All,
If you read the article it also says 22% of those people said they did
not feel they could not afford the computer and everything associated
with getting on the Internet so that number is a little misleading in my
opinion. Plus 17% of those respondents not on the Internet said they did
I've posted a lot on CALEA here, and some of you are likely tired of
hearing from me, if you haven't already filtered :)
Just a general point from reading:
Some of you are going to / have already gone with TTPs. Just be
careful. Having read some of their posts over in the AskCALEA forums,
Orlando, Fla. -- Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin J.
Martin, speaking at the CTIA Wireless 2007 http://www.ctiawireless.com
conference here, said broadband-wireless services need to be on the
same footing as wired high-speed-Internet services from cable and
telephone companies.
Jack Unger wrote:
So... what kind of cameras are you using, Matt?
We are not the camera vendor; just the backhaul provider. The cameras
though are from Vicon.
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George Rogato wrote:
2 questions Matt.
What cameras are you using.
Vicon
and
How did you become one of the largest wireless providers in the nation?
Not sure what you are asking exactly... we became large by growing fast.
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... I am sure we could setup a committee to work on 11 GHz dish size
issues.
That's beginning to sound like congress, the true epitome of efficiency.
sigh
No, I do not believe a committee of engineers is required to study the issue
as the RF impact of smaller antennas is largely already known.
Don't you have customers sign contracts?
The thing is if it is just the price and they are leaving, then you need
to do something extra to make it sticky.
The RBOCs have gotten that it is more than connectivity. They now offer
firewall, anti-virus, anti-spyware, and security suites for extra
Alan,
You offer wireless service at $40/mo, don't you? I'm surprised that anyone
left you for $2.50 a month. Inertia alone is worth far more to people ..
especially when it comes to things like changing internet addresses, and the
prospect of having to learn something new. How fast is your
Compression for video is down to 135k to stream video
David Hughes wrote:
Let us hope that the cable companies will also eat the bandwidth that will
be involved in this. I have a TIVO attached to a Slingbox and use my cell
(Sprint 6700) to watch DC programming anywhere I can get an EVDO
Brad,
The simple answer (IMHO) is for anyone who wishes to comment to do so as
an individual.
jack
Brad Belton wrote:
... I am sure we could setup a committee to work on 11 GHz dish size
issues.
That's beginning to sound like congress, the true epitome of efficiency.
sigh
Why do customers leave?
* 1% die
* 3% move
* 5% develop other relationships
* 9% competitive reasons
* 14% product dissatisfaction
* 68% perceived indifference by a representative of your firm
Source: U.S. News and World Report
What to do about it?
Thats a good list Peter.
My broadband churn is almost 100% people dying and moving. I think it's
like 2:1 moving over dying, Thank god the housing market is in the toilet.
Every week I open the newspaper and see which of my customers passed
away. This week I lost 2. One a broadband sub and
George Rogato wrote:
Alan Cain wrote:
And quoting unit prices is fully effective enough. One of my POPs has
gone from 20 customers to 1 customer, as Qwest has aggressively
targeted the area with phone calls to each (!) of my customers 4, 5
and 6 times a week, offering 1.7 Mbps service for
I have a suggestion for you... your pricing is currently at $40/month.
That's the same price we had for the previous 4 years and we just
changed it... to $39.95 and guess what? It made a huge difference. We
changed all of our existing customers, and made all the changes on all
of our other
Dylan Oliver wrote:
Alan,
You offer wireless service at $40/mo, don't you? I'm surprised that
anyone
left you for $2.50 a month. Inertia alone is worth far more to people ..
especially when it comes to things like changing internet addresses,
and the
prospect of having to learn something
What exactly is it you're going to file against this student?
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Brad,
Do you care to address my comments about F/D ratios and beam width? I
think that is more pertinent in mitigating interference than dish size.
If there is one qualified RF engineer in this group who can post a
single message here that is thought out about the issues around 11 GHz
dish
Loved your service buy left?
They didn't really know what they had then.
Do you combat these special offers with a mailing comparing the real
billing from Qwest with yours?
Plus add in the extras plus add in the time for one service call to
Qwest per billing period.
Alan Cain wrote:
40.00
Can you tell me what quality this is? Frames per second? Lines of
resolution? Image size supported? This is amazing if it can deliver
decent quality.
Scriv
Peter R. wrote:
Compression for video is down to 135k to stream video
David Hughes wrote:
Let us hope that the cable companies will
Dylan Oliver wrote:
What exactly is it you're going to file against this student?
That is the question, isn't it. I am not a lawyer. Just pissed.
I could file him with a nice rasp. (that is a joke)
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Hello John,
Nope, I'm not a RF Engineer and not qualified to make formal comment on the
petition. Does the affect of smaller antennas really need to be revisited?
Isn't it safe to say smaller antennas result in wider patterns? Wider
patterns result in less frequency reuse ability and the basis
Again with the CALEA.
The following is the contact if you want to test / verify that your
CALEA implimentation works.
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Alan Cain wrote:
What speeds and price were you offering that they picked of most of
your subs?
