Re: [WISPA] one-third of U.S. households have no Internet...and donotplan to get it

2007-04-01 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
Marlon, It's so much easier for you to justify the whole thing by saying everyone that wants internet access has it. There is no way education and economics would change this situation? What situation? If one doesn't know about internet by now there's no level of education that will

RE: [WISPA] Wireless ISP's

2007-04-01 Thread Smith, Rick
He heard it from Bullit I'm sure, who was making excuses for the decline in attendance ? I dunno, I never found much need for shows. Not enough time to go away for 3 days. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George Rogato Sent: Friday, March

[WISPA] Google's New Broadband service!

2007-04-01 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Surfs up! http://www.google.com/tisp/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/

Re: [WISPA] Google's New Broadband service!

2007-04-01 Thread Lonnie Nunweiler
So is April 1st. Lonnie On 4/1/07, D. Ryan Spott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Surfs up! http://www.google.com/tisp/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ --

Re: [WISPA] Wireless ISP's

2007-04-01 Thread Travis Johnson
Wow... that's not the right attitude for a business that once the customer is gone, you won't get them back. We are growing as fast as we can. March will be another record month for us with 120+ installs. If we could do 200, I would. I'm not sure why anyone would not want faster growth? Could

Re: [WISPA] McCaw losing money?

2007-04-01 Thread Alan Cain
Quite so. Very true. Tom DeReggi wrote: The idea is to put yourself in a spot that you won't feel the squeeze. When enough of your gear is paid for, enough of your cell sites are traded, once you've reached a scale to have rock bottom bandwidth, and spread your business around without all

Re: [SPAM] [WISPA] Google's New Broadband service!

2007-04-01 Thread Frank Watts
Is that billed by the gallon flushed or what? - Original Message - From: D. Ryan Spott [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 10:07 AM Subject: [SPAM] [WISPA] Google's New Broadband service! Surfs up! http://www.google.com/tisp/

Re: [WISPA] Wireless ISP's

2007-04-01 Thread Matt
He heard it from Bullit I'm sure, who was making excuses for the decline in attendance ? No I did not. I heard it from another wisp. I actually wanted to go in the worst way but was way to busy. Matt I dunno, I never found much need for shows. Not enough time to go away for 3 days. --

RE: [WISPA] qtm.net or acd.net

2007-04-01 Thread JNA
Yes, I have. John -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Blair Davis Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 11:17 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] qtm.net or acd.net Anybody on the list know of or have worked with this outfit?

Re: [WISPA] Wireless ISP's

2007-04-01 Thread George Rogato
Matt wrote: No I did not. I heard it from another wisp. I actually wanted to go in the worst way but was way to busy. Matt Bullit sent WISPA over 5 free passes. We offered them around, not sure if they all went or not. I think what was heard the most was, I would go if I had time, I

Re: [WISPA] one-third of U.S. households have no Internet...and donotplan to get it

2007-04-01 Thread Dawn DiPietro
Marlon, Are you sure you are in the business of selling Internet? You find more excuses why potential customers don't need your services. The Internet is NOT just for entertainment. So I suppose this tire shop doesn't use a phone, make appointments, order parts, check on parts ordered, have a

RE: [WISPA] one-third of U.S. households have noInternet...and donotplan to get it

2007-04-01 Thread CHUCK PROFITO
MARLON, Starting to agree here. Some of our odd ones: I have 2 fruit stands, adding a third tomorrow, many restaurants, one big o tire and an oil change place, an 89 year old widow ( family tree stuff, can't spell) and a couple of mechanic shops and a truck shop. And some have home connections

[WISPA] Mexican classrooms go hi-tech

2007-04-01 Thread Dawn DiPietro
Mexican classrooms go hi-tech By Duncan Kennedy BBC News, Mexico City Ping ping, beep beep, tap tap. What would you think those noises are? A new video game? A children's toy, perhaps? Or even some exotic musical instrument? Well, in some ways, you would be right about all three. In fact, it

Re: [WISPA] Wireless ISP's

2007-04-01 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
My cash flow doesn't support it. We started this business with a ton of debt and no outside income other than my wife's part time job. It takes money to grow. Grow too fast and you can run out of money just as fast as you can by not growing fast enough. How many companies do you know that

Re: [WISPA] one-third of U.S. households have noInternet...and donotplan to get it

2007-04-01 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
LOL I guess you could put those words into my mouth. *I'm* not the one that doesn't want internet. I don't think that businesses can be as efficient without internet as they could be with it. But it's not my job to run their businesses, it's simply to supply services to them. We don't do

Re: [WISPA] Our First WISP Consultant Vendor Member - Butch Evans

2007-04-01 Thread Butch Evans
On Fri, 30 Mar 2007, John Scrivner wrote: lists out there. Butch is one of my favorite people in this industry. He is not just a good consultant, he is a good person who genuinely cares about the people as much as the work. He is a Thank you for the very kind introduction. And thank you as

RE: [WISPA] Our First WISP Consultant Vendor Member - Butch Evans

2007-04-01 Thread Butch Evans
On Sat, 31 Mar 2007, Mac Dearman wrote: So I wonder what Butch thinks about MikroTik? :-) Mac..you cracker! You gotta KNOW. :-) -- Butch Evans Network Engineering and Security Consulting 573-276-2879 http://www.butchevans.com/ My calendar: http://tinyurl.com/y24ad6 Training Partners:

Re: [WISPA] Our First WISP Consultant Vendor Member - Butch Evans

2007-04-01 Thread Butch Evans
On Sat, 31 Mar 2007, Doug Ratcliffe wrote: As far as Mikrotik goes, if any one/more/all MT vendor(s) in this country paid an FCC lab to certify the boards/radios (can't the radios/antennas can be modular certified by Ubiquiti/Senao?), could that work as a blanket certification that MT could

Re: [WISPA] Wireless ISP's

2007-04-01 Thread Travis Johnson
And thus my argument (and proof of concept) for leasing the CPE... going on 5 years now with leasing and we could do 1,000 installs per month (assuming we could get the man-power, vehicles, tools, etc.) if we wanted. The other difference is we aren't using VC money or ANY outside

Re: [WISPA] Our First WISP Consultant Vendor Member - Butch Evans

2007-04-01 Thread Travis Johnson
And then the issue becomes how much that vendor is going to mark-up the product, in addition to the FCC cert costs for all their time, efforts, etc. Isn't the reason most people are using MT is because of the cost? How many people would buy a RB532 if it was $500? or $1,000? What is

[WISPA] Equipment Leasing

2007-04-01 Thread Smith, Rick
Can anyone provide me with figures to use in a business plan for equipment leasing ? Using Tranzeo / Trango so far, will switch to Mikrotik based setups on 900 mhz / 5.8 ghz and continue to use Tranzeo and Ruckus Wireless CPE's for 2.4 I need examples on what costs look like - per sub / per unit

Re: [WISPA] Google's New Broadband service!

2007-04-01 Thread Jack Unger
DANG it!! I don't think it's gonna work cuz I'm on a septic system. D. Ryan Spott wrote: Surfs up! http://www.google.com/tisp/ -- Jack Unger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. FCC License # PG-12-25133 Serving the Broadband Wireless Industry Since 1993 Author of the WISP

Re: [WISPA] Our First WISP Consultant Vendor Member - Butch Evans

2007-04-01 Thread Jack Unger
As Butch states (in general) each complete system needs to be individually certified however, the lab that I work with has advised that: IF the vendor (or WISP) that obtains the original certification Grant chooses to make their complete system specifications public rather than asking the FCC