Re: [WISPA] Routerboard Cases

2009-05-26 Thread eje
http://store.wisp-router.com/customkititems.asp?kc=BP%2DDCEL%2DKiteq= CNC drilled mounting plate with metal standoffs and screws. Or of course buy it as a complete kit case and backplate. /Eje CTO WISP-Router, Inc. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: Josh

Re: [WISPA] Routerboard Cases

2009-05-26 Thread RickG
And the people at Quicklink are really great! -RickG On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com wrote: I really like these enclosures.  Does a good job vs weather, 2 or 4 holes (same price) for N connectors or cat5/rj45 plugs (it comes with one, you can use the

Re: [WISPA] Quesiton on Funding / Financing / Capital Availability

2009-05-26 Thread Randy Cosby
I have a similar quote I read once that stuck with me. If you're going to go into business, build a business, not a practice. Randy Travis Johnson wrote: Marlon, If you think the WISP business is similar to a doctor or dentist or plumber, you are very mistaken. The best advice I have

Re: [WISPA] Routerboard Cases

2009-05-26 Thread eje
I can tell you it's Laird (Pacific Wireless) who makes the case. They have a 2.4GHz antenna model as well a 900MHz model as well plus of course hinged lid version only. We have lot of those in stock. They come with one RJ45-ECS. /Eje CTO WISP-Router, Inc. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

[WISPA] Tile roof mounts

2009-05-26 Thread Randy Cosby
Anyone using these? http://www.versatilemount.com Or have you found a better alternative that costs less than $40? -- Randy Cosby Vice President InfoWest, Inc work: 435-773-6071 email: rco...@infowest.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/randycosby

Re: [WISPA] Routerboard Cases

2009-05-26 Thread Josh Luthman
Forgot to fill this in - you're going to need to mount the board to the enclosure yourself. I like using these: http://www.streakwave.com/Itemdesc.asp?ic=FLIP-MIKROTIKeq=Tp= If you can meet the minimum order quantity: Part# 27MLAD0437TAB, microplastics 800-466-1467 Josh Luthman Office:

[WISPA] Routerboard Cases

2009-05-26 Thread Andrew Niemantsverdriet
I have the need for an outdoor router. It needs to have two Ethernet ports. I am looking at the RB433 as the router but I need a suggestion for an outdoor case that will work having never used a RB433 before. Any suggestions? Thanks, _ /-\ ndrew

Re: [WISPA] Routerboard Cases

2009-05-26 Thread sa...@jeffcosoho.com
We ship complete boxes with 433 boards, assembled, updated to latest version, and tested. We also provide free basic configuration on complete radios to get it running for you or will walk you through setting it up over the phone at no additional charge. If your new to Mikrotik, It will save

Re: [WISPA] Routerboard Cases

2009-05-26 Thread Josh Luthman
Jim, Do you use the boxes we buy (I linked them above) or the Laird ones? On 5/26/09, sa...@jeffcosoho.com sa...@jeffcosoho.com wrote: We ship complete boxes with 433 boards, assembled, updated to latest version, and tested. We also provide free basic configuration on complete radios to get

[WISPA] Court: No exclusive cable rights in apartments

2009-05-26 Thread Scottie Arnett
http://www.cedmagazine.com/News-exclusive-cable-rights-apartments-052609.asp x Scottie Arnett --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] Wireless High Speed Broadband service from Info-Ed, Inc. as low as $30.00/mth. Check out www.info-ed.com/wireless.html for information.

Re: [WISPA] Quesiton on Funding / Financing / Capital Availability

2009-05-26 Thread Tom DeReggi
The mistake many make is that they think they should incorporate to protect their personal finance/liabilty from the business. Well, actually, its the opposite. A business needs to be protected from personal finance/liabilty. The government is smart enough to understand why a grant or loan

Re: [WISPA] [Motorola II] Court: No exclusive cable rights in apartments

2009-05-26 Thread Josh Luthman
IIS 404 page =( Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however improbable, must be the truth. --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Scottie Arnett

Re: [WISPA] Quesiton on Funding / Financing / Capital Availability

2009-05-26 Thread Travis Johnson
Because one of the questions on any financial application is "how long have you been incorporated?". If you wait until you decide you may need to be, then yes they are going to want personal guarantees when the answer to the question is "1 year" instead of "5 years". And I didn't say becoming

Re: [WISPA] [Motorola II] Court: No exclusive cable rights inapartments

2009-05-26 Thread Jeff Broadwick
http://www.cedmagazine.com/News-exclusive-cable-rights-apartments-052609.asp x That little x on the end mattered Jeff -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 4:36 PM To: Motorola

Re: [WISPA] Court: No exclusive cable rights in apartments

2009-05-26 Thread Travis Johnson
Wow this just opened up every single MTU in the nation as a potential customer for everyone on this list... and the building is already cabled with coax... just need to find some cheap head-end units to feed internet over the coax. :) Travis Microserv Scottie Arnett wrote:

Re: [WISPA] Court: No exclusive cable rights in apartments

2009-05-26 Thread Blake Bowers
This was actually stopped years ago - but finally affirmed. Many of us that used to provide cable service to apartment complexes got out of it years ago when it was first ruled against, it was a really sweet business though. One could go in and give the apartment manager a new tv for the...

