RE: [WISPA] [WISPBONE] our first connection to another WISP

2005-09-17 Thread Rick Smith

I'm in northern PA - Stroudsburg / Milford areas.  Moving south, but not THAT 
far south :)

Talk to Tim Wolfe - might be a player interested. 

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Rick,

I am in VA and WV, we can talk since WV borders PA.
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 I'd be interested in starting a wispbone node in NJ / PA / NYC
 
 This is what we ALL should be doing - help all by helping one. 
 
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 Subject: [WISPA] [WISPBONE] our first connection to another WISP
 
 I thought the list might be interested to know that yesterday we turned
 up a 73 mile link to a new WISP starting up in Dalton, GA. This is our
 first connection to another WISP and while the 73 mile 45Mbps link took
 some planning and a good amount of leg work, it ended up quite well. Not
 only was the WISP in question able to benefit from our lower bandwidth
 and voice costs available in Atlanta, but we were able to get access to
 the local LEC for savings on voice termination in the area. 
 Additionally, we now have the ability to sell wholesale routes in an
 expanded coverage area to our existing CLEC customers. Our next step is
 to help this WISP get going and introduce them to WISPA.
 
 If any other WISPs are in the southeast, let's look at connecting. We
 currently have plans to buildout into Tennessee and Alabama.
 
 Matt Liotta
 AirInfinite, Inc.
 www.AirInfinite.com
 877-WiFi-NOW x803
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Re: [WISPA] [Fwd: [isp-clec] Latest FCC outrage -- no UNEs AT ALL in Omaha]

2005-09-17 Thread Matt Liotta
I disagree and I certainly am not interested in seeing CLECs get into 
the WISP business. I see CLECs as execution companies. They need to have 
great sales, marketing, and operations, but they do really need to own 
facilities connecting them to their customers. I see WISPs as operators 
capable of providing CLECs with facilities to connect to their 
customers. Such a partnership can result in great mutual benefits along 
with creating a force that can rival RBOCs.


Partner with your local CLEC and help them succeed in the market. Don't 
let your local CLEC become a WISP.


-Matt

George wrote:


The writing is on the wall.
Be a wisp or be dead..

George

This is a posting by one of the industry leaders via  the isp-clec list.

 Original Message 
Subject: [isp-clec] Latest FCC outrage -- no UNEs AT ALL in Omaha
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 23:10:12 -0400
From: Fred R. Goldstein [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: isp-clec@isp-clec.com
To: isp-clec@isp-clec.com

The FCC today granted a Qwest petition to forbear from enforcing its
obligations as an ILEC in 9 of the 24 wire centers in the Omaha MSA.  
This

means NO UNEs at all, no raw copper loops, no IOF, no nuttin'.  The FCC
justifies this on the basis that Cox has invested heavily in its cable
plant, thereby providing an intermodal competitor.

This means that any CLEC that has invested money in collocated 
equipment in

that area is hereby Out Of Business.  What a flagrant flouting of the
Telecom Act!  Section 271 obligations to provide loops and transport 
still

remain in effect, but not subject to Section 251 cost-based rates -- only
just and reasonable prices, which are generally interpreted to be any
outrageous gouge that an ILEC can whimsically come up with.  The FCC has
also waived the price caps on its Exchange Access services across the 
MSA,

allowing Qwest to gouge other carriers (especially IXCs) -- even though
intercarrier compensation is supposedly at the top of the FCC's agenda.

IANAL, but this strikes me as not only a flagrant violation of the 
Telecom

Act, but as a possible Taking under the Fifth Amendment.

I would love to testify against Qwest and the FCC in a judicial review of
this one
--
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Re: [WISPA] [Fwd: [isp-clec] Latest FCC outrage -- no UNEs AT ALL inOmaha]

2005-09-17 Thread Tom DeReggi
My fear, is the goal is also there to take away the ability for many to 
become a WISP.
Under the directon we are going now, it means harsh competition in our own 
WISP markets, with 1000s of competitors, while monopolies only have one 
other.


Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL  Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband


- Original Message - 
From: George [EMAIL PROTECTED]

To: wireless@wispa.org
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 11:36 PM
Subject: [WISPA] [Fwd: [isp-clec] Latest FCC outrage -- no UNEs AT ALL 
inOmaha]




The writing is on the wall.
Be a wisp or be dead..

