Re: [WISPA] legal entity type - was taxes

2010-06-09 Thread can...@believewireless.net
Use a payroll processing service like Paychex or ADP. The little money they charge for this is well worth it. In our first company, we used to do this on our own and it was a ton of work. We now use Paychex, just call in our employee hours and everything is done for us. For the few employees

Re: [WISPA] legal entity type - was taxes

2010-06-09 Thread Jeromie Reeves
I have thought of that, and will be going to one today, its 40 miles one way, the next cities are 60m (other direction) and 80m away. Makes it hard to take off for a day when there is so much to get done. Does not help that the IRS is gearing up to find people who do not pay for health care (or

[WISPA] FW: Agriculture Secretary Vilsack to Hold Conference Call TODAY to Discuss the Impact of Broadband Investments in Rural America

2010-06-09 Thread Rick Harnish
FYI, I cannot attend this conference call, but would like someone to attend and report back. Thanks, Rick Harnish From: USDA Office of Communications [mailto:oc.n...@usda.gov] Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 8:35 AM To: rharn...@wispa.org Subject: Agriculture Secretary Vilsack to

Re: [WISPA] legal entity type - was taxes

2010-06-09 Thread Larry Yunker
SELF EMPLOYMENT Schedule SE Section(A) 5. Self-employment tax. If the amount on line 4 is: $106,800 or less, multiply line 4 by 15.3% (.153). Enter the result here and on Form 1040, line 56. You then get to deduct half of your self-employment tax when figuring your adjusted gross income. W2

[WISPA] DragonWave Horizon

2010-06-09 Thread Paul Hendry
Hey guys, Is anyone on-list a DragonWave reseller? Please hit me off-list. Many thanks, Paul Hendry Technical Director Skyline Networks Consultancy Ltd Unit 50, Weald Hall Commercial Centre, North Weald, Essex CM17 9LD Tel: 0845 004 0404 Mob: 0783 492 1803 Email:

[WISPA] WISPA invites you to WISPA Summer 2010 Regional Meeting (Jul 21, 2010 - Jul 22, 2010)

2010-06-09 Thread WISPA
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Re: [WISPA] Repeater

2010-06-09 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
Cutting too many corners on backhaul is like cutting too many corners on brakes or tires. I used the ah boards for everything. More processor and memory etc. I just put in a backhaul link that pulled over 30 megs both ways on a 6 or so mile shot. My cost on it was under $800. When I bought

Re: [WISPA] West Coast WISPA activities?

2010-06-09 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
Hi Alex, Nothing going on? There are THREE of us west coasters that are on the WISPA board. The left coast is certainly holding up it's end of the association. There are several WISPs around me here. laters, marlon - Original Message - From: Charles Wu c...@cticonnect.com To: WISPA

Re: [WISPA] legal entity type - was taxes

2010-06-09 Thread RickG
But there is no facility to pay the 15% if your a subcontractor. See Line 27 on 1040. They give you back a credit for 1/2 of the 15% so you only pay 7.5%. I'm not trying to get out of anything, just noting that there is no way to pay it entirely IF youre a subcontractor. On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at

Re: [WISPA] legal entity type - was taxes

2010-06-09 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
ROFLOL Rick I could KISS you! My accountant has been telling me that for over a decade. I'd ask when we're going to incorporate and he'd say that there is no need to. We don't have much liability and what we do have is handled by insurance. If we had more employees or people driving company

Re: [WISPA] legal entity type - was taxes

2010-06-09 Thread RickG
Then please tell me why these CPA's are claiming that by not being on the payroll you are not paying all taxes? From what I can tell you are then. On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Larry Yunker leyun...@wispadvantage.com wrote: SELF EMPLOYMENT Schedule SE Section(A) 5. Self-employment tax. If

Re: [WISPA] legal entity type - was taxes

2010-06-09 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
If you are the only one in the company or if you are the reason that someone is suing they'll go after the corporate officers (you) anyway. The corporate veil isn't nearly what it used to be. So says the accountant and the lawyer marlon - Original Message - From: Travis Johnson

Re: [WISPA] Repeater

2010-06-09 Thread RickG
The question then becomes, would you spend $800 for a one sub repeater? On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Marlon K. Schafer o...@odessaoffice.com wrote: Cutting too many corners on backhaul is like cutting too many corners on brakes or tires. I used the ah boards for everything.  More processor

