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On Thu, Jan 28, 2016, 5:39 PM Jaime Solorza <[email protected]> wrote: > that was meant for Mike...not you Rory...ha > > Jaime Solorza > Wireless Systems Architect > 915-861-1390 > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 3:30 PM, Rory Conaway <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I’ll discuss my lack of self-confidence with my ex-drill sergeant >> therapist this week. Now you have hurt my feelings. >> >> >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfmVBmDKLZI >> >> >> >> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jaime Solorza >> *Sent:* Thursday, January 28, 2016 3:19 PM >> *To:* Animal Farm <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced >> >> >> >> you did >> >> >> Jaime Solorza >> >> Wireless Systems Architect >> >> 915-861-1390 >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 3:16 PM, Mike Hammett <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Apparently no one reads your blog. ;-) >> >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From: *"Rory Conaway" <[email protected]> >> *To: *[email protected] >> *Sent: *Thursday, January 28, 2016 3:44:13 PM >> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced >> >> We are building Galactus. >> >> >> >> Rory >> >> >> >> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Eric Kuhnke >> *Sent:* Thursday, January 28, 2016 2:42 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced >> >> >> >> Now I want to know what kind of residential customer pays enough to make >> the ROI for their own dedicated AF24 PTP link + installation + your cost of >> having a matching AF24 on the other end + your fractional cost of keeping >> additional AF24 spares. >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 1:33 PM, Rory Conaway <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> People have trees in their yards. Here is a PTP link we had to do with a >> B5-Lite instead of the AF24. >> >> >> Rory >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Josh Reynolds >> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 2:24 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced >> >> That.... doesn't make any sense :P >> >> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 3:21 PM, Rory Conaway <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > I live in the flippin desert and I struggle to get AF24’s to work on >> houses. >> > >> > >> > >> > Rory >> > >> > >> > >> > From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sterling Jacobson >> > Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 12:18 PM >> > To: [email protected] >> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced >> > >> > >> > >> > I could see Vivint making it work with LoS installations every few >> houses. >> > >> > >> > >> > Not at scale in downtown Boston though. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown >> > Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 12:01 PM >> > To: [email protected] >> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced >> > >> > >> > >> > I cannot understand now anyone that has worked in this space thinks 60 >> > GHz is good for PMP. >> > >> > Perhaps on the moon or in the sahara from a tower. >> > >> > >> > >> > From: Rory Conaway >> > >> > Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 11:58 AM >> > >> > To: [email protected] >> > >> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced >> > >> > >> > >> > Vivint started off with a bunch of college guys telling them how easy >> > it was to build their own equipment and it went downhill from there. >> > Right now they are just floundering trying to figure out what to do >> > next. They really don’t have a plan or a clue. $50M dollars, poof. >> > >> > >> > >> > Rory >> > >> > >> > >> > From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Randy Cosby >> > Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 11:53 AM >> > To: [email protected] >> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced >> > >> > >> > >> > I wonder if Vivint’s new 60GHz plans are based on similar “millimeter >> > wave band active phased array technology” >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > >> > On September 21, 2015, the board of directors of the Company approved >> > a plan to transition Vivint’s wireless internet business from a 5Ghz >> > to a 60Ghz-based network technology that provides higher data >> > transmission speeds. The Company will continue to service its existing >> 5Ghz subscribers. >> > As a result of this transition, the Company will discontinue the >> > build-out of additional 5Ghz networks and the installation of new 5Ghz >> customers. >> > Vivint expects the shift to the new technology will begin with a set >> > of 60Ghz test installations in 2016. During the three months ended >> > September 30, 2015, the Company recorded wireless internet-related >> > restructuring and asset impairment charges totaling $58.0 million. >> > These charges included >> > $52.1 million of asset impairment charges related to write downs of >> > network