[WISPA] CCIE Wireless

2008-06-23 Thread Rogelio
I see that there might be a CCIE wireless on the horizon http://blog.internetworkexpert.com/2008/06/22/wireless-ccie-unofficialy-announced/ Lemme guess, everyone here is going to go take the beta tests to see what they're made of, right?

Re: [WISPA] 2012 - The End of the Internet

2008-06-23 Thread Chuck McCown - 2
I can show you towns that have DSL where the RUS gave a local WISP a very nice grant to put in service. The RUS is even loaning companies to compete with RBOCs. - Original Message - From: "Scottie Arnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'WISPA General List'" Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 10:13 PM

Re: [WISPA] 2012 - The End of the Internet

2008-06-23 Thread Scottie Arnett
The RUS programs I checked into are for towns with no broadband. The local Rural Co-op telco has at least a few DSL modems in every town in the county. Guess where they got the money for the towns with a "few." Yup, you got it. I was also told that the USDA will not loan or grant you money if you

Re: [WISPA] CPE recommendations?

2008-06-23 Thread tonylist
Rogelio Just as an FYI we have had customers install our 630mW indoor AP (119.95) and get better performance over the MetroFlex unit. https://www.demarctech.com/products/reliawave-rwr/rwr-hpg-i.htm Sincerely, Tony Morella Demarc Technology Group, A Wireless Solution Provider Office: 207-667-7583

Re: [WISPA] current market

2008-06-23 Thread Larry Yunker
Tom, Very well said. Talking about "WISPs" as if they were a commodity with one predefined multiple is very presumptuous. While there may be some speculators that are willing to purchase WISPs on a preset multiple, it's much more likely that a WISP will be dealing with a learned investor who wan

[WISPA] wireless resources in NorCal fires / TCP over ham freq

2008-06-23 Thread Rogelio
A friend and associate of mine is extremely close to several northern CA fires. http://tinyurl.com/5vp933 http://tinyurl.com/3mk4ah http://tinyurl.com/4jm67 I'm wondering if there is anyone else here on the list that is affected, and if so, what wireless / networking resources you are using to

Re: [WISPA] testing mesh for cameras and VoIP

2008-06-23 Thread Rogelio
Tom DeReggi wrote: > I don't have the answer exactly, but I know some use Smoke Ping to > monitor for voip quality, due to its ability to record latency and > packetloss. I use Smokeping also (but prefer Cacti's ping latency tool better). The "problem" is that this only measures ICMP latency.

Re: [WISPA] testing mesh for cameras and VoIP

2008-06-23 Thread Tom DeReggi
I don't have the answer exactly, but I know some use Smoke Ping to monitor for voip quality, due to its ability to record latency and packetloss. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: "Rogelio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA

Re: [WISPA] current market

2008-06-23 Thread Tom DeReggi
Travis, You are asking a flawed question. From what I've learned over the years, buyers don't buy "WISPs", they buy guaranteed mechanisms for either "proven revenue streams" and/or "potential expansion of revenue streams", and/or ability to sustain such revenues. A seller obviously wants to pr

Re: [WISPA] 2012 - The End of the Internet

2008-06-23 Thread Chuck McCown - 2
I have grant projects in the area I serve and they were handing out money to almost anyone that applied with practically zero oversight. This is in areas from 30 customers to one area serving close to a million customers. - Original Message - From: "Tom DeReggi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:

Re: [WISPA] 2012 - The End of the Internet

2008-06-23 Thread Tom DeReggi
>The RUS grant program is ideal > for guys like you. Not really. The RUS grant programs were pretty much good for Indian tribes, based on the majority winners. You need close to 100% point award to get one, which means a township less than 500 people. With some exception of course. But from wha

Re: [WISPA] 2012 - The End of the Internet

2008-06-23 Thread Tom DeReggi
The problem I have with politics and broadband is its to easy for the Government to be scammed on the deal. Politics is often about giving something up, in exchange for something more valuable in return (from that user's perspective), or that can be spun to be of more value. Even if some get

[WISPA] The 2008 WISPA Board of Directors Election

2008-06-23 Thread David E. Smith
(I apologize to those of you who will receive several copies of this email.) The 2008 WISPA Board election will open in about two hours, at noon Eastern time (9am Pacific). I've just sent out ballots to the email address of record for every Vendor Member, Principal Member, and Associate Membe