Bresco Broadband would possibly be interested. We would definitely like to see much more information on it. We have 20 Employees and are adding 3-4 in the next few months. If someone could provide a sample of potential rates and benefits, it would help promote this and generate more interest.
I know of several smaller WISP’s that are not WISPA members that might be interested in joining WISPA to get this benefit. I have found that most chamber plans only offer about a 10% discount for being a member and are not true “Group” plans. Sincerely, Brent Beatty Bresco Broadband 423 E Town Street Columbus, OH 43215 Office (614) 469-9000 Support (614) 444-1001 From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2019 11:01 AM To: Ohio WISP Discussion <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Ohio] Health Insurance for Ohio Operators Imagine Networks/Josh Luthman: 3 Rowe Networks/Josh Rowe: 12 David Hannum: ? Stuart Pierce: 1 Gary Cooper: 2 Surely there are more interested. If this is limited to Ohio, maybe we put it out on the big list (wispa@) and ask for Ohio companies (operators? any business at all? WISP limited?) Surely we can find more people on Facebook between us, too. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 10:58 AM David Hannum <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I don't mean 100 employees each - we're looking for 100 employees among all of us - total - combined. . . . Dave On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 8:00 AM <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Wow I have to admit I'm a little surprised. > > I know it's expensive and most of us are small businesses with 10 or less > employees but I'm currently hiring and interviewing and finding it harder to > attract talent without having a benefits package. > > I'm working on an aggressive growth plan this year through acquisition and > expansion which will add staff but I'd still only bring 10-15 to the table if > all of that even works out. > > I think this is an important topic for all of us and to stay competitive, > please keep me posted if things do progress. > > Best Regards, > Josh Rowe > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of David > Hannum > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2019 7:13 AM > To: Ohio WISP Discussion <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: Re: [Ohio] Health Insurance for Ohio Operators > > In order to proceed, we'd need around 100 employees total among all of the > operators. That's where the benefit in aligning comes in. Right now, we > have interest for about 5 or 6 total employees . . . > > Dave > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 6:25 AM > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Any progress on this, we’d be interested in hearing more. Please keep us on > > your list. > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > Josh Rowe > > > > > > > > > > > > From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of > > Gary Cooper > > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 10:35 AM > > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [Ohio] Health Insurance for Ohio Operators > > > > > > > > I am in a chamber group now from Cleveland.I have one employee enrolled. > > Would be interested in looking. Thanks for your work! > > > > Gary Cooper > > > > SOCS > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 30, 2019, 9:20 AM David Hannum > > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello All, > > > > We've been looking into health insurance for our employees. I know > > it's an important topic for other operators too, and I've seen the > > recent discussions on other WISPA lists. However, this is different. > > There is an association of Chambers of Commerce in Southern Ohio who > > have banded together to form an association for their members. > > Through this, we are presented the opportunity to place our company in > > a larger group for better rates. In speaking with the agency that > > handles this for our local chamber, we discussed the possibility of > > doing the same thing for other WISPs in the state. He said that it > > would be very doable. So I am asking how many of you Ohio operators > > would be interested in forming an association for the purpose of > > getting much more reasonable rates for health insurance for our > > employees. According to the agent, once participation reaches the 100 > > employee level, rates take a sharp drop. I know we could hit those > > numbers quickly as an association. So please just respond back if you > > are interested and the number of employees you'd be bringing to the > > group. This may go nowhere, but there may be a really good > > opportunity here for us all. > > > > Thanks, > > Dave Hannum > > New Era Broadband > > _______________________________________________ > > Ohio mailing list > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ohio > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ohio mailing list > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ohio > _______________________________________________ > Ohio mailing list > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ohio > > _______________________________________________ > Ohio mailing list > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ohio _______________________________________________ Ohio mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ohio
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