RE: [WISPA] I'm gonna do the honors without permission -- WELCOME Marty Roadstar!
Wow I feel like a movie star or something- Perhaps Patrick can line me up with a Hollywood star right next to The Donald? I am thrilled to be able to join WISPA and hope to be able to help our industry get a louder voice. I have noticed that we are being left out of more and more at the FCC and at the local/state levels. We really need to turn that around as quick as we can. Looking forward to meeting you all in person at future WISPA events! Marty BTW- I guess Patrick does not get a commission or he would know that we have passed the 2000 mark- probably 1500 or so VL's and the rest 900Mhz and then a few remaining WIFI... ___ Marty Dougherty CEO Roadstar Internet Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 703-554-6620 www.roadstarinternet.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Leary Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 6:43 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] I'm gonna do the honors without permission -- WELCOME Marty Roadstar! Dear WISPA members and friends (which includes many of you), I just learned some very good news -- Marty Dougherty, CEO and founder of Roadstar Internet (http://www.roadstarinternet.com/index.php), based in Loundon County, VA recently joined WISPA as a paid member WISP. This is great news and here's why: Marty operates a high profile and large WISP network that connects over 1,000 homes and business primarily in the challenging exurb edges of the rolling Northern Virginia country side (all forests, fields, and foothills). Roadstar was the first WISP ever visited by a FCC chairman when former Chairman Powell toured the NOC and a few customers with a large entourage and press back around 2002. Since then Marty, like many of you, has been a frequent face at the FCC and he regularly hosts dignitaries from here and abroad. Marty also has another incumbent asset, shall we say, he used to work in the telco space. So his insight is fantastic. As well, Marty has a some staff that he is willing to have assist WISPA, such as is newly hired PR person who is the former editor of the Loudon Business newspaper. Folks, Marty is like you in that he boot-strapped this business from his own pocket and literally from the garage-turned-office from behind his house. He has repeatedly turned down major investment offers so he can continue to grow under his control. Also like many of you he began with 802.11b, then migrated to another brand, and eventually settled (so far!) on BreezeACCESS VL. Maybe most importantly, Marty is a great person like so many of you. I count him as a friend and I am proud to have contributed to earning his business. Please welcome him and make use of his many talents...I know we do (he is typically a top choice for beta testing and other advice). Thanks Rick and John, in advance, for humoring me as I introduce Marty. Sincerely, Patrick Leary AVP WISP Markets Alvarion, Inc. o: 650.314.2628 c: 760.580.0080 Vonage: 650.641.1243 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Leary Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 10:55 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: RE: [WISPA] Open letter to the IEEE Here is a good link for those who which to understand the issue more fully. The authors are as qualified as you get and professionally known (I don't know Andrew though) by a number of us here so we can vouch for them. http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/reclaiming_the_vast_wastel and_why_unlicensed_use_of_white_space_in_the_tv_bands_will_not_cause_int erference_ Patrick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Leary Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 10:48 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: RE: [WISPA] Open letter to the IEEE Bingo. Very nice edit Forbes with one exception: the white space does not refer to 700 MHz. Technically, it covers a range of more than 600 MHz sub 700 MHz, excluding a smattering of bands that will still be in use (not expected to be present in more than 120 markets) and a few other small channels reserved for things like public safety. Patrick Leary AVP WISP Markets Alvarion, Inc. o: 650.314.2628 c: 760.580.0080 Vonage: 650.641.1243 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Forbes Mercy Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 10:44 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: RE: [WISPA] Open letter to the IEEE Marlon, I kind of gutted your letter and changed it to one that acts a little more like it's from an organization then a person. Please don't take offense and feel free to change it. As you have explained to me, stepping back and looking at it from another person's eyes sometimes gets the same effect with a little calmer face. Forbes Mercy President - Washington Broadband, Inc. Dear Sirs, I represent the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association
[WISPA] I'm gonna do the honors without permission -- WELCOME Marty Roadstar!
Dear WISPA members and friends (which includes many of you), I just learned some very good news -- Marty Dougherty, CEO and founder of Roadstar Internet (http://www.roadstarinternet.com/index.php), based in Loundon County, VA recently joined WISPA as a paid member WISP. This is great news and here's why: Marty operates a high profile and large WISP network that connects over 1,000 homes and business primarily in the challenging exurb edges of the rolling Northern Virginia country side (all forests, fields, and foothills). Roadstar was the first WISP ever visited by a FCC chairman when former Chairman Powell toured the NOC and a few customers with a large entourage and press back around 2002. Since then Marty, like many of you, has been a frequent face at the FCC and he regularly hosts dignitaries from here and abroad. Marty also has another incumbent asset, shall we say, he used to work in the telco space. So his insight is fantastic. As well, Marty has a some staff that he is willing to have assist WISPA, such as is newly hired PR person who is the former editor of the Loudon Business newspaper. Folks, Marty is like you in that he boot-strapped this business from his own pocket and literally from the garage-turned-office from behind his house. He has repeatedly turned down major investment offers so he can continue to grow under his control. Also like many of you he began with 802.11b, then migrated to another brand, and eventually settled (so far!) on BreezeACCESS VL. Maybe most importantly, Marty is a great person like so many of you. I count him as a friend and I am proud to have contributed to earning his business. Please welcome him and make use of his many talents...I know we do (he is typically a top choice for beta testing and other advice). Thanks Rick and John, in advance, for humoring me as I introduce Marty. Sincerely, Patrick Leary AVP WISP Markets Alvarion, Inc. o: 650.314.2628 c: 760.580.0080 Vonage: 650.641.1243 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Leary Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 10:55 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: RE: [WISPA] Open letter to the IEEE Here is a good link for those who which to understand the issue more fully. The authors are as qualified as you get and professionally known (I don't know Andrew though) by a number of us here so we can vouch for