George

This is a posting by one of the industry leaders via  the isp-clec list.

 Original Message 
Subject: [isp-clec] Latest FCC outrage -- no UNEs AT ALL in Omaha
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 23:10:12 -0400
From: Fred R. Goldstein [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: isp-clec@isp-clec.com
To: isp-clec@isp-clec.com

The FCC today granted a Qwest petition to forbear from enforcing its
obligations as an ILEC in 9 of the 24 wire centers in the Omaha MSA.  This
means NO UNEs at all, no raw copper loops, no IOF, no nuttin'.  The FCC
justifies this on the basis that Cox has invested heavily in its cable
plant, thereby providing an intermodal competitor.

This means that any CLEC that has invested money in collocated equipment 
in

that area is hereby Out Of Business.  What a flagrant flouting of the
Telecom Act!  Section 271 obligations to provide loops and transport still
remain in effect, but not subject to Section 251 cost-based rates -- only
just and reasonable prices, which are generally interpreted to be any
outrageous gouge that an ILEC can whimsically come up with.  The FCC has
also waived the price caps on its Exchange Access services across the MSA,
allowing Qwest to gouge other carriers (especially IXCs) -- even though
intercarrier compensation is supposedly at the top of the FCC's agenda.

IANAL, but this strikes me as not only a flagrant violation of the Telecom
Act, but as a possible Taking under the Fifth Amendment.

I would love to testify against Qwest and the FCC in a judicial review of
this one
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Re: [WISPA] [Fwd: [isp-clec] Latest FCC outrage -- no UNEs AT ALLin Omaha]

2005-09-17 Thread Matt Liotta
I agree with you that right now it is a real estate land grab for WISPs. 
We much all secure the best real estate with leases that protect our use 
of spectrum. We pay a premium to ensure that every site we are on has 
the entire unlicensed spectrum allocated to us. It doesn't stop anyone 
from using the spectrum at other locations, but we have the best 
locations, which hopefully is a high enough barrier to entry. Also, 
offering attractive wholesale rates provides yet another barrier to 
entry. We have even gone as far to entering into revenue share 
agreements with MTU managers that allocate us the spectrum as well. Most 
recently this gave us exclusive access to unlicensed spectrum on 106 
buildings throughout Atlanta.


-Matt

Tom DeReggi wrote:

I agree with you. However, I believe most CLECs will end up building 
out their own wireless, just because they can.
The barrier to entry/build is much less when considering wireless.  
Our strategy was to wholesale, and buy the prime broadcast spots, so 
our ability to get line of sight, secured our position, just as CLECs 
secure their position with their legal status and assets in place.  
Wether the WISP industry will survive depends on how well WISPs can 
manage to keep there network, and wholesale to other ISPs.  If 
everyone deploys it will self destruct. I also think that many CLECs 
or ISPs, will just quit, because they are tired and had enough, and 
starting over again is jsut over welming to them, considering they 
would be late entries into the wireless game.  Or instead, they will 
migrate to service and content providers, not connectivity providers.  
Its also likely that larger CLECs may start the aquisition and 
consilidation efforts.


Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL  Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband


- Original Message - From: Matt Liotta [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org
Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] [Fwd: [isp-clec] Latest FCC outrage -- no UNEs AT 
ALLin Omaha]



I disagree and I certainly am not interested in seeing CLECs get into 
the WISP business. I see CLECs as execution companies. They need to 
have great sales, marketing, and operations, but they do really need 
to own facilities connecting them to their customers. I see WISPs as 
operators capable of providing CLECs with facilities to connect to 
their customers. Such a partnership can result in great mutual 
benefits along with creating a force that can rival RBOCs.


Partner with your local CLEC and help them succeed in the market. 
Don't let your local CLEC become a WISP.


-Matt

George wrote:


The writing is on the wall.
Be a wisp or be dead..

George

This is a posting by one of the industry leaders via  the isp-clec 
list.


 Original Message 
Subject: [isp-clec] Latest FCC outrage -- no UNEs AT ALL in Omaha
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 23:10:12 -0400
From: Fred R. Goldstein [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: isp-clec@isp-clec.com
To: isp-clec@isp-clec.com

The FCC today granted a Qwest petition to forbear from enforcing its
obligations as an ILEC in 9 of the 24 wire centers in the Omaha MSA. 
This

means NO UNEs at all, no raw copper loops, no IOF, no nuttin'.  The FCC
justifies this on the basis that Cox has invested heavily in its cable
plant, thereby providing an intermodal competitor.