Re: [WISPA] Broadband Stimulus Allocations?

2009-05-26 Thread Tom DeReggi
Scott, Here is the best advice I can give you. Rules are not published and nobody knows what will be the criteria for qualification or for actually winning the grants, and I'm not sure NTIA will really know either, even after they publish rules. I think the first allocation of funds will be

Re: [WISPA] Quesiton on Funding / Financing / Capital Availability

2009-05-26 Thread Tom DeReggi
Travis, I agree, that their is a huge advantage to get the customer now. But its not because its harder for them to switch to you later. Its because you can never go back in time and earn the money you could have earned last year, had you had the client then. For example, If it takes a year

Re: [WISPA] Broadband Stimulus Allocations?

2009-05-26 Thread Matt
With what Wispa has done with the Calea and 700mhz whitespace issues alone it seems to be worth the check to me. And they have done much more then that. Matt On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 11:27 PM, Scottie Arnett sarn...@info-ed.comwrote: Even here, I eventually expect competition to enter my

Re: [WISPA] [Motorola II] Court: No exclusive cable rights inapartments

2009-05-26 Thread Blake Bowers
Add an X at the end of the address. Don't take your organs to heaven, heaven knows we need them down here! Be an organ donor, sign your donor card today. - Original Message - From: Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com To: Motorola Canopy User Group motor...@wispa.org Cc: WISPA

[WISPA] Cell phone with wifi?

2009-05-26 Thread George Rogato
Is there a cell phone that can connect to someones wifi ap and still make phone calls or recieve data when not in range of the cell service? Thanks WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/

Re: [WISPA] Cell phone with wifi?

2009-05-26 Thread Kevin Suitor
Blackberry Flip or Bold using UMA service (if enabled by operator). -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of George Rogato Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 6:12 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Cell phone with wifi? Is

Re: [WISPA] Cell phone with wifi?

2009-05-26 Thread Josh Luthman
Using the Wifi service to connect to your carrier? Only 1 I know of - Cincinnati Bell (Fusion service). You can use the Blackberries with Wifi (8820 and Bold are GSM ones) and install Nimbuzz. The Nokia e85 or n95 has a nice SIP client. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343

Re: [WISPA] Quesiton on Funding / Financing / Capital Availability

2009-05-26 Thread Tom DeReggi
Travis said When you have 20+ current leases totalling over $1,000,000 having that show up on your personal credit reports makes it very hard to re-finance your house, or buy a car, etc. Yes, it can be done (because I have done it), it just creates 10x the work... and there is no benefit

Re: [WISPA] Cell phone with wifi?

2009-05-26 Thread Rick Kunze
The iPhone will do data via wifi. And I'm pretty sure I recall running into some that will do phone calls via wifi-voip. I think they were the HP smart phones. Rk On 5/26/2009 3:12 PM, George Rogato wrote: Is there a cell phone that can connect to someones wifi ap and still make phone

Re: [WISPA] Cell phone with wifi?

2009-05-26 Thread Josh Luthman
Realize that most of this is carrier dependent, I believe... Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however improbable, must be the truth. --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle On Tue, May

Re: [WISPA] Court: No exclusive cable rights in apartments

2009-05-26 Thread Josh Luthman
Can we please have our government stay out of business and let capitalism run its course? I think their time would be better spent (or wasted) doing what they do best - politics and wasting time. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 When

Re: [WISPA] Cell phone with wifi?

2009-05-26 Thread John.bates
Iphone+skype = VOIP Sent from my iPhone On May 26, 2009, at 4:31 PM, Rick Kunze rku...@colusanet.com wrote: The iPhone will do data via wifi. And I'm pretty sure I recall running into some that will do phone calls via wifi-voip. I think they were the HP smart phones. Rk On

Re: [WISPA] Cell phone with wifi?

2009-05-26 Thread Jonathan Schmidt
I have had a series of Nokia phones will use Wi-Fi thru its built-in SIP client directly to my office Asterisk and have been doing that for several years. The E71 I have now is FAR superior to the earlier models in terms of Wi-Fi sensitivity. I use it in conferences overseas...Europe and Brazil

Re: [WISPA] Cell phone with wifi?

