Re: [WISPA] Customer Speed Tests

2010-05-13 Thread Robert West
Does it run on Netscape? I keep trying but my Netscape just won't work with it... So sad :( - Original Message - From: Mike m...@aweiowa.com To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 9:44 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Customer Speed Tests Josh: I

Re: [WISPA] Customer Speed Tests

2010-05-13 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Take a look at http://www.brandonchecketts.com/open-source-speedtest I modified mine to save speedtests that my clients run so I can review them at a later date. This helps me spot trends. I let my customers see the last 5 or so speedtests. Some advice: 1. Make sure you save ALL of the

Re: [WISPA] 6 mile 100MB link 5Ghz non-licensed

2010-05-13 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
OK, budget isn't an issue, how about tower space? In my perfect world I'd rather run 2 or more slower radios and have a switch or bridge of some kind aggregate the traffic across them all to get the higher speeds. This way when a single device fails the link doesn't fail with it. laters,

Re: [WISPA] Who will be at the Dayton Hamvention this weekend?

2010-05-13 Thread Robert West
Are we gonna go cruisin' for chicks afterwards? -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Glenn Kelley Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 12:12 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Who will be at the Dayton Hamvention this

Re: [WISPA] Who will be at the Dayton Hamvention this weekend?

2010-05-13 Thread Liam Cummings
LolI'm in :) Sent from my Datacom Specialists black berry - Original Message - From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org wireless-boun...@wispa.org To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org Sent: Thu May 13 09:30:59 2010 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Who will be at the Dayton Hamvention this weekend?

Re: [WISPA] Licensed PMP Gear

2010-05-13 Thread Marco Coelho
I'm looking to sub lease spectrum. We have a 3.65 license, but After all the telcos got done changing the FCC requirements, I don't see much advantage to that. I would like to be able to push out 20-50 Meg symmetrical pipes to a number of business customers. Marco On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 7:18

Re: [WISPA] Licensed PMP Gear

2010-05-13 Thread Gino Villarini
Not doable with any licensed pmp solution Go licensed ptp Sent from my Motorola Startac... On May 13, 2010, at 11:10 AM, Marco Coelho coelh...@gmail.com wrote: I'm looking to sub lease spectrum. We have a 3.65 license, but After all the telcos got done changing the FCC requirements, I

Re: [WISPA] Who will be at the Dayton Hamvention this weekend?

2010-05-13 Thread Mike
Hamfest? Chicks? Are you nuts? Friendly Regards, Mike -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Robert West Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 8:31 AM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] Who will be at the Dayton

Re: [WISPA] Licensed PMP Gear

2010-05-13 Thread David E. Smith
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:25, Bret Clark bcl...@spectraaccess.com wrote: I must have missed it, but what did the telcos do with the 3.65 range? I dunno whether this was the telcos' doing, or not, but the power rules in 3.65 are silly and counter-intuitive. Basically, your EIRP is limited

Re: [WISPA] Licensed PMP Gear

2010-05-13 Thread Bret Clark
On 05/13/2010 11:59 AM, David E. Smith wrote: On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:25, Bret Clarkbcl...@spectraaccess.com wrote: I must have missed it, but what did the telcos do with the 3.65 range? I dunno whether this was the telcos' doing, or not, but the power rules in 3.65 are

[WISPA] Where can I buy Telkonet equipment?

2010-05-13 Thread Scott Carullo
do not want to lease - want to own it. Need to replace leased gear on a site with same parts. Thanks Scott Carullo Brevard Wireless 321-205-1100 x102 WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/

Re: [WISPA] Who will be at the Dayton Hamvention this weekend?