This means that any CLEC that has invested money in collocated 
equipment in

that area is hereby Out Of Business.  What a flagrant flouting of the
Telecom Act!  Section 271 obligations to provide loops and transport 
still
remain in effect, but not subject to Section 251 cost-based rates -- 
only

just and reasonable prices, which are generally interpreted to be any
outrageous gouge that an ILEC can whimsically come up with.  The FCC 
has
also waived the price caps on its Exchange Access services across 
the MSA,

allowing Qwest to gouge other carriers (especially IXCs) -- even though
intercarrier compensation is supposedly at the top of the FCC's agenda.

IANAL, but this strikes me as not only a flagrant violation of the 
Telecom

Act, but as a possible Taking under the Fifth Amendment.

I would love to testify against Qwest and the FCC in a judicial 
review of

this one
--
 Fred Goldsteink1io  fgoldstein at ionary.com
 ionary Consulting   http://www.ionary.com/


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Re: [WISPA] [Fwd: [isp-clec] Latest FCC outrage -- no UNEs ATALLin Omaha]

2005-09-17 Thread Frank Muto
Let's think about this. Do you really think the FCC cares about the WISP?
Who is going to be the largest wireless providers left standing after the
pending mergers? Ok, I'll wait(Jeopardy theme).

Do you really think the BOC's are going to make it easy for WISP's to stay
competitive? Ok, backhaul comes from where? Even if you do business with
CLEC's their costs are going to go up and so will their customers. They will
keep squeezing and squeezing the life out of the competitive provider until
flat line.

Let's face it, we have a paid off administration, in the terms of a lobbied
congress who in turn pushes the agencies button.

Let's just look at one, the FCC and its Chairman, who sold out the
competitive market for his own well being. Let's face it. When he was the
thorn in the former chairman's side and then became a possible candidate,
I'll assume the opinion he was taken to the wood shed by the administration
and told to hold the party line, or not get the top job to pad his resume
for the private market after life.

He now has a 22 commission with two lame duck commissioners, one wanting to
keep HIS job, the other one, SHE can't wait to get out. The chairman's own
term is up next June and that puts him into a position to look out for his
own well being. You know, 38 with wife and kids.

I'll also assume that he did they same thing to the one commissioner wanting
reappointment as was done to himself. He has to do as much as he can with a
22 commission, because he can not afford another clone of his former self
to get one of the open positions. He is doing as much damage as he can to
the competitive providers as he can get away with. Honestly, I don't know
how people can work under his regime and sleep at night.

Oh, and one more thing. Let's see what happens when wireless is pushed under
the wireline division at the FCC.


Frank Muto
Co-founder -  Washington Bureau for ISP Advocacy - WBIA
Telecom Summit Ad Hoc Committee
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- Original Message - 
From: Tom DeReggi [EMAIL PROTECTED]

 I agree with you. However, I believe most CLECs will end up building out
 their own wireless, just because they can.
 The barrier to entry/build is much less when considering wireless.  Our
 strategy was to wholesale, and buy the prime broadcast spots, so our
ability
 to get line of sight, secured our position, just as CLECs secure their
 position with their legal status and assets in place.  Wether the WISP
 industry will survive depends on how well WISPs can manage to keep there
 network, and wholesale to other ISPs.  If everyone deploys it will self
 destruct. I also think that many CLECs or ISPs, will just quit, because
they
 are tired and had enough, and starting over again is jsut over welming to
 them, considering they would be late entries into the wireless game.  Or
 instead, they will migrate to service and content providers, not
 connectivity providers.  Its also likely that larger CLECs may start the
 aquisition and consilidation efforts.

 Tom DeReggi
 RapidDSL  Wireless, Inc
 IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband

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Re: [WISPA] [Fwd: [isp-clec] Latest FCC outrage -- no UNEs ATALLin Omaha]

2005-09-17 Thread Matt Liotta

Frank Muto wrote:


Do you really think the BOC's are going to make it easy for WISP's to stay
competitive? Ok, backhaul comes from where? Even if you do business with
CLEC's their costs are going to go up and so will their customers. They will
keep squeezing and squeezing the life out of the competitive provider until
flat line.

