Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Launches WiMax Service in Atlanta

2008-06-04 Thread Scottie Arnett
All I can say is OUCH! -- Original Message -- From: John Scrivner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 20:32:35 -0500 I am going to launch and I am going to hold others to the interference avoidance

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Launches WiMax Service in Atlanta

2008-06-04 Thread Mike Hammett
I repriced the CPE and got under $350, so apparently I'm a better shopper today than I was last week. ;-) -- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: Travis Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Launches WiMax Service in Atlanta

2008-06-04 Thread Leon D. Zetekoff, NCE
* Travis Johnson wrote, On 6/3/2008 10:17 PM: Yup... and it's only because they can... they are getting the big operators to pay that kind of money, so they will keep selling at those prices. Supply and demand... but you can build a MT 3.65ghz CPE for less than $400, but it's still

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Launches WiMax Service in Atlanta

2008-06-04 Thread Leon D. Zetekoff, NCE
The rules are quite clear unfortunately. The FCC opened a can of worms IMHO. All licensees have to work together to resolve anything. There are no first rights to a site I've been told. Leon * Scottie Arnett wrote, On 6/4/2008 2:45 AM: All I can say is OUCH! -- Original Message

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Launches WiMax Service in Atlanta

2008-06-04 Thread Travis Johnson
Another WISP has already gotten an FCC license using the Ubiquiti XR3 card as the registered device... in fact, the FCC actually called this person to clarify the specified frequency ranges. Travis Microserv Leon D. Zetekoff, NCE wrote: * Travis Johnson wrote, On 6/3/2008 10:17 PM:

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Launches WiMax Service in Atlanta

2008-06-04 Thread ralph
Who? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 9:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Launches WiMax Service in Atlanta Another WISP has already gotten an FCC license using the

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Launches WiMax Service in Atlanta

2008-06-04 Thread ralph
Thank You for saying that. I hope all of us have sense enough not to home build solutions on a LICENSED band now that we have one! Ralph Brightlan.net Atlanta Ga (yes, we too have a 3650 license - big woop-de-do) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Launches WiMax Service in Atlanta

2008-06-04 Thread Matt Liotta
Rapid Link acquired One Ring earlier this year. -Matt On Jun 3, 2008, at 7:42 PM, Gino Villarini wrote: I thought you were One ring ... Gino A. Villarini [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

[WISPA] Rapid Link Launches WiMax Service in Atlanta

2008-06-04 Thread Mike Prachar
- Atlanta business can now enjoy the only wide-area alternative to ATT - OMAHA, NE - June 3, 2008 - Rapid Link, Incorporated (OTCBB: RPID), a leading provider of WiMax and Communication Services, announced today the official launch of its much anticipated WiMax service offering in the Atlanta

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Launches WiMax Service in Atlanta

2008-06-04 Thread Mike Hammett
On one of the wireless lists someone stated that the FCC approved a site registration with the XR3's FCC ID. They even corrected an error in his registration. -- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: Leon D. Zetekoff,

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Launches WiMax Service in Atlanta

2008-06-04 Thread George Rogato
Does this mean we can all do this now? Who is the wisp? George Mike Hammett wrote: On one of the wireless lists someone stated that the FCC approved a site registration with the XR3's FCC ID. They even corrected an error in his registration. -- Mike Hammett Intelligent

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Launches WiMax Service in Atlanta

2008-06-04 Thread Leon D. Zetekoff, NCE
You're welcome. First I don't want to jeopardize my FCC Commercial and Amateur licenses because of something stupid. And second, I'm deep in the middle of all this trying to negotiate with FSS' and have been in talks with higher ups at the WTB over the last few months. Leon * ralph wrote, On

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Launches WiMax Service in Atlanta

2008-06-04 Thread Travis Johnson
Why does it matter who it is? Fill out the FCC online registration forms, get your 3650 license using the XR3 specs and description and away you go. Travis Microserv George Rogato wrote: Does this mean we can all do this now? Who is the wisp? George Mike Hammett wrote: On one

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Launches WiMax Service in Atlanta

2008-06-04 Thread Leon D. Zetekoff, NCE
* Travis Johnson wrote, On 6/4/2008 10:07 AM: Why does it matter who it is? Fill out the FCC online registration forms, get your 3650 license using the XR3 specs and description and away you go. Because it is wrong and not legal. We already have the license. The 3650 solution the FCC

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Launches WiMax Service in Atlanta

2008-06-04 Thread George Rogato
Thanks for explaining that Travis. I asked Jack Unger to look into this recently. There was a post somewhere else recently about 3650 use and I forwarded it to Jack to find out from the FCC if in fact it is the way the post read. I'd like to hear Jack's opinion based on what he has found out