2010-05-13 Thread ccrum
At least not the kind of chicks you'd be interested in. Cameron Hamfest? Chicks? Are you nuts? Friendly Regards, Mike -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Robert West Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 8:31 AM To:

Re: [WISPA] RUS Deadline Approaching

2010-05-13 Thread ccrum
So, I've read through Alex's little article on disputing, but he seems to leave out the part about Existing Establishments Capable of Receiving High Speed Access within the Proposed Funded Service Area. This is where they want you to tell them the demographics of your service area. While I have

[WISPA] Waverider CCU 3100's needed

2010-05-13 Thread Rick Harnish
Brent Havens of Mark Twain Coop is looking for some Waverider gear. If you have the following available, please contact Brent offlist. bhav...@marktwain.coop His request is: Do you know of anyone that has either stopped using the waveriders or a vendor that sells used Vecima gear. I need a

Re: [WISPA] RUS Deadline Approaching

2010-05-13 Thread Rick Harnish
Cameron, I am forwarding this to Peter and hopefully he can answer this question. I'm unfortunately more of a facilitator in this process and have had very little time to study the process. What I can do is try to ask the experts to get you the answer. Thanks, Rick Harnish -Original

Re: [WISPA] Waverider CCU 3100's needed

2010-05-13 Thread Francois Menard
I saw a lot of Vecima 900 MHz peanuts dormant in a closet at Atria Networks in Peterborough, ON F. On 2010-05-13, at 1:09 PM, Rick Harnish wrote: Brent Havens of Mark Twain Coop is looking for some Waverider gear. If you have the following available, please contact Brent offlist.

Re: [WISPA] Waverider CCU 3100's needed

2010-05-13 Thread Francois Menard
I saw a lot of Vecima 900 MHz peanuts dormant in a closet at Atria Networks in Peterborough, ON F. On 2010-05-13, at 1:09 PM, Rick Harnish wrote: Brent Havens of Mark Twain Coop is looking for some Waverider gear. If you have the following available, please contact Brent offlist.

Re: [WISPA] RUS Deadline Approaching

2010-05-13 Thread Rick Harnish
Peter's response: Hi Rick, Cameron asks a great question. The simple answer is: Yes, WISPS should register all of the requested service area demographic information requested by RUS. It gets more detailed than that, and Cameron is right that correctly filing the full required /

Re: [WISPA] Who will be at the Dayton Hamvention this weekend?

2010-05-13 Thread Robert West
Sure! I get mine over at TSC. Buy them by the pallet. Bob- -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Mike Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 11:55 AM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] Who will be at the Dayton Hamvention

[WISPA] Customer Speed Tests

2010-05-13 Thread Carl Shivers
From time to time I get customer complaints when they use various offsite speed tests. Does anyone know of good speed test software that I can set up on my network? WISPA Wants You! Join today!

Re: [WISPA] Customer Speed Tests

2010-05-13 Thread Josh Luthman
Speed test mini is probably the best. http://www.speedtest.net/mini.php Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” --- Winston Churchill On Thu, May

Re: [WISPA] Customer Speed Tests

2010-05-13 Thread Larry A Weidig
We have been using: http://www.speedtest.net/mini.php for a couple of years. The only caveat is that you must reinstall it every month as it expires otherwise. The good thing is that is a VERY simple process. Seems to be the most accurate free test we could find. I

Re: [WISPA] Customer Speed Tests

2010-05-13 Thread Nick Olsen
We use the speedtest.net mini test. Host it right in our colo on our network. Works good for us. We tell customers to use it instead of any offsite speed test, As they have to many variables that we don't control. Nick Olsen Network Operations (321) 205-1100 x106

Re: [WISPA] Customer Speed Tests

2010-05-13 Thread Josh Luthman
Oh duh, looks like... HTTP://speed.inxwireless.com Can be changed or embedded. On 5/13/10, Carl Shivers cshiv...@aristotle.net wrote: Thanks. It seems like the consensus is speedtest.net mini. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On

Re: [WISPA] Customer Speed Tests

2010-05-13 Thread Leon D. Zetekoff
On 05/13/2010 05:16 PM, Carl Shivers wrote: From time to time I get customer complaints when they use various offsite speed tests. Does anyone know of good speed test software that I can set up on my network? yes go to visualware.com - it's very accurate and uses sockets instead of http for