40.00 per month, 3 Mbps (actual). And we do offer hand holding,
antivirus filtering, spam filtering and usually free truck rolls for
problems (we only charge for the most clearly definable not
mikrotik 5.8 ptp links off an FM tower
We have a ptp link with a signal to noise of 66 to 103
Our access points will only link for a few seconds and quit
we have the exact same links on other towers that work great
and the one to this fm tower will not work
any suggestions?
I am sure many of you know a friend of mine, Butch Evans, who has been
here helping for as long as I can remember on all the WISP lists out
there. Butch is one of my favorite people in this industry. He is not
just a good consultant, he is a good person who genuinely cares about
the people as
Please welcome Ray and Jean Hill of Surfmore.net as WISPA's newest
Principal Members! Thank you for your support. Welcome to WISPA! Here is
a brief introduction in their own words:
We have been an ISP since October 1999, starting out with just dial-up
and ISDN services. We seen the need for
Hi Ray/Jean,
Welcome!
I have to ask, do you pronounce the name of your town PulaskE (like ski) or
do you pronounce it PulaskI (like sky)?
I ask because there is a Pulaski County near me and they use the sky
version and I have no idea why.
Jeff
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I was just wandering. I have heard that wireless ISP's are on the
decline and most of the ones that remain are selling out or just
holding there own. Is that true? I heard there were not as many at
the last wispcon due to that.
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Where did you hear this Matt?
Matt wrote:
I was just wandering. I have heard that wireless ISP's are on the
decline and most of the ones that remain are selling out or just
holding there own. Is that true? I heard there were not as many at
the last wispcon due to that.
Matt
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There weren't that many at the last WISPCON because of the peckerhead
who runs WISPCON
JohnnyO
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I was just
LMAO
JohnnyO wrote:
There weren't that many at the last WISPCON because of the peckerhead
who runs WISPCON
JohnnyO
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Funny. That should raise some feedback :-)
WISPs are growing faster than ever, and most WISPs aren't selling out,
because its to early to sell out.
As WISPs get more educated and mature there is less for them to learn at the
shows, and harder for them to leave their demanding business growth.
Tell us how you really feel.
;-)
JohnnyO wrote:
There weren't that many at the last WISPCON because of the peckerhead
who runs WISPCON
JohnnyO
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Not an accurate list, it leaves off a big category.
- Customer doesn't know who or what they are using, nor why. Therefore
makes uninformed decisions.
So lack of communication with client base I believe is one of the biggest
reasons for custoemr churn. For example, customer's staff change,
Matt,
If that is what the buzz was at WISPCON then it sounds like they were
reaching for straws. Since they canceled the last few shows before the
most recent show maybe it just lost momentum. You might want to head to
some other industry related trade shows also to find out for yourself if
I disagree.
The biggest point of this list is that it is a gathering of relevent WISP
experts.
I want to know the ideas, opinions, and feedback of the members.
Whether WISPA comments officially or forms a committee is irrelevent. The
membership should share their thoughts, so that those that
Tom DeReggi wrote:
Not an accurate list, it leaves off a big category.
- Customer doesn't know who or what they are using, nor why. Therefore
makes uninformed decisions.
So lack of communication with client base I believe is one of the
biggest reasons for custoemr churn. For example,
The idea is to put yourself in a spot that you won't feel the squeeze.
When enough of your gear is paid for, enough of your cell sites are traded,
once you've reached a scale to have rock bottom bandwidth, and spread your
business around without all your eggs in one basket/market, it becomes
Agreed. But the fight is not to allow smaller dishes in 11Ghz, its to fight
from allowing smaller dishes.
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
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Charles,
The prices are broken down by speed that correspond to specific modulations.
Do the higher price units open support for higher modulation, or is the
speed limiting based on bandwdith management, or channel width?
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless
Jack,
I have to agree fully with your post, from that point of view.
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
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Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 2:23 AM
Nearly 40 dB of variations in the link S/N ratio? Holy cat crap, Batman!
How accurate is the test equipment yielding that measurement? SNR variations
of 40 dB means four orders of magnitude in signal levels relative to the
noise floor, a 10,000:1 change in the power ratio. No wonder the bloody
I judge on video quality on my Sprint 6700 smartphone. If I have at least 1
EVDO bar I can usually get full motion video with good resolution on the
small screen. Sound is pretty good, excellent if you use the stereo
headphones instead of crappy speaker on the phone.
But, it does eat batteries
FYI
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From: Manish Karir [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mar 30, 2007 4:17 PM
Subject: [OpenCALEA] release v0.5
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
All,
I have just place a tar.gz for release v0.5 of the opencalea software.
We wanted to get this out so that more people can
I don't know who told you that. We had our best growth and highest
earning year last year and this year looks to break that record. Most
WISPs I talk to say the same.
Scriv
Matt wrote:
I was just wandering. I have heard that wireless ISP's are on the
decline and most of the ones that
FM kills Ethernet. Inductors - Period. Set to 10 Mbps until then.
Brad H
On 3/30/07, Edward J. Hatfield III [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nearly 40 dB of variations in the link S/N ratio? Holy cat crap, Batman!
How accurate is the test equipment yielding that measurement? SNR
variations
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