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Launches WiMax Service in Atlanta

2008-06-04 Thread George Rogato
Mike, I realize your just starting out and don't have a lot of money, but 260.00 for a card added to a multiport pord or system is next to nothing compared to the benefit of having one more clean channel to work with. George Mike Hammett wrote: Yeah, I think I'm going to be passing on 3650

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Launches WiMax Service in Atlanta

2008-06-04 Thread Leon D. Zetekoff, NCE
George...you can not plug-n-play components as I said earlier. It has to be certified as a system that makes use of a contention based protocol. Leon * George Rogato wrote, On 6/4/2008 11:22 AM: Thanks for explaining that Travis. I asked Jack Unger to look into this recently. There was a

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Launches WiMax Service in Atlanta

2008-06-04 Thread George Rogato
WISPA had a tele conference with the FCC about plug n playin certified components last year. It was a consideration of ours to try to see what needs to be done so that we can legally build on the fly systems that were made up of certified components. We need to go back to the FCC and get that

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Launches WiMax Service in Atlanta

2008-06-04 Thread Leon D. Zetekoff, NCE
HI George...can't be done with 3650 at least not now. There's not going to be any change in the Feds IMHO. It's lucky we got what we have now and it's hard enough to try and deploy as well due to the grandfathered FSS'. Leon * George Rogato wrote, On 6/4/2008 12:03 PM: WISPA had a tele

Re: [WISPA] 3650 XR3 locations (was: Rapid Link Launches WiMax)

2008-06-04 Thread Randy Cosby
I had a feeling this would unleash a can of worms. I'm the one who registered the locations. My first location (my office rooftop) was done purely as an academic exercise to see what exactly was required. I had hoped the FCC would come back and say, you need to do X Y and Z before this is

Re: [WISPA] 3650 XR3 locations (was: Rapid Link Launches WiMax)

2008-06-04 Thread reader
I've been in contact with UBNT for some time.The modular approval specifies the antenna to be used, and it is, according to both the FCC ( email from the FCC in response to an inquiry ) and UBNT entirely legal to use with any OS that properly operates the card. So, yes you can grow your

Re: [WISPA] 3650 XR3 locations

2008-06-04 Thread Randy Cosby
Thanks for the clarification on the cards. Any hints on getting someone at UBNT to talk to you? My emails, private forum messages, etc. have been ignored. I understand they are completely buried with NS2 / NS5 demand, but come on... :) Randy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been in contact

Re: [WISPA] 3650 XR3 locations (was: Rapid Link Launches WiMax)

2008-06-04 Thread Doug Ratcliffe
Does that apply to part 15 modular approval as well for SR2/SR5/XR2/XR5? - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 12:33 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] 3650 XR3 locations (was: Rapid Link Launches WiMax) I've been in

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Launches WiMax Service in Atlanta

2008-06-04 Thread Jeff Booher
Travis, Yes the base station costs are more. But you are also talking about carrier class systems that not only, improve your valuation as an operator, but also offer more scalablity and more bits per hertz. Not to mention, NLOS performance, larger LOS cell sizes, frequency reuse, and higher

Re: [WISPA] THANK YOU!!!!

2008-06-04 Thread Jeff Booher
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Re: [WISPA] FCC changes

2008-06-04 Thread Tom DeReggi
I would argue that this issue would be something best under the jurisdiction of Federal Courts, not the FCC or States. Any service that is provided to a consumer for use in Multiple States, makes it overly encumbersome for the provider or consumer to have to address it legally with MULTIPLE

Re: [WISPA] Tiger Direct is Breaking the Law

2008-06-04 Thread Tom DeReggi
John, The Link provided is for a 500mw amp extender. 500mw with small Omni is not illegal power levels in 2.4Ghz unlicensed. Lucor very wel could have gotten that certified as a combination. If they had a 1 watt model, well that would be different. But Take note that it is not illegal to make

Re: [WISPA] FCC changes

2008-06-04 Thread Tom DeReggi
reform contracts when the contracts try to impose penalties I'd also argue, that the opposite sometimes also occurs. That the Courts will often dismiss judgements when Penalties are not clearly defined in a contract upfront. If one can clearly define upfront, a penalty, that would

Re: [WISPA] Tiger Direct is Breaking the Law

2008-06-04 Thread Doug Ratcliffe
When we bought some 1W amps for export to a non-FCC country, Hyperlink made us sign a military/export use only form and fax it back to them. It was not just a buy online thing. - Original Message - From: Tom DeReggi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent:

Re: [WISPA] [TowerTalk] LMR-400 LMR-600 Equivalent (and stuff)

2008-06-04 Thread Tom DeReggi
kinking cat 5 doesn't hurt anything unless you mess up the insulation kinking clearly can damage CAT5 cable. Anytime a wire exceeds its allowable bending radius, it breaks or partially breaks, which can reduce conductivity at that weak point, and possibly even create an open. The most common

Re: [WISPA] 3650 XR3 locations

2008-06-04 Thread Leon D. Zetekoff, NCE
* Randy Cosby wrote, On 6/4/2008 12:36 PM: Thanks for the clarification on the cards. Any hints on getting someone at UBNT to talk to you? My emails, private forum messages, etc. have been ignored. I understand they are completely buried with NS2 / NS5 demand, but come on... :) As

Re: [WISPA] Time Warner Testing the waters with metered internetconnections.

