Make sure u have spare equipment for a tower in case of lighting. Strike I have Learned this the hard way On Jan 7, 2015 11:45 AM, "Jaime Solorza" <[email protected]> wrote:
> in 2004 I fired 4 employees for stealing, pawning gear and drug abuse. > They were making good money and started going to the bad joints in and > around Laredo Tx and Nuevo Laredo, Mx! Some of these guys had been with > me since 1992!!!!!!!!! One tower guy and I finished contract and I > closed shop after I completed project. I had only fired two other > employees before that...one for starting a fight with a High School kid!!! > Sent him packing on a bus from Uvalde, Texas and another from Del Rio, > Texas (on bus again) for drug abuse at tower site where we were erected 150 > tower. > Dangerous enough sober. Chuck is right...it is not easy being the > boss... > > > Jaime Solorza > Wireless Systems Architect > 915-861-1390 > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 10:29 AM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > >> One more thing: >> Fire people. >> >> Do not suffer with a problem employee. Screw up your courage and take >> care of the problem, do not let it fester. That does not mean you have to >> be an ass about it. Things you can say: >> >> It is just not working out, sorry. I will give you a letter of >> recommendation. >> I am inviting you to find your happiness elsewhere. >> We are eliminating your position (chicken-shit way to do things but >> sometimes it is somewhat true). >> >> Once in a while: >> Here is a box, pack your stuff and leave. John will escort you to the >> door. >> >> >> *From:* Chuck McCown <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 07, 2015 8:39 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] New WISP >> >> Things to do: >> >> Pick the right radio the first time. I am partial to Cambium products. >> This is like getting married and having a bunch of kids and having a >> bunch of inlaws move in with you. Don’t screw it up. You have to live >> with it 24/7/365. >> >> Get into fiber as soon as you can. Take fiber feeds from your upstream >> provider if you can. Take fiber to your tower sites if you can. >> >> Pick the right billing system and right bookkeeping system. Quickbooks >> is good for accounting, but it is not so good for billing for a WISP. It >> can do it, but there are better systems out there. It will get you by >> initially. >> >> Stay the right size. If you are a very small operation you can make good >> money. If you are a large operation you can make good money. There is >> middle ground where you are continually broke but need to grow. Try to >> avoid that. A one man operation can make more money than a 5 man operation >> in this business. Try to avoid hiring anyone for as long as possible. >> (That does not include an accountant. You must have a good accountant). >> >> Keep the company always in your political control. If you bring in >> partners or gift stock to employees, make sure that your ownership >> percentage is always the majority. Don’t count on ANYONE siding with you >> during a dispute. Morals, ethics, honesty, loyalty, religion all go out >> the window when things turn ugly. Sad to see. >> >> >> Things not to do: >> >> Do not do a flat network. Feed each access point from a router port or a >> VLAN. Do not allow APs to even know of the existence of other APs on the >> same tower. >> >> Do not scrimp on CAT 5 cable. Use quality cable. Shielded at all AP >> sites. >> >> Do not scrimp on backhaul capacity or quality. If/when you can justify >> it, put in licensed radios for backhaul. >> >> Do not hire friends or relatives. >> >> Do not scrimp on backup power. Make sure everything can run for at >> least 12 hours without external power. >> >> Do not futz around with being an email provider. Don’t even do any >> hosting right at first. >> >> I would not do paper bills. Keep it all online. ACH /Credit card >> payment receipt is a must. >> >> Do not do installs in marginal locations. One marginal customer can >> eat up all of your time and they will give you a black eye in the >> marketplace. >> >> >> >> > >
