[WISPA] Intro.

2011-02-12 Thread wphipp...@gmail.com
Greetings all. I thought I would make a brief introduction as I have just signed up. I hope I can be of help. Best wishes, Will Sent from my HTC WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/

Re: [WISPA] Intro.

2011-02-12 Thread St. Louis Broadband
Hi Will, Nice to see you here and welcome to WISPA! Can you tell us a little about you and your WISP J Best, Victoria Proffer - President/CEO StLouisBroadband.com http://stlbroadband.com/ http://showmebroadband.com/ ShowMeBroadband.com http://www.farmingtonmo.us/blog BLOG:

Re: [WISPA] Obama want to control the wireless world

2011-02-12 Thread Stuart Pierce
Jack, Go ahead and pen a template and post it for others to enhance as needed for their areas. Enhancing it for their areas and sent to their representatives for their areas will make more sense to those representatives when mentioning landmarks and such. -- Original Message

Re: [WISPA] Intro.

2011-02-12 Thread wphipp...@gmail.com
Thanks Victoria. My main interest lies with white space spectrum. I am especially interested in how access to the white space spectrum will open up. I think it could be of great benefit to government, industry and consumers if a workable and simple way if utilizing unused bands could be

Re: [WISPA] Obama want to control the wireless world

2011-02-12 Thread Stuart Pierce
Does everyone forget where this stimulus money comes from ( or will ) or what ? This stimulus money is turning everyone into Ostriches to the problems it brings now and the future. Most everyone I know in this industry for years has built out with their own capabilities. Can more money help

Re: [WISPA] Intro.

2011-02-12 Thread St. Louis Broadband
Well than Will, you came to the right place! I believe that WISPA was pretty much responsible for getting that approved by the FCC. Where is your WISP service? Victoria Proffer - President/CEO www.ShowMeBroadband.com www.StLouisBroadband.com http://farmingtonforum.com/

Re: [WISPA] Obama want to control the wireless world

2011-02-12 Thread St. Louis Broadband
Stuart, This is not ARRA monies, i.e., tax dollars. This is USF funds that have already been collected. This is also the same network plan that my company developed and handed to U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra. Our broadband stimulus plan was for a shared network, with Public Safety, mobile and fixed

Re: [WISPA] Obama want to control the wireless world

2011-02-12 Thread Scott Reed
Comments inline On 2/12/2011 8:41 AM, St. Louis Broadband wrote: Stuart, This is not ARRA monies, i.e., tax dollars. This is USF funds that have already been collected. Rather it is USF TAX DOLLARS. Come on, it is a government charge to redistribute the wealth, i.e., tax dollars. And I

Re: [WISPA] Obama want to control the wireless world

2011-02-12 Thread St. Louis Broadband
In line Victoria Proffer - President/CEO www.ShowMeBroadband.com www.StLouisBroadband.com http://farmingtonforum.com/ www.FarmingtonForum.com 314-974-5600 From: Scott Reed [mailto:sr...@nwwnet.net] Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 7:54 AM To: li...@stlbroadband.com; WISPA

Re: [WISPA] Obama want to control the wireless world

2011-02-12 Thread Mike Hammett
You wouldn't want to disband CLECs. They're the ones that usually deliver T1 and T3 circuits (though people shouldn't be purchasing their service via T1 or T3) and the only source for VoIP access. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com On 2/12/2011 7:41

Re: [WISPA] Obama want to control the wireless world

2011-02-12 Thread St. Louis Broadband
How are they the only source for VoIP? T1 is now legacy, so I doubt they will be selling much of that in the future. Victoria Proffer - President/CEO www.ShowMeBroadband.com www.StLouisBroadband.com http://farmingtonforum.com/ www.FarmingtonForum.com 314-974-5600 From:

Re: [WISPA] Obama want to control the wireless world

2011-02-12 Thread Chuck Hogg
T1 is far from legacy. Regards, Chuck On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 9:17 AM, St. Louis Broadband li...@stlbroadband.com wrote: How are they the only source for VoIP? T1 is now legacy, so I doubt they will be selling much of that in the future. *Victoria Proffer - President/CEO*

Re: [WISPA] Obama want to control the wireless world

2011-02-12 Thread St. Louis Broadband
It speed is, according to the FCC. It is certainly not broadband. Victoria Proffer - President/CEO www.ShowMeBroadband.com www.StLouisBroadband.com www.FarmingtonForum.com http://farmingtonforum.com/ 314-974-5600 From: Chuck Hogg [mailto:ch...@shelbybb.com] Sent: Saturday, February 12,

Re: [WISPA] Obama want to control the wireless world

2011-02-12 Thread Jeremie Chism
Around here T1's are considered slow. And bonding them is far to expensive. Every customer we have switched over from a CLEC wants to dump their T1 for something faster. Honestly on our VoIP customers if we can't service them they get Comcast with our VOIP service. I think the T1 is the biggest