them. http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/reclaiming_the_vast_wastel and_why_unlicensed_use_of_white_space_in_the_tv_bands_will_not_cause_int erference_ Patrick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Leary Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 10:48 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: RE: [WISPA] Open letter to the IEEE Bingo. Very nice edit Forbes with one exception: the white space does not refer to 700 MHz. Technically, it covers a range of more than 600 MHz sub 700 MHz, excluding a smattering of bands that will still be in use (not expected to be present in more than 120 markets) and a few other small channels reserved for things like public safety. Patrick Leary AVP WISP Markets Alvarion, Inc. o: 650.314.2628 c: 760.580.0080 Vonage: 650.641.1243 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Forbes Mercy Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 10:44 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: RE: [WISPA] Open letter to the IEEE Marlon, I kind of gutted your letter and changed it to one that acts a little more like it's from an organization then a person. Please don't take offense and feel free to change it. As you have explained to me, stepping back and looking at it from another person's eyes sometimes gets the same effect with a little calmer face. Forbes Mercy President - Washington Broadband, Inc. Dear Sirs, I represent the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA) an organization which has worked closely with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for many years. As you know we consist purely of WISP owners and have been pleased with the open ear provided by the FCC in our numerous opportunities for testimony and individual meetings. These meetings have resulted in a very fair and generous application of unlicensed frequencies. We feel that not only our industry has benefitted but many other applications have been invented providing American consumers new services, competition and pricing that helps keep inflation in check and advanced services accessible to all income levels. One of our agenda issues has been active inclusion in the use of the 700 MHZ frequencies known as TV White Space. The ability to have a product that actually covers distance through vegetation is very exciting. We have battled the upper frequencies short range and low power but also have provided innovative services to the most rural areas. This is a testiment to the vision of the FCC
RE: [WISPA] I'm gonna do the honors without permission -- WELCOME Marty Roadstar!
Welcome Marty, it will be an honor to meet you now that Patrick has laid such high expectations! :) Patrick, you just earned the job of official WISPA Welcome Wagon Liaison. Put that feather in your cap :) Respectfully, Rick Harnish President OnlyInternet Broadband Wireless, Inc. 260-827-2482 Founding Member of WISPA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Leary Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 6:43 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] I'm gonna do the honors without permission -- WELCOME Marty Roadstar! Dear WISPA members and friends (which includes many of you), I just learned some very good news -- Marty Dougherty, CEO and founder of Roadstar Internet (http://www.roadstarinternet.com/index.php), based in Loundon County, VA recently joined WISPA as a paid member WISP. This is great news and here's why: Marty operates a high profile and large WISP network that connects over 1,000 homes and business primarily in the challenging exurb edges of the rolling Northern Virginia country side (all forests, fields, and foothills). Roadstar was the first WISP ever visited by a FCC chairman when former Chairman Powell toured the NOC and a few customers with a large entourage and press back around 2002. Since then Marty, like many of you, has been a frequent face at the FCC and he regularly hosts dignitaries from here and abroad. Marty also has another incumbent asset, shall we say, he used to work in the telco space. So his insight is fantastic. As well, Marty has a some staff that he is willing to have assist WISPA, such as is newly hired PR person who is the former editor of the Loudon Business newspaper. Folks, Marty is like you in that he boot-strapped this business from his own pocket and literally from the garage-turned-office from behind his house. He has repeatedly turned down major investment offers so he can continue to grow under his control. Also like many of you he began with 802.11b, then migrated to another brand, and eventually settled (so far!) on BreezeACCESS VL. Maybe most importantly, Marty is a great person like so many of you. I count him as a friend and I am proud to have contributed to earning his business. Please welcome him and make use of his many talents...I know we do (he is typically a top choice for beta testing and other advice). Thanks Rick and John, in advance, for humoring me as I introduce Marty. Sincerely, Patrick Leary AVP WISP Markets Alvarion, Inc. o: 650.314.2628 c: 760.580.0080 Vonage: 650.641.1243 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Leary Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 10:55 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: RE: [WISPA] Open letter to the IEEE Here is a good link for those who which to understand the issue more fully. The authors are as qualified as you get and professionally known (I don't know Andrew though) by a number of us here so we can vouch for them. http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/reclaiming_the_vast_wastel and_why_unlicensed_use_of_white_space_in_the_tv_bands_will_not_cause_int erference_ Patrick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Leary Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 10:48 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: RE: [WISPA] Open letter to the IEEE Bingo. Very nice edit Forbes with one exception: the white space does not refer to 700 MHz. Technically, it covers a range of more than 600 MHz sub 700 MHz, excluding a smattering of bands that will still be in use (not expected to be present in more than 120 markets) and a few other small channels reserved for things like public safety. Patrick Leary AVP WISP Markets Alvarion, Inc. o: 650.314.2628 c: 760.580.0080 Vonage: 650.641.1243 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Forbes Mercy Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 10:44 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: RE: [WISPA] Open letter to the IEEE Marlon, I kind of gutted your letter and changed it to one that acts a little more like it's from an organization then a person. Please don't take offense and feel free to change it. As you have explained to me, stepping back and looking at it from another person's eyes sometimes gets the same effect with a little calmer face. Forbes Mercy President - Washington Broadband, Inc. Dear Sirs, I represent the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA) an organization which has worked closely with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for many years. As you know we consist purely of WISP owners and have been pleased with the open ear provided by the FCC in our numerous opportunities for testimony and individual meetings. These meetings have resulted in a very fair and generous application of unlicensed frequencies. We feel that not only our industry has benefitted but many other