Re: [WISPA] Customer Speed Tests

2010-05-13 Thread Carl Shivers
Can it be purchased?? -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Larry A Weidig Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 4:21 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Customer Speed Tests We have been using:

Re: [WISPA] Customer Speed Tests

2010-05-13 Thread Justin Wilson
Just keep on top of the speed test mini. It expires on a semi-regular basis. All you have to do is go back and re-download the newest one. -- Justin Wilson j...@mtin.net http://www.mtin.net/blog Wisp Consulting ­ Tower Climbing ­ Network Support From: Josh Luthman

Re: [WISPA] Customer Speed Tests

2010-05-13 Thread Josh Luthman
As much as I love Java...I don't want my installer to spend 10 minutes installing/updating/rebooting for the JRE. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that

Re: [WISPA] Customer Speed Tests

2010-05-13 Thread Michael Baird
We are a speedtest.net host, so customers who head to speedtest anyway are redirected to a local httpd on our network, geographical competitors get sent to our network as well which has the side benefit of a little advert for us. Regards Michael Baird From time to time I get customer

Re: [WISPA] Customer Speed Tests

2010-05-13 Thread Leon D. Zetekoff
On 05/13/2010 06:11 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: As much as I love Java...I don't want my installer to spend 10 minutes installing/updating/rebooting for the JRE. you dont need to reboot and most folks have java already on systems. it's a small java applet. server runs java and you can buy it for

Re: [WISPA] Customer Speed Tests

2010-05-13 Thread Louis Arsenault
If running on a *nux box this may help. #!/bin/bash cd /speedtest/website/folder/ wget http://files.speedtest.ookla.com/releases/mini.zip unzip -o mini.zip rm -f mini.zip mv -f index-php.html index.php Then set a cronjob to run that every 2 weeks or so. -Louis On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 6:07 PM,

Re: [WISPA] Customer Speed Tests

2010-05-13 Thread Josh Luthman
Maybe things have changed but back when all we had were Java speed tests no customers had it. This would have been 3-5 years ago on XP. I didn't even bother on 95/98/ME. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 “Success is not final, failure

Re: [WISPA] Customer Speed Tests

2010-05-13 Thread David E. Smith
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 17:47, Louis Arsenault lo...@ntinet.com wrote: If running on a *nux box this may help. #!/bin/bash cd /speedtest/website/folder/ wget http://files.speedtest.ookla.com/releases/mini.zip Is this basically let's get around the 30-day demo limit by reinstalling every

Re: [WISPA] Customer Speed Tests

2010-05-13 Thread Josh Luthman
You're mixing up two products. Speedtest Mini is free, however, the client updates every once in a while. You'll see it pop up after a few weeks/months asking for you to do exactly what those commands do. The VisualWare has a shareware version. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct:

[WISPA] Verizon to consider licensing 4g spectrum to rural carriers

2010-05-13 Thread Drew Lentz
I wonder if they are including WISPs in their rural carriers plan? Nevertheless, I¹m sure if the price is right you too can operate on 4g! Link pulled from another mailing list: http://www.telecompetitor.com/verizon-considering-licensing-4g-spectrum-to-r ural-wireless-carriers/

Re: [WISPA] Customer Speed Tests

2010-05-13 Thread Justin Wilson
It¹s not get around the 30 day limit. The mini is different than their commercial product. It is not Java as well. Is is Flash. If you read the web-site it states: This application is offered as is free of charge without any support - use it at your own risk. We will introduce new features

Re: [WISPA] Verizon to consider licensing 4g spectrum to rural carriers

2010-05-13 Thread St. Louis Broadband
Yep, you build the customer base for them and then where are you? ~V~ -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Drew Lentz Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 6:32 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Verizon to consider licensing

Re: [WISPA] Verizon to consider licensing 4g spectrum to rural carriers

2010-05-13 Thread Josh Luthman
Collecting revenue from the usage on that tower maybe? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” --- Winston Churchill On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 8:09 PM,