Re: [WISPA] Obama want to control the wireless world

2011-02-12 Thread Mike Hammett
If a T1 is involved in anything other than voice, then a disservice is being done. Either you're paying too much for the connectivity you're receiving or charging your customer too much. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com On 2/12/2011 8:16 AM, Chuck

Re: [WISPA] Obama want to control the wireless world

2011-02-12 Thread St. Louis Broadband
I am working with a company for VoIP and they are not a CLEC and do have access to PSTN. Victoria Proffer - President/CEO www.ShowMeBroadband.com www.StLouisBroadband.com http://farmingtonforum.com/ www.FarmingtonForum.com 314-974-5600 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] Obama want to control the wireless world

2011-02-12 Thread Jeremie Chism
Agreed. We had a call several weeks back from a hospital wanting to do distance medicine but their T1 wouldn't allow them to. Nit enough speed. It's about 34 miles from where we are now. Oh and by the way, this USF stuff that was supposed to make rural telson affordable, their T1 is 1100.00

Re: [WISPA] Obama want to control the wireless world

2011-02-12 Thread St. Louis Broadband
Ø Oh and by the way, this USF stuff that was supposed to make rural telson affordable, their T1 is 1100.00 per month. Yeah and the LEC is probably collecting $20k per year for it! And doing very little maintenance, if any, on their network. This is why these guys are so big, cut off

Re: [WISPA] Obama want to control the wireless world

2011-02-12 Thread Jeremie Chism
Exactly. My wisp is small in comparison to many on here (only generating 15K per month) but I did it myself without outside funding whether it be government or other sources. But it is mine. It's reliable. And it has high profit margins. Sent from my iPhone4 On Feb 12, 2011, at 8:39 AM, St.

Re: [WISPA] Obama want to control the wireless world

2011-02-12 Thread St. Louis Broadband
And this is the exact same network the NTIA, hopefully, will look at to help subsidize for more rural build out. This is, as least, my hope. Copper is out, wireless is in! J Victoria Proffer - President/CEO www.ShowMeBroadband.com www.StLouisBroadband.com http://farmingtonforum.com/

[WISPA] Fwd: Cruzio peering

2011-02-12 Thread Charles N Wyble
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Re: [WISPA] Obama want to control the wireless world

2011-02-12 Thread Fred Goldstein
At 2/12/2011 09:35 AM, MikeH wrote: Then they're buying from a CLEC. There is no technical way of doing so without a CLEC, ILEC, or cellular carrier involved for inbound service. Outbound VoIP requires an IXC. Correct. In order to interconnect with the rest of the PSTN, you need to be a

[WISPA] A quick primer on USF

2011-02-12 Thread Fred Goldstein
First off, this last thread's title was offensive, so I changed it. The current Administration is not doing much that previous ones didn't do, and that's the problem. The FCC sees the spectrum as a source of revenue (auctions), and Congress sees the FCC as a source of subsidy money to rural

Re: [WISPA] A quick primer on USF

2011-02-12 Thread Jeremie Chism
With competition the ILEC's would have to actually take care of their customers instead of treating them like they don't have a choice. I remember the day I cut the cord from bell. It was a memorable moment. Sent from my iPhone4 On Feb 12, 2011, at 4:28 PM, Mike Hammett

Re: [WISPA] A quick primer on USF

2011-02-12 Thread Mike Hammett
Well, in most Bell territories you can get service from a CLEC. In most RLEC cases, there are many things they don't have to do, including port numbers. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com On 2/12/2011 4:35 PM, Jeremie Chism wrote: With competition the

Re: [WISPA] A quick primer on USF

2011-02-12 Thread Jeremie Chism
I've actually ran into some centurytel areas that you can't port numbers. The customers hate the service and if they could port their numbers they would be gone. Sent from my iPhone4 On Feb 12, 2011, at 4:37 PM, Mike Hammett wispawirel...@ics-il.net wrote: Well, in most Bell territories you

Re: [WISPA] A quick primer on USF

2011-02-12 Thread St. Louis Broadband
Fred, this was a great explanation! Thanks, Victoria Proffer - President/CEO www.ShowMeBroadband.com www.StLouisBroadband.com www.FarmingtonForum.com 314-974-5600 On 2/12/2011 12:48 PM, Fred Goldstein wrote: First off, this last thread's title was offensive, so I changed it. The current

Re: [WISPA] A quick primer on USF

2011-02-12 Thread Mike Hammett
It's too bad they're axing competition instead of embracing it. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com On 2/12/2011 12:48 PM, Fred Goldstein wrote: First off, this last thread's title was offensive, so I changed it. The current Administration is not doing

[WISPA] OT: Cisco line card

2011-02-12 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, Has anyone ever used a Cisco 3GE-GBIC-SC line card in a 12000 series router and a WS-G5483 GBIC module (copper)? The data sheet on the line card says it requires a fiber GBIC module, yet the single GE line card will use a copper GBIC without an issue. Travis Microserv