Re: [WISPA] Repeater

2010-06-09 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
I've tried it a couple of times and never had enough signal to make it work. If you have a -70 signal at the first receive antenna then you're basically going to transmit at -70 or so (instead of + 1 or 3). Running the calcs it looks like a receive signal of -132 at 2 miles. Remember, at 2.4

Re: [WISPA] legal entity type - was taxes

2010-06-09 Thread RickG
LOL! The game is right! Happy LLCing :) On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 8:26 PM, Marlon K. Schafer o...@odessaoffice.com wrote: ROFLOL Rick I could KISS you! My accountant has been telling me that for over a decade.  I'd ask when we're going to incorporate and he'd say that there is no need to.  We

[WISPA] CROSS POST: Request for Proposal - OneCommunity'sConnect Your Community

2010-06-09 Thread Aaron D. Osgood
FYI From: nten-disc...@groups.nten.org [mailto:nten-disc...@groups.nten.org] On Behalf Of Angela Siefer Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 7:15 PM To: nten-disc...@groups.nten.org Subject: [NTEN Discuss] Request for Proposal - OneCommunity'sConnect Your Community Request for Proposal for

Re: [WISPA] Repeater

2010-06-09 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
Nope. But my 1 sub customer's have! grin marlon - Original Message - From: RickG rgunder...@gmail.com To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 5:32 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Repeater The question then becomes, would you spend $800 for a one sub repeater?

Re: [WISPA] Repeater

2010-06-09 Thread Philip Dorr
So it could work on a licensed or ham radio link that is pumping out 50+ watts? On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Marlon K. Schafer o...@odessaoffice.com wrote: I've tried it a couple of times and never had enough signal to make it work. If you have a -70 signal at the first receive antenna then

[WISPA] Customer ID-10-T problems

2010-06-09 Thread Matt Larsen - Lists
So we get an angry call from a customer demanding that we come out to fix their computer, because their Internet hasn't worked for a couple of months. Check the system logs, and yes - her link has been down for 13 days. Since we have an automated system that calls every two days when a

Re: [WISPA] Customer ID-10-T problems

2010-06-09 Thread Jerry Richardson
EEE GADS -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Matt Larsen - Lists Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 8:55 PM To: WISPA General List; Mikrotik discussions Subject: [WISPA] Customer ID-10-T problems So we get an angry call

Re: [WISPA] Customer ID-10-T problems

2010-06-09 Thread Josh Luthman
When a customer costs more then what you earn make her a Jetson. YOU'RE FIRED!!! 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

Re: [WISPA] Customer ID-10-T problems

2010-06-09 Thread Glenn Kelley
That is classic ! On Jun 10, 2010, at 12:00 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: When a customer costs more then what you earn make her a Jetson. YOU'RE FIRED!!! 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

Re: [WISPA] Customer ID-10-T problems

2010-06-09 Thread Robert West
dnserror.htm is my favorite home page. I NEVER have any problems with it. I recommend dnserror.htm to anyone who will listen. dnserror.htm IS DA BOMB! Bob- -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Matt Larsen - Lists Sent:

Re: [WISPA] Customer ID-10-T problems

2010-06-09 Thread Robert West
Fired. Fired. Fired. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 12:01 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Customer ID-10-T problems When a customer costs more then what you

Re: [WISPA] Customer ID-10-T problems

2010-06-09 Thread Robert West
Don't chuckle much, my boy. Drove down old Miami Trace road yesterday, saw the last customer I fired displaying the yard sign of your pal, Country Connections! ENJOY! It shall be a short relationship! You know, the one who I made the big spectacle of YIKES! Bob-

[WISPA] Google is out of control.

2010-06-09 Thread Robert West
What be this Google visual abomination!!! YAR! WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless

Re: [WISPA] Customer ID-10-T problems

2010-06-09 Thread D. Ryan Spott
I used to work for a colo firm and we had a customer come in with sabers rattling and lawsuit threats flying that we had allowed his colocated server to be hacked He proved it by sending us the source code of the web-page served by his server... We were a bit puzzled until we viewed the

Re: [WISPA] Google is out of control.

2010-06-09 Thread Matt Larsen - Lists
Boy, I can't wait until some hacker figures out how to goatse this. That will make for a pretty ugly search page. Matt Larsen vistabeam.com On 6/9/2010 11:24 PM, Robert West wrote: What be this Google visual abomination!!! YAR!