 

We don't backhaul a single thing with a LEC of any kind. We either 
backhaul it ourselves or we use a fiber provider. I say let the RBOCs 
squeeze the CLECs. It only means good news for WISPs.


-Matt

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Re: [WISPA] Mesh Networks

2005-09-17 Thread George

Ron Wallace wrote:

Hey Guys,

Does anyone know anything about Mesh Dynamics 
http://www.meshdynamics.com/. i.e. Price of devices or any 
other information?


Ron Wallace
Hahnron, Inc.
220 S. Jackson St.
Addison, MI 49220

Phone:  (517) 547-8410
Mobile:  (517) 605-4542
e-mail:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]


No, but I thought I just heard somewhere, maybe star-os list, that this
is a better mesh system because of the separate radios.

Lonnie at star-os is getting ready to release a multi radio mesh system.
This product was mentioned there.

I like the idea of having a backhaul only mesh for redundancy and a
separate mesh for the customers.

Now how well this product works, I dunno.

George


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Re: [WISPA] [Fwd: [isp-clec] Latest FCC outrage -- no UNEs AT ALLinOmaha]

2005-09-17 Thread Tom DeReggi

Its not hard to be a WISP. Actually its 7000 competitors (ISPs).
However it will be hard for any of them to survive, when competition needs 
to split the spectrum.
The hope is that first man in, survives, and everyone bows out nicely, 
because they'd start out just interfering, and never have a QOS offerable.
I'm not saying the WISP market is dead, I'm betting everything I own on it. 
I'm jsut saying policy could really change the rules of this game to 
survive.


1 year ago, I would have said that the ILECs were on their way to a slow 
death, but recent policy has changed that to the opposite direction.


Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL  Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband


- Original Message - 
From: Brian Rohrbacher [EMAIL PROTECTED]

To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org
Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 5:41 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] [Fwd: [isp-clec] Latest FCC outrage -- no UNEs AT 
ALLinOmaha]



Who will be the 1000s of competitors if it's hard to be a WISP?  Will you 
explain it to me a little more?


Tom DeReggi wrote:

My fear, is the goal is also there to take away the ability for many to 
become a WISP.
Under the directon we are going now, it means harsh competition in our 
own WISP markets, with 1000s of competitors, while monopolies only have 
one other.


Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL  Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband


- Original Message - From: George [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: wireless@wispa.org
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 11:36 PM
Subject: [WISPA] [Fwd: [isp-clec] Latest FCC outrage -- no UNEs AT ALL 
inOmaha]




The writing is on the wall.
Be a wisp or be dead..

George

This is a posting by one of the industry leaders via  the isp-clec list.

 Original Message 
Subject: [isp-clec] Latest FCC outrage -- no UNEs AT ALL in Omaha
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 23:10:12 -0400
From: Fred R. Goldstein [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: isp-clec@isp-clec.com
To: isp-clec@isp-clec.com

The FCC today granted a Qwest petition to forbear from enforcing its
obligations as an ILEC in 9 of the 24 wire centers in the Omaha MSA. 
This

means NO UNEs at all, no raw copper loops, no IOF, no nuttin'.  The FCC
justifies this on the basis that Cox has invested heavily in its cable
plant, thereby providing an intermodal competitor.

This means that any CLEC that has invested money in collocated equipment 
in

that area is hereby Out Of Business.  What a flagrant flouting of the
Telecom Act!  Section 271 obligations to provide loops and transport 
still
remain in effect, but not subject to Section 251 cost-based rates -- 
only

just and reasonable prices, which are generally interpreted to be any
outrageous gouge that an ILEC can whimsically come up with.  The FCC has
also waived the price caps on its Exchange Access services across the 
MSA,

allowing Qwest to gouge other carriers (especially IXCs) -- even though
intercarrier compensation is supposedly at the top of the FCC's agenda.

IANAL, but this strikes me as not only a flagrant violation of the 
Telecom

Act, but as a possible Taking under the Fifth Amendment.

I would love to testify against Qwest and the FCC in a judicial review 
of

this one
--
 Fred Goldsteink1io  fgoldstein at ionary.com
 ionary Consulting   http://www.ionary.com/


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