Re: [WISPA] The fastest ISPs in America.. And only WildBlue was mentioned as wireless???

2008-12-10 Thread Marlon K. Schafer 
lan, Jeremy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Marlon K. Schafer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 10:37 AM
Subject: RE: [WISPA] The fastest ISPs in America.. And only WildBlue was 
mentioned as wireless???


You're right, it's something of an oversight. Next year we'll include WISPs 
in the story. Incidentally, can you confirm the number of subscribers? 
Someone at WISPA cited 2 million to me just now, which sounds off to my 
ears, though I certainly don't have anything other than instinct to back 
that up with. What percentage of the internet public uses WISPs?

Jeremy Kaplan
Executive Editor, PCMag.com
28 East 28th St., 11th Fl., New York, NY 10016
t:212.503.5284, e:[EMAIL PROTECTED]


-----Original Message-----
From: Marlon K. Schafer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 9:35 AM
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Cc: Kaplan, Jeremy
Subject: Re: [WISPA] The fastest ISPs in America.. And only WildBlue was 
mentioned as wireless???

Hi Jeremy,

I'm must curious as to why you left wireless broadband out of your article?

We have customers getting 10 meg SYMMETRIC services out here for a whopping
$35 per month.  Nearly all of my customers are in the 2 to 3 meg range for
that same price.  Again, speeds are usually pretty symmetric.

Perhaps you could write something about the WISP industry?  The main trade
association for us is WISPA.

A few quick bits about this industry:
While only 500 or so filled out the last FCC Form 477 estimates from
multiple sources peg the number of WISPs in the USA at 2500 to 3000.  Some
estimate twice that number but we agree with these.
There are over 1,000,000 WISP subscribers nation wide.  Far more than are
the Form 477 shows.
WISPs often service remote or difficult customer bases.  (I have a 6000+
square mile coverage zone in extremely rural eastern Washington areas.)

I'd be happy to answer any other questions you may have.  I'm sure that
others on this list would as well.

thanks,
Marlon K. Schafer
owner
Odessa Office Equipment
509.988.0260

----- Original Message - 
From: "Drew Lentz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" 
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 7:55 PM
Subject: [WISPA] The fastest ISPs in America.. And only WildBlue was
mentioned as wireless???


I just ran across this article from PC Magazine about the fastest ISPs in
America and nowhere on there, other than WildBlue, does it mention wireless!
That sucks!

Here¹s the article:
http://www.pcmag.com/print_article2/0,1217,a%253D234501,00.asp

-drew



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Re: [WISPA] The fastest ISPs in America.. And only WildBlue was mentioned as wireless???

2008-12-07 Thread Mike Hammett 
Does anyone know how to tweak your network to improve these results?

Obviously raw bandwidth is not king in this measurement.


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From: "Drew Lentz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 9:55 PM
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Subject: [WISPA] The fastest ISPs in America.. And only WildBlue was 
mentioned as wireless???

> I just ran across this article from PC Magazine about the fastest ISPs in
> America and nowhere on there, other than WildBlue, does it mention 
> wireless!
> That sucks!
>
> Here¹s the article:
> http://www.pcmag.com/print_article2/0,1217,a%253D234501,00.asp
>
> Boycott PCMag or what? :-)
>
> -drew
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Re: [WISPA] The fastest ISPs in America.. And only WildBlue was mentioned as wireless???

2008-12-03 Thread Marlon K. Schafer 
Hi Jeremy,

I'm must curious as to why you left wireless broadband out of your article?

We have customers getting 10 meg SYMMETRIC services out here for a whopping 
$35 per month.  Nearly all of my customers are in the 2 to 3 meg range for 
that same price.  Again, speeds are usually pretty symmetric.

Perhaps you could write something about the WISP industry?  The main trade 
association for us is WISPA.