Re: [WISPA] Customer Speed Tests

2010-05-13 Thread Mike Hammett
Not everyone already has Java? On 5/13/2010 5:11 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: As much as I love Java...I don't want my installer to spend 10 minutes installing/updating/rebooting for the JRE. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373

Re: [WISPA] Customer Speed Tests

2010-05-13 Thread Bret Clark
yeah and speedtest is better...not. On 05/13/2010 08:32 PM, Larry A Weidig wrote: Wow, I knew our connections were fast - now I need to figure out what to charge! Just downloaded the entire Internet in less than a second :) Not a very accurate tool! * Larry A. Weidig

Re: [WISPA] Customer Speed Tests

2010-05-13 Thread Philip Dorr
Wouldn't you saturate your upload 3Mb/s before you could reach even 1Gb/s? On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 7:32 PM, Larry A Weidig lwei...@excel.net wrote:        Wow, I knew our connections were fast - now I need to figure out what to charge!  Just downloaded the entire Internet in less than a second

Re: [WISPA] Customer Speed Tests

2010-05-13 Thread Larry A Weidig
Good point. * Larry A. Weidig (lwei...@excel.net) * Excel.Net,Inc. - http://www.excel.net/ * (920) 452-0455 - Sheboygan/Plymouth area * (888) 489-9995 - Other areas, toll-free -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of

Re: [WISPA] Customer Speed Tests

2010-05-13 Thread Mike
Yes, but you need to work on making that a symmetrical connection; your upload stinks! :-) Now that is funny; better save that graphic. Friendly Regards, Mike -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Larry A Weidig Sent:

Re: [WISPA] Customer Speed Tests

2010-05-13 Thread Bret Clark
Wait a minute...you ran the demo...that's not a real test, just shows what it's output looks like. Here is one that is running http://www.gunix.co.uk/speedtest/ajax/ajaxometer.php On 05/13/2010 08:32 PM, Larry A Weidig wrote: Wow, I knew our connections were fast - now I need to figure

Re: [WISPA] Customer Speed Tests

2010-05-13 Thread Mike
But it appears to want Firefox or SVG? When I run it, this happens on this netbook. No SVG Capabilities detected! That sucks! This speed test is MUCH prettier if you have a browser capable of SVG! You can remedy this in any one of three ways: 1.Download the Adobe SVG plugin from here.

Re: [WISPA] Customer Speed Tests

2010-05-13 Thread Josh Luthman
Not sure what else I can do... 1. Installation === Simply place the five ajaxometer.* files in your desired directory and point the user to ajaxometer.php Does a speed test look normal to you? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy,

Re: [WISPA] Customer Speed Tests

2010-05-13 Thread Josh Luthman
I'm betting you have NoScript on. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” --- Winston Churchill On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 9:29 PM, Mike

Re: [WISPA] Customer Speed Tests

2010-05-13 Thread Mike
Where do I check for that? -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 8:30 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Customer Speed Tests I'm betting you have NoScript on. Josh

Re: [WISPA] Customer Speed Tests

2010-05-13 Thread Josh Luthman
Tools - Addons Or run firefox with a new profile to be certain. Run firefox.exe -profilemanager New profile Run speed test Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue

Re: [WISPA] Customer Speed Tests

2010-05-13 Thread Josh Luthman
That would be your problem. I use Firefox 99% of the time, Chrome if I want a different browser (Firefox forgets that cache is temporary). I have the same problem with IE8. I don't think shamelessly is the word I would choose, though. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100

Re: [WISPA] Customer Speed Tests

2010-05-13 Thread Bret Clark
I see what you mean, I've always used FF which works fine and shows the graphics, but IE seems to only show text. Our customers have never really said anything about that, but I guess they wouldn't know any better if they are only using one type of browser. I know when I install it I made some

Re: [WISPA] Who will be at the Dayton Hamvention this weekend?

2010-05-13 Thread Robert West
Very good. I liked that one. - Original Message - From: Blake Bowers bbow...@mozarks.com To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 2:49 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Who will be at the Dayton Hamvention this weekend? Don't you mean PULLET? Don't take your