Re: [WISPA] RED queues out, PCQ queues in - anyone else doing this?

2011-04-11 Thread Rubens Kuhl
On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Greg Ihnen os10ru...@gmail.com wrote: Rubens,        Thanks for the reply!        I'm using a 5GHz AirMax back haul (PtMP) to two 2.4GHz APs (All UBNT gear). The 5GHz back haul has never broken a sweat. Our upstream is a 1M/256K high latency connection so

Re: [WISPA] RED queues out, PCQ queues in - anyone else doing this?

2011-04-11 Thread Greg Ihnen
Rubens, Thanks! Yes, I prioritized small ack, syn and fin packets. I think I'm seeing an improvement. Our modem already does caching and I can't control it. It even caches DNS which breaks things like OpenDNS. Happily they fixed the http/s caching so we're not still seeing

[WISPA] Level 3 acquires Global Crossing

2011-04-11 Thread Mike Hammett
http://www.telecomramblings.com/2011/04/level-3-global-crossing-finally-get-hitched/ http://www.telecomramblings.com/2011/04/ma-journal-a-lvltglbc-integration-wont-be-that-hard/ How much impact do you think this would have on the Level 3 - Comcast situation? If Global Crossing - Comcast is

[WISPA] Question about hosting client's POS merchant account for credit card processing

2011-04-11 Thread Ben West
I am curious if anyone has experience providing wireless service to small businesses who use a POS credit card system. My own chats with various small biz owners here in St. Louis suggests that their merchant account providers tend to expect a twisted-pair phone line and/or dedicated DSL/cable,

Re: [WISPA] Question about hosting client's POS merchant account for credit card processing

2011-04-11 Thread Josh Luthman
All of my customers are through wireless medium. There are a handful with the credit card processing machines you see everywhere (the blue thin ones). No complaints. 90% of these units have a 10baseT (that's ten not one hundred) Ethernet port. I have seen a couple that DO NOT have an Ethernet

Re: [WISPA] Question about hosting client's POS merchant account for credit card processing

2011-04-11 Thread Patrick Shoemaker
Also keep in mind that most transactions done with these machines over POTS are unencrypted. So don't try to plug one into a VoIP ATA. On 4/11/2011 20:20, Josh Luthman wrote: All of my customers are through wireless medium. There are a handful with the credit card processing machines you see