A few quick bits about this industry:
While only 500 or so filled out the last FCC Form 477 estimates from 
multiple sources peg the number of WISPs in the USA at 2500 to 3000.  Some 
estimate twice that number but we agree with these.
There are over 1,000,000 WISP subscribers nation wide.  Far more than are 
the Form 477 shows.
WISPs often service remote or difficult customer bases.  (I have a 6000+ 
square mile coverage zone in extremely rural eastern Washington areas.)

I'd be happy to answer any other questions you may have.  I'm sure that 
others on this list would as well.

thanks,
Marlon K. Schafer
owner
Odessa Office Equipment
509.988.0260

- Original Message - 
From: "Drew Lentz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" 
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 7:55 PM
Subject: [WISPA] The fastest ISPs in America.. And only WildBlue was 
mentioned as wireless???


I just ran across this article from PC Magazine about the fastest ISPs in
America and nowhere on there, other than WildBlue, does it mention wireless!
That sucks!

Here¹s the article:
http://www.pcmag.com/print_article2/0,1217,a%253D234501,00.asp

-drew



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Re: [WISPA] The fastest ISPs in America.. And only WildBlue was mentioned as wireless???

2008-12-03 Thread Mike Hammett 
I sent my email.

This test has been out for a long time.  I'm thinking about highlighting 
this test on my web site...  rate limit a PC at home to the fastest plan I 
have at the time, run those tests on a regular basis (by just keeping it 
open), then take screen shots of it comparing connection types.  Comparing 
the results to the whole world, my connection is faster than everything but 
fiber-optic, and just barely slower at that.


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From: "Drew Lentz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 9:55 PM
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Subject: [WISPA] The fastest ISPs in America.. And only WildBlue was 
mentioned as wireless???

> I just ran across this article from PC Magazine about the fastest ISPs in
> America and nowhere on there, other than WildBlue, does it mention 
> wireless!
> That sucks!
>
> Here¹s the article:
> http://www.pcmag.com/print_article2/0,1217,a%253D234501,00.asp
>
> Boycott PCMag or what? :-)
>
> -drew
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Re: [WISPA] The fastest ISPs in America.. And only WildBlue was mentioned as wireless???

2008-12-02 Thread Josh Luthman 
Should I take a picture of the 1500ft tower with a dozen antennas that Time
Warner *Cable* has a mile from our office?

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On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 12:09 AM, Jack Unger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Come on, Drewthat article wins First Prize for "Most Wasted Internet
> Electrons" this week. Why would wireless be included? Wireless will
> never compete with copper or fiber. Shsh.
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> Drew Lentz wrote:
> > I just ran across this article from PC Magazine about the fastest ISPs in
> > America and nowhere on there, other than WildBlue, does it mention
> wireless!
> > That sucks!
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> > Here¹s the article:
> > http://www.pcmag.com/print_article2/0,1217,a%253D234501,00.asp
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Re: [WISPA] The fastest ISPs in America.. And only WildBlue was mentioned as wireless???

2008-12-02 Thread Jack Unger 
Come on, Drewthat article wins First Prize for "Most Wasted Internet 
Electrons" this week. Why would wireless be included? Wireless will 
never compete with copper or fiber. Shsh.

Drew Lentz wrote:
> I just ran across this article from PC Magazine about the fastest ISPs in
> America and nowhere on there, other than WildBlue, does it mention wireless!
> That sucks!
>
> Here¹s the article:
> http://www.pcmag.com/print_article2/0,1217,a%253D234501,00.asp
>
> Boycott PCMag or what? :-)
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[WISPA] The fastest ISPs in America.. And only WildBlue was mentioned as wireless???

2008-12-02 Thread Drew Lentz 
I just ran across this article from PC Magazine about the fastest ISPs in
America and nowhere on there, other than WildBlue, does it mention wireless!
That sucks!

Here¹s the article:
http://www.pcmag.com/print_article2/0,1217,a%253D234501,00.asp

Boycott PCMag or what? :-)

-drew



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