2009-05-26 Thread George Rogato
Jonathan Schmidt wrote: I have had a series of Nokia phones will use Wi-Fi thru its built-in SIP client directly to my office Asterisk and have been doing that for several years. The E71 I have now is FAR superior to the earlier models in terms of Wi-Fi sensitivity. I use it in conferences

Re: [WISPA] Cell phone with wifi?

2009-05-26 Thread Josh Luthman
Nokia e71 is always unlocked AFAIK (I have never seen a locked one) You use the existing SIM card and get on that GSM network The SIP client connects to his Asterisk server, mine to my M6, your situation may be different... Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St

Re: [WISPA] Cell phone with wifi?

2009-05-26 Thread George Rogato
Josh Luthman wrote: If you have Asterisk you just opened up nearly any Wifi phone to your system. SIP is so universal... Yeah, I have not been keeping up with cell phones. My own is 5years old...doesn't even have a camera or display caller id on the outside of the phone ;( A client was

Re: [WISPA] Cell phone with wifi?

2009-05-26 Thread Matt Larsen - Lists
I bought my E71 unlocked and it is an awesome phone. It even went through a complete washer/dryer cycle with my laundry and came out just fine (after it dried out for a few hours). I have mine setup with my office Asterisk server so that it will try my SIP extension first, then the cell

Re: [WISPA] Court: No exclusive cable rights in apartments

2009-05-26 Thread Brad Belton
Ditto... Brad -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 5:43 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Court: No exclusive cable rights in apartments Can we please have our

Re: [WISPA] Cell phone with wifi?

2009-05-26 Thread John Valenti
On May 26, 2009, at 7:28 PM, George Rogato wrote: So I take it there is no cell phone service that works off wifi as well? George, look into T-Mobile's Hotspot at Home service. It came out nationwide summer 2007. It will use Wifi, and then smoothly switch to a t-mobile tower if

[WISPA] Work order template

2009-05-26 Thread Cameron Kilton
If anybody has a template of a work order that you are willing to share, I would be interested in seeing them. The idea is more for inventory control and ordering. Example: Customer A: Install required Tripod, 10' mast, 15-dbi 900 and Alvarion Radio. Installer would be able to check all this

Re: [WISPA] Cell phone with wifi?

2009-05-26 Thread Mike Hammett
Many. Look at uMobility or Davitas. Software solutions for existing phones. Windows Mobile, Symbian, iPhone, and Black Berries are supported, though only a subset of that. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com

Re: [WISPA] Cell phone with wifi?

2009-05-26 Thread Mike Hammett
Another item to look into is femtocells. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: George Rogato wi...@oregonfast.net Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 5:12 PM To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Subject:

Re: [WISPA] Broadband Stimulus Allocations?

2009-05-26 Thread RickG
Will you have to open your books to the government if you take the money? -RickG On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 4:57 PM, Tom DeReggi wirelessn...@rapiddsl.net wrote: Scott, Here is the best advice I can give you. Rules are not published and nobody knows what will be the criteria for qualification or

Re: [WISPA] Broadband Stimulus Allocations?

2009-05-26 Thread Josh Luthman
Does it matter..? On 5/26/09, RickG rgunder...@gmail.com wrote: Will you have to open your books to the government if you take the money? -RickG On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 4:57 PM, Tom DeReggi wirelessn...@rapiddsl.net wrote: Scott, Here is the best advice I can give you. Rules are not

Re: [WISPA] Cell phone with wifi?

2009-05-26 Thread eje
Love my Blackberry Curve. With T-mobile they can automatically do UMA. At my house all cell carriers have crappy signal but with UMA I have no problems with my Curve 8900. When we where. In Europe last summer we got international dataplan so we could do all emails we wanted and paid a small fee

Re: [WISPA] Cell phone with wifi?

2009-05-26 Thread eje
Not sure what you mean with cell over wifi since you discarded the tmobile phones. They have their hots...@home phones (UMA) which will and can take advantage of a wifi AP and give you coverage where you might not have any or with the $19.95 monthly gives you unlimited UMA calls. In my house

Re: [WISPA] Cell phone with wifi?

2009-05-26 Thread George Rogato
cell over wifi. Your right T mobile is not an option. It's ATT. You would think the cell carriers would have a combo sip cell phone that when their service is not in range, the phone could connect to a wifi ap and connect back to the cell companies service via sip. Thats what I'm looking

Re: [WISPA] Broadband Stimulus Allocations?

2009-05-26 Thread Tom DeReggi
Yes, for the portion of your business that relates to the Grant proceeds. Some disclosure of financial statements would likely be required do to proving your need that you wouldn't do the upgrade without recieving the funds, or to prove your economic need, and your viablity for sustainabilty.