Re: [WISPA] State Education Networks?

2010-03-12 Thread D. Ryan Spott
...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] > On Behalf Of Ryan Spott > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 8:34 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] State Education Networks? > > In WA state the K-20 is strictly telco. (Verizon & Qwest). > > The WA-K-20 i

Re: [WISPA] State Education Networks?

2010-03-12 Thread Kevin Owen
@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Steve Barnes Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 8:09 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] State Education Networks? In Indiana it's even more interesting. The state bid out control of the state networks years ago and a Tennessee Company

Re: [WISPA] State Education Networks?

2010-03-12 Thread Steve Barnes
NA. Steve Barnes RC-WiFi Wireless Internet Service -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Owen Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 11:17 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] State Education Networks? The State I provi

Re: [WISPA] State Education Networks?

2010-03-12 Thread jp
We don't, but were involved in the most recent in Maine. Back quite a while ago, when the network was first built, the BELL LEC (I don't rember what name they went by that year), was fined $20 million for overcharging rate payers. Instead of paying the fine, they suggested the state should have

Re: [WISPA] State Education Networks?

2010-03-12 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
t work. I love my small businesses and home users. They can be more work than I like, but they are normally very loyal. good luck marlon - Original Message - From: "Kevin Owen" To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 7:25 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] State

Re: [WISPA] State Education Networks?

2010-03-12 Thread Israel Lopez-LISTS
I had the chance to befriend a high-school IT guy (Quite stellar IT guy too), and I learned a lot from the processes there. The education system in CA will historically go for Wired/Fiber based plants. Usually due to FUD, about security, reliability, blah blah blah. I hope you can get them to

Re: [WISPA] State Education Networks?

2010-03-12 Thread Kevin Owen
nt: Friday, March 12, 2010 7:19 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] State Education Networks? What does your local congressman have to say about this? marlon - Original Message - From: "Kevin Owen" To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010

Re: [WISPA] State Education Networks?

2010-03-12 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
What does your local congressman have to say about this? marlon - Original Message - From: "Kevin Owen" To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 8:17 PM Subject: [WISPA] State Education Networks? > The State I provide service in (Idaho) is in th

Re: [WISPA] State Education Networks?

2010-03-12 Thread Mike Hammett
ality service to rural parts of the State? > > Kevin > > > -Original Message- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Mike Hammett > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 9:52 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re

Re: [WISPA] State Education Networks?

2010-03-12 Thread Jack Unger
ituation. http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/03/11/1114092/idaho-agency-budget-delayed-amid.html Kevin -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Jack Unger Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 8:43 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA]

Re: [WISPA] State Education Networks?

2010-03-12 Thread Kevin Owen
Thursday, March 11, 2010 10:08 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] State Education Networks? In California, the educational institutions formed an organization called The Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) http://www.cenic.org/. CENIC desig

Re: [WISPA] State Education Networks?

2010-03-12 Thread Kevin Owen
- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 9:52 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] State Education Networks? Not so in Illinois, which proclaims itself to be, "the largest and most succe

Re: [WISPA] State Education Networks?

2010-03-11 Thread Kevin Owen
al Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of AJ Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 8:52 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] State Education Networks? Kevin - same network/bid conflict? http://www.newwest.net/ci

Re: [WISPA] State Education Networks?

2010-03-11 Thread Kevin Owen
WISPA] State Education Networks? Kevin, It sounds like the large corporate "political fix" may already be "in" but in politics nothing is ever final. I'd suggest getting together with some other local and regional ISPs and using publicity (responsibly) to hold the Sta

Re: [WISPA] State Education Networks?

2010-03-11 Thread Kevin Owen
n -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Ryan Spott Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 8:34 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] State Education Networks? In WA state the K-20 is strictly telco. (Verizon & Qwest). The WA-K-2

Re: [WISPA] State Education Networks?

2010-03-11 Thread Tim Sylvester
cost to connect to their network is 50% of comparable commercial networks. Tim > -Original Message- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Kevin Owen > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 8:17 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subj

Re: [WISPA] State Education Networks?

2010-03-11 Thread Mike Hammett
ics-il.com -- From: "Kevin Owen" Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 10:17 PM To: "WISPA General List" Subject: [WISPA] State Education Networks? > The State I provide service in (Idaho) is in the process of building a > Statewide Educational Network. I am i

Re: [WISPA] State Education Networks?

2010-03-11 Thread AJ
Kevin - same network/bid conflict? http://www.newwest.net/city/article/syringa_sues_over_idaho_education_network_contract/C108/L108/ Syringa Sues Over Idaho Education Network Contract *Company awarded part of the IEN contract says its bid was better in the first place, and it's being shut out of t

Re: [WISPA] State Education Networks?

2010-03-11 Thread Jack Unger
Kevin, It sounds like the large corporate "political fix" may already be "in" but in politics nothing is ever final. I'd suggest getting together with some other local and regional ISPs and using publicity (responsibly) to hold the State's feet to the fire. You can use the financial "bottom li

Re: [WISPA] State Education Networks?

2010-03-11 Thread Ryan Spott
In WA state the K-20 is strictly telco. (Verizon & Qwest). The WA-K-20 is pretty much a gold standard as far as educational networks goes. ryan On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 8:17 PM, Kevin Owen wrote: > The State I provide service in (Idaho) is in the process of building a > Statewide Educational Ne

[WISPA] State Education Networks?

2010-03-11 Thread Kevin Owen
The State I provide service in (Idaho) is in the process of building a Statewide Educational Network. I am interested in hearing from any of you are providing service in a State that has built a State Educational Network and if so, are local providers used to provide any of the last miles servi