Terry, I'm unsubscribing from a number of user group lists. I've spent too many years working on this and, frankly, expected a greater understanding back in the States. I was wrong.
I simply do not wish to argue with those not as well prepared, nor as serious about low-cost universal access. Terry you should know about Service Factory, although may not want to discuss it... I understand you own the user group name... You're probably running around trying to find how to create value. Maybe you can. Or, maybe not. There are only a few telecom experts who as yet really understand the overall picture... the tech, standards development, complex regulatory processes, political issues, industry competition, etc. Oops! And then there's me... I am only being partially facetious. But certainly no one but me will talk about it. It's taken years of reading... anything and everything. But, then again, lacking employment responsibility, I had the time. At this time, my real goal is to let all the pointy-headed, closed minded, and somewhat lazy, know that when the future arrives, I had warned them. There's still time for you guys... but you need an expert... a generalist that's observed it all, dispassionately. Frankly, technologists screw up all the time, as would anyone forced into a narrow vision by employment or specialty. It's nobody's fault... save for those self-annointed, self-styled, savants who've given me grief. You guys have a small window... now we'll see how truly brilliant you are. And the guys who've paid for nodes can see just what their investment bought... and it ain't gonna be money in any event. I don't want to dampen your enthusiasm... because I'd dearly love to see the incumbents quashed. Forgive me for speaking bluntly. But, it is simply irrefutable. You've now got radius, phased-array, and the multilateral financial settlement that allows interoperability coupled with independent platform deployment. All the ingredients are now available. (Note: Soon you'll have ID's, as I described... or forget the government, insurance companies, courts, certain politically empowered stakeholders, etc... which means don't waste your time any further.) It's really rather simple. The rest is only organization and advocacy. And, because the incumbents move so slowly, and you guys did such a good job in publicity and deployment, it's all up to your vision and ongoing effort. You've got a few months to accrue large community stakeholders that can help in your battle... that will take place at city hall. You better have the vision, and the work, and the well heeled stakeholders... anyone else can offer only worthless, good buddy, jive... only smoke and mirrors. It's not about money, but raw power. Enjoy the fifteen minutes. Or, find someone as well educated on the subject, and more willing to wade through the rubbish. You really do have my best wishes. You need a management that understands, time for the effort itself, and a good Jewish cowboy, like me, who can get in at the highest level and talk privately with certain money center investors... for a lot of diverse reasons that I'm not, maybe ever, going to go into. And I mean NOW. Terry, as I just saw on PBS... you needed a pr--k, not a little high school teacher who'll tell you how nice you are. No ill feelings whatsoever on my part, but like the breeze... poof... I'm gone! My offlist email is always open. Best, Alan --- Terry Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As with every list message is instructions about how > to unsubscribe yourself. If you wish to > unsubscribe, please follow them. I have only > warned you to be nice and not banned you as the > NoCat list has. > > --Terry > > --On Monday, December 16, 2002 9:04 PM -0800 Alan > Levy > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Mr. Schmidt, concerning the offlist note about my > > lack of niceness with evilbunny, you've got a good > > point. However, please unsubscribe me. > > > > Best, Alan -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