2008-06-04 Thread Tom DeReggi
My question is Are they really worried about the usage? Is it really hurting them? Or are they just jumping on the bandwagon, crying wolf, to get a peice of the action, to find a reason to increase revenues? Why turn opportunity away? Its so much easier to just increase the price, than it

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Launches WiMax Service in Atlanta

2008-06-04 Thread Tom DeReggi
Just be clear, there is a big difference between doing 3650, and doing 3650 with WiMax. I'd argue, it could be more advantageous to an operator with non-Wimax, just because the 50mhz of available spectrum they would have available to them, if they used the contention based rules. Although

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Launches WiMax Service in Atlanta

2008-06-04 Thread Tom DeReggi
Regardless, Are 3650 registrations being allowed for modular components? They might be using the experiemental license? Tom DeReggi RapidDSL Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: Leon D. Zetekoff, NCE [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List

Re: [WISPA] Time Warner Testing the waters with meteredinternetconnections.

2008-06-04 Thread Mark Nash
I'm not sure it's actually hurting them. Moreso that they're trying to deal with the fact that falling revenue has been met with increased usage. The all-you-can-eat bandwidth usage model is 500% different today than it was 5 years ago. The pressure to lower pricing to the subscribers while at

[WISPA] Ubiquiti Contact for XR3 modules

2008-06-04 Thread Kirb Nesbitt
Judging by the comments on the list it sounds like a few members have managed to reach the inner sanctum of Ubiquiti with regard to 3650 Mhz support, specifically their XR3 card. I'd sure appreciate hearing whom you've managed to reach over there. I like others have had no luck getting my

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Launches WiMax Service in Atlanta

2008-06-04 Thread Leon D. Zetekoff, NCE
* Tom DeReggi wrote, On 6/4/2008 2:38 PM: Just be clear, there is a big difference between doing 3650, and doing 3650 with WiMax. Tom I beg to differ. 3650 rules were written without any WiMax reference. The key is contention protocol must be used in the restricted 25 mHz and the

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Launches WiMax Service in Atlanta

2008-06-04 Thread Leon D. Zetekoff, NCE
* Tom DeReggi wrote, On 6/4/2008 2:40 PM: Regardless, Are 3650 registrations being allowed for modular components? They might be using the experiemental license? As far as I know from my contacts you need a full system certified. You just can't register a single unit of a certified system.

Re: [WISPA] 3650 XR3 locations (was: Rapid Link Launches WiMax)

2008-06-04 Thread reader
Yes. insert witty tagline here - Original Message - From: Doug Ratcliffe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 9:44 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] 3650 XR3 locations (was: Rapid Link Launches WiMax)

Re: [WISPA] 3650 XR3 locations

2008-06-04 Thread reader
Approval by getting your FCC cert ID means it qualifies, period. And yes, 802.11 is contention based but the FCC refuses to allow 802.11 to be approved for the full spectrum until some 802.something standard is finalized. insert witty tagline here -

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Launches WiMax Service in Atlanta

2008-06-04 Thread Mike Hammett
It doesn't have to have a contention based protocol for use in the lower half of the spectrum. What do you think WiMax is? -- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: Leon D. Zetekoff, NCE [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Launches WiMax Service in Atlanta

2008-06-04 Thread Mike Hammett
Amen. I don't have a lot of time, nor a boat load of money, but if joining WISPA is what I need to do to push that forward, I'll do it tomorrow. -- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: George Rogato [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [WISPA] 3650 XR3 locations

2008-06-04 Thread Kyle Duren
I have been working on this a little bit with Jack and some other people, and we had a few questions submitted directly to the FCC, to verify some of these exact questions, here are there responses: *Inquiry:* I am trying to fully understand the procedures for getting a radio device certified

Re: [WISPA] 3650 XR3 locations

2008-06-04 Thread Butch Evans
On Wed, 4 Jun 2008, Kyle Duren wrote: *Response: * Since the device is already certified, it can be installed into a final basestation without further approval, as long as the FCCID label is attached on the outside of the final product. However, if your company wishes to obtain it's own FCC