assets, subscriber acquisition costs, certain intellectual >> > property and goodwill. The $58 million charge also included $5.9 >> > million in restructuring costs related to employee severance, >> > termination benefits and the write offs of certain vendor contracts. >> > >> > >> > >> > http://s2.q4cdn.com/226156452/files/doc_financials/quarter/Q32015/APX- >> > Group-3rd-Quarter-2015-Earnings-Release-final.pdf >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jaime Solorza >> > Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 11:30 AM >> > To: Animal Farm <[email protected]> >> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced >> > >> > >> > >> > BFM Sterling BFM >> > >> > On Jan 28, 2016 11:15 AM, "Sterling Jacobson" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > Lol! >> > >> > >> > >> > Boston. >> > >> > >> > >> > I can’t see how this service is going to MIMO it’s way around all the >> > corners and buildings downtown to get at the window CPE’s at those >> > higher frequencies. >> > >> > >> > >> > Maybe it’s magic, I don’t know. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown >> > Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 11:08 AM >> > To: [email protected] >> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced >> > >> > >> > >> > Shall we start a pool, or maybe 7 of them? >> > >> > >> > >> > Launch date. >> > >> > First customers installed. >> > >> > First news report of really unhappy customers. >> > >> > First press release that they are making changes to the product. >> > >> > Date CEO is fired. >> > >> > Date Company shuts down operation for re-tooling. >> > >> > Date Assets acquired by another company. >> > >> > >> > >> > From: Paul McCall >> > >> > Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 11:04 AM >> > >> > To: [email protected] >> > >> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced >> > >> > >> > >> > The real play here is probably OPM, taking big $$ salaries until it >> > blows up J >> > >> > >> > >> > From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof >> > Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 11:54 AM >> > To: [email protected] >> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced >> > >> > >> > >> > That article almost makes you think the fancy router is the real play >> here. >> > >> > >> > >> > Also, in case it wasn’t already posted, here is the FCC application: >> > >> > >> > >> > https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/els/reports/442_Print.cfm?mode=current&appl >> > ication_seq=69226&license_seq=69930 >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > From: Travis Johnson >> > >> > Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 10:37 AM >> > >> > To: [email protected] >> > >> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced >> > >> > >> > >> > http://www.xconomy.com/new-york/2016/01/28/kanojia-returns-with-a-star >> > ry-plan-for-wireless-internet-smart-homes/ >> > >> > On 1/28/2016 9:13 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote: >> > >> > Also they filed an experimental application with the FCC. So does >> > that mean they can’t charge users? >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > From: Ken Hohhof >> > >> > Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 12:53 PM >> > >> > To: [email protected] >> > >> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced >> > >> > >> > >> > I’m not sure licensed band equipment needs equipment approval filed >> > with the FCC. >> > >> > >> > >> > From: Keefe John >> > >> > Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 12:16 PM >> > >> > To: [email protected] >> > >> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced >> > >> > >> > >> > are they making this equipment or someone else? We should see >> > something on the FCC website... >> > >> > On 1/27/2016 12:14 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: >> > >> > 38 GHz I think. It was discussed in another thread. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Josh Luthman >> > Office: 937-552-2340 >> > Direct: 937-552-2343 >> > 1100 Wayne St >> > Suite 1337 >> > Troy, OH 45373 >> > >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 1:14 PM, Keefe John <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > what band are they using? >> > >> > On 1/27/2016 12:05 PM, Josh Reynolds wrote: >> > >> > "That said, it comes with a 3.6-inch touchscreen and runs on Android, >> > going above and beyond simply facilitating a connection. Starry >> > Station includes software called the Internet Health Score, which is >> > constantly monitoring the connection and doing speed tests powered by >> > Ookla." >> > >> > Oh FFS. >> > >> > This shit is such a game to these people. >> > >> > On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 11:25 AM, Gino Villarini <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > >> > Here you go… >> > >> > >> > http://techcrunch.com/2016/01/27/starry-internet-is-aereo-founder-chet >> > -kanojias-latest-salvo-in-the-war-on-isps/ >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >
