe this is a move that is happening to make the House and Senate bills more closely aligned. Steve Coran also stated similar thoughts regarding this move. The House bill had $6 Billion for broadband. The Senate package allocated $9 Billion. Once both bills pass they must go to Committee for

Re: [WISPA] HP/Lenovo Netbook

2009-02-07 Thread CHUCK PROFITO
Rick, I think I still have some unprotected 8 floppies around here somewhere I forgot they were a 5150, we have been referring to it as a PC Junior, 64 k of ram with a blazing 8088 at about 5MHz. Am I old or just too experienced? :^) Chuck Profito 209-988-7388 CV-ACCESS, INC

Re: [WISPA] HP/Lenovo Netbook

2009-02-07 Thread Josh Luthman
Was it the 8080 or 8088 on apollo 13? Maybe the z80... On 2/7/09, CHUCK PROFITO cprof...@cv-access.com wrote: Rick, I think I still have some unprotected 8 floppies around here somewhere I forgot they were a 5150, we have been referring to it as a PC Junior, 64 k of ram with a blazing

Re: [WISPA] HP/Lenovo Netbook

2009-02-07 Thread CHUCK PROFITO
I was always told it was the same unit but with vibration dampeners'and a hex keypad. Hear say, no facts to back it up. Chuck Profito 209-988-7388 CV-ACCESS, INC cprof...@cv-access.com Providing High Speed Broadband to Rural Central California -Original Message- From:

Re: [WISPA] HP/Lenovo Netbook

2009-02-07 Thread Scott Reed
No, not too old. I wish I still had my Commodore VIC20, Commodore 64 and Sinclair SX80. I think the Sinclair was the fast one. It had a 4MHz Z80, which made it the same as a 1MHz 8080. CHUCK PROFITO wrote: Rick, I think I still have some unprotected 8 floppies around here somewhere I

Re: [WISPA] HP/Lenovo Netbook

2009-02-07 Thread David Hulsebus
The junior was a product built for schools mostly. It had an expandable side bus that added card after card. Up to 15 if I recall correctly. Looked like this: http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/ibm-pcjr/page_01.htm David Hulsebus CHUCK PROFITO wrote: Rick, I think I still have

Re: [WISPA] HP/Lenovo Netbook

2009-02-07 Thread Charles
How is any of this thread on topic? Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: David Hulsebus cont...@portative.net Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:36:01 To: WISPA General Listwireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] HP/Lenovo Netbook The junior was a product built for

Re: [WISPA] HP/Lenovo Netbook

2009-02-07 Thread Blair Davis
Nope. Hand wired from discrete parts on the Apollo's Josh Luthman wrote: Was it the 8080 or 8088 on apollo 13? Maybe the z80... On 2/7/09, CHUCK PROFITO cprof...@cv-access.com wrote: Rick, I think I still have some unprotected 8" floppies around here somewhere I forgot

Re: [WISPA] HP/Lenovo Netbook

2009-02-07 Thread Blair Davis
I still have my Atari's and my old NorthStar Horizon... Scott Reed wrote: No, not too old. I wish I still had my Commodore VIC20, Commodore 64 and Sinclair SX80. I think the Sinclair was the fast one. It had a 4MHz Z80, which made it the same as a 1MHz 8080. CHUCK PROFITO wrote:

Re: [WISPA] HP/Lenovo Netbook

2009-02-07 Thread David Hulsebus
Possibly to show the longevity and durability of IBM products in general ? char...@thewybles.com wrote: How is any of this thread on topic? Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: David Hulsebus cont...@portative.net Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:36:01 To: WISPA

[WISPA] Another source of WISP data for the map?...

2009-02-07 Thread Brian Webster
Guess it helps if I remember to post the link.. The updates to the map have slowed considerably. I was checking the Google rankings for the National WISP Map and found Steve Stroh's page listing WISP's he was aware of. He claims it's not actively maintained but if someone wanted to start

Re: [WISPA] 3.65ghz sector

2009-02-07 Thread Travis Johnson
I was :) Travis Mike Hammett wrote: I thought you were talking antenna, not radio. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: "Travis Johnson" t...@ida.net Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009

Re: [WISPA] 3.65ghz sector

2009-02-07 Thread Chuck Hogg
I Have the Pac Wireless 90 degree horizontal versions in stock. $209 MSRP. Regards, Chuck Hogg Avolutia, LLC 502-722-9292 ch...@avolutia.com http://www.avolutia.com http://www.shelbybb.com From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson