Let me know (OFFLIST) if you might be able to service these
areas...looking at $99-150 / month basic business plans (for WiFi
hotspots)
2230 SOUTH SHERMAN DRIVEINDIANAPOLISIN 46203-4854
2830 NORTH BROADWAY ANDERSONIN 46012
1492 EAST 82ND STREET MERRILLVILLE
McD's!!
Sheesh, don't sell yourself short. If they want to be an ISP then they need
to pay for a T1 and pay T1 prices.
Best,
Brad
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Charles Wu
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 8:47 AM
To: WISPA General
http://www.greenlee.com/promotions/summer/cast_in_deal.pdf
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George Rogato
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I'll assume these are franchisees and no, they will not pay T1 prices...
been there done that, long story.
Frank Muto
President
FSM Marketing Group, Inc.
Postini Gold Partner
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From: Brad Belton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org
Then as the soup nazi says: No soup for you!
Seriously, I agree that the typical telco T1 price $450 - $1500 will be out
of the question for some franchises. The opportunity is the up sell by
explaining the value of bringing your service in at say half the Telco price
~$300-$350 and using it
BTW we've been there done that with a long story too, but were successful.
grin
As with anything your mileage will vary.
Best,
Brad
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Brad Belton
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 10:42 AM
To: 'WISPA
We have had one just like that for over a year and it works great - -
sometimes too great! If you are shooting over the top of a drop ceiling and
it hits a metal hanger it will ricochet like a wild man and be 70' in the
wrong direction. It does great shooting under houses and trailers for my
I guess I missed something in Charles' original email. I read it as he is
looking for a WISPA member that can service his clients at these addresses
in order for him to provide WiFi, regardless of who the end client is, or
was something not in the original email I received?
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Personally, I think the secret is not the connector, but just need a good
undamaged Crimper. They do wear out, and I find that most connector failures
are due to the Crimper itself.
I do it the old fasion way, with shielded jacks. It works every time.
But then again, I'd still be using MSDOS,
On Thu, 16 Aug 2007, George Rogato wrote:
http://www.greenlee.com/promotions/summer/cast_in_deal.pdf
having used those in a couple places, I can say they are VERY cool.
They claim to be able to go 50', but you gotta have a LOT of room
and GOOD aim to make that happen.
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Butch Evans
Hi,
We are currently co-located on several towers that are located on BLM
(Forest Service) land. The tower owners have paid a mostly flat fee for
being on the ground (even with small, 20ft Rohn towers). They are now
doing audits on all of the towers in our area (Southeast Idaho) and
trying
Mike,
Charge what you want, but you are making the big mistake that many make,
that end up failing. Under estimating costs.
Even less complicated and less challenging field service professions or even
carry-in commodity shops charge more than that, (Your heating/AC guy,
Mechanic,
Its is possible to make money in service at $40/hr, if it is the right
circumstance.
For example, in our prime generally charging $125/hr average, we still took
contractor work from resellers as low as $35/hr.
But the difference was that the reseller incurred all the other cost (sales,
Well, not sure $500 per month is that bad? I'd recommend suggesting a
compromise, and locking down a longer term contract in the process.
One way is to go public, Local tower company threatening to disconnect
local resident from Broadband in rural america, and get the local
government/elected
Travis,
You should fall under the WISP heading here:
http://www.blm.gov/nhp/what/lands/realty/rental_schedule/
comm_uses_a1.pdf
Depending on what zone you are in the fees could be from 2-13,000.
The USFS/BLM is actually ahead of the game with this site:
Tom,
I think you missed the idea. Let me explain a little more and use a
current example.
We rent space on a commercial tower that is 120ft tall. There are
several cell companies and smaller people like us on this tower. It is
in a very rural area (even for Idaho) and yet we still pay
Tom,
I also forgot to mention... putting another tower up anywhere CLOSE to
an existing tower is almost impossible. BLM's take is unless the current
tower is over 90% capacity, there is no need for a new tower.
And, even if you get it approved, it takes over 2 years for the
paperwork to get
Thanks Ryan. This is what I was looking for.
Travis
Microserv
D. Ryan Spott wrote:
Travis,
You should fall under the WISP heading here:
http://www.blm.gov/nhp/what/lands/realty/rental_schedule/comm_uses_a1.pdf
Depending on what zone you are in the fees could be from 2-13,000.
The USFS/BLM is
About a year ago, we got a good buy on 100 Zyxel P334WTs, $30 each. We are
trying to find a replacement router for our residential customers in the
same range. We liked this router because it had remote management and SNMP
management.
Anyone have any suggestions.
Yep. I missed the point. I found Ryan's posted links useful.
However, what we found here is that, when costs go up for the tower
companies, it doesn't neessarilly mean the cost has to go up for all
colocators equally/proportionally, even if agreements say so. Just because,
all that matters is
I see now, how this is a totally different situation.
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
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From: Travis Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 1:51 PM
Subject: Re:
My understanding of how BLM fees work are as follows:
1) An empty communications building has very low, if any, fees.
2) As carriers are added to the building, the building owner is assessed
fees based on the inventory of the building. This inventory is based
on how many carriers and what
Hi,
Has anyone equipped their installer vehicles with dash-mounted GPS
systems? We have been using the cheap USB GPS adapters with the
installers laptops and using Streets 2007. This works pretty well, but
now with the prices down on the dash mount models, I'm wondering about
installing
Hide them when the guys are out of the trucks. I just lost my Garmin Nuvi
360 from the car in the parking lot.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Travis Johnson
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 5:35 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WISPA General List
Travis Johnson wrote:
They are now doing audits on all of the towers in our area
(Southeast Idaho) and trying to put us in the cell phone category for
fees.
You are *NOT* in the cell phone category for fees.
In fact, you are most likely fee Exempt. See
You have just made me smile.. Big. :)
ryan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Forrest W. Christian
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 3:29 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] BLM fees
Travis Johnson wrote:
They are now doing
So how do I apply for this status? Anyone have a quick link?
Travis
Microserv
Forrest W. Christian wrote:
Travis Johnson wrote:
They are now doing audits on all of the towers in our area
(Southeast Idaho) and trying to put us in the cell phone category for
fees.
You are *NOT* in the
Sorry to hijack this thread...
Has anyone on this list ever received a RUS grant?
Care to contact me off list please?
Thanks!
ryan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Travis Johnson
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 3:54 PM
To: WISPA
Travis Johnson wrote:
So how do I apply for this status? Anyone have a quick link?
This is done on a site by site basis from an email I have from the
RUS program:
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BLM is currently in the process of developing a
I am looking for advice and examples of what to do with PITA customers.
I have a few that are just shy of abusive on the phone.
Do you read them the riot act? Do you turn them off? Do you collect an early
termination fee?
Share your stories or policies.
Thanks!
ryan
A wise man once told me that 10% of your customers cause you 90% of your
work.
With that advice I decided the best thing to do was send the 10% to my
competition.
Brian
D. Ryan Spott wrote:
I am looking for advice and examples of what to do with PITA customers.
I have a few that are
Yes,
But how do you do that? Do you write them a letter? Repo your gear?
ryan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Brian Rohrbacher
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 5:41 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] PITA customers...
A wise
Well, not very tactfully usually. I ignore them until they leave.
Then I go get me gear when they cancel. I think it's better if they
cancel, then it;s their decision. Sure, you get a little bad word of
mouth, but they were already talking bad about you anyway because they
were not happy.
I would like to know how to get these too. I talked to the RUS and they told me
that since a telco coop was already receiving RUS funding in my area, that I
could not apply.
-- Original Message --
From: D. Ryan Spott [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: WISPA
On Thu, 16 Aug 2007, D. Ryan Spott wrote:
I am looking for advice and examples of what to do with PITA
customers.
Hmm. This is a tough question, really. It depends more on what
they are doing to make themselves a PITA. Just a couple of stories
perhaps will tell you how I handle that kind
Usually all I need to do is firmly let them know that their current
attitude will not be tolerated. I basically treat them as I would my
children if they are acting up, 9 times out of 10 they apologize and
back down because usually it is just because they are frustrated with
some aspect of
I've been known to fire customers like that. Life is
too short to put upwith crap like that. I felt really
good after that too.
--- D. Ryan Spott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am looking for advice and examples of what to do
with PITA customers.
I have a few that are just shy of abusive on
D. Ryan Spott wrote:
Do you read them the riot act? Do you turn them off? Do you collect an early
termination fee?
Try this line (or a similar tact:)
We are sorry you are not happy with our service. Unfortunately thare
isn't anything else we can do to improve the service we are
Ryan,
Here's one strategy for you to consider for the PITA customer.
jack
Dear Mr. (Mrs.) xxyyzz,
Thank you for your telephone
I can tell you that if you listen closely, even to those PITAs,
sometimes you learn things you need to know. It may be that someone is
doing things to that sector that are killing service quality for your
PITA customer. I try hard to give the average PITA the benefit of the
doubt as long as I
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