Re: [WISPA] After hour call handling?

2009-04-17 Thread Steve
Digium board with Asterisk running on a SFF PC, (Actually Alix 1c running ubuntu server on CF card) This is a very robust option with call forwarding, tracking, voip integration. When the call comes in, it will track the person/s down using a variety of methods from dialing pbx extensions, phone

Re: [WISPA] Riverbed

2009-04-17 Thread Joseph J. Cracchiolo
I have customers using that. It's not a bad product and works fairly well. It's main flaw is that people expect it to mutate or bypass the laws of physics. In other words, it will not make a 1, 2, 4 Mbps connection feel like a 100Mbps connection. Most people I've talked with think that's exa

Re: [WISPA] cellular RF

2009-04-17 Thread Josh Luthman
Mmm tasty tasty berries on them. You should try it next time you're up there. On 4/17/09, Kurt Fankhauser wrote: > " As long as you are not out in front, licking on the radomes, > you will be just fine. Behind and below are no problem." > > LOL > > > > Kurt Fankhauser > WAVELINC > P.O. Box 126

Re: [WISPA] cellular RF

2009-04-17 Thread Kurt Fankhauser
" As long as you are not out in front, licking on the radomes, you will be just fine. Behind and below are no problem." LOL Kurt Fankhauser WAVELINC P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405 www.wavelinc.com -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-bou

Re: [WISPA] cellular RF

2009-04-17 Thread Blake Bowers
As long as you are not out in front, licking on the radomes, you will be just fine. Behind and below are no problem. Don't take your organs to heaven, heaven knows we need them down here! Be an organ donor, sign your donor card today. - Original Message - From: "chris cooper" To: "'WI

Re: [WISPA] cellular RF

2009-04-17 Thread lakeland
Behind and under you are OK.In front of a panel and they need ti shut that sector down The tower guy is not well informed Bob Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: "chris cooper" Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:16:46 To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: [WISPA]

Re: [WISPA] cellular RF

2009-04-17 Thread Brian Webster
Their EIRP would probably no higher than 40 watts or so. They do not run very high power because they have full duplex links between the site and the phone users. There is no advantage to transmitting high power if the low power phone can not talk back to the site. Thank You, Brian Webster ---

Re: [WISPA] cellular RF

2009-04-17 Thread Josh Luthman
We are on a tower with AT&T (pretty sure it's 3g) at the top with us mid way. Never had any complaints. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer On Fri,

[WISPA] cellular RF

2009-04-17 Thread chris cooper
We are looking at co-lo on a structure that is also home to a cellular array. Tower owners say there is not enough RF power emitted from the cell antennas to warrant turning them down to climb past them. Antennas are on frames, so we would be climbing underneath and behind them on our way through.

Re: [WISPA] Workorders and install / Repair scheduling

2009-04-17 Thread Mark Nash
PowerCode. Has billing & bandwidth management/bandwidth usage tracking as well. Mark Nash UnwiredWest 78 Centennial Loop Suite E Eugene, OR 97401 541-998- 541-998-5599 fax http://www.unwiredwest.com - Original Message - From: "Ryan Ghering" To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Friday, A

Re: [WISPA] Workorders and install / Repair scheduling

2009-04-17 Thread Christopher Hair
We use Tigerpaw CRM. A little pricey but it has a dispatch board for scheduling installs and service calls. Also allows us to track inventory for our customers and tower locations. Tigerpawsoftware.com Chris -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wis

Re: [WISPA] After hour call handling?

2009-04-17 Thread Blair Davis
Yep.  Tell them that they have a major computer problem and that they need to box it up and return it to the seller Kurt Fankhauser wrote: Ever have someone call you up and ask a question like this: "Hey my friend just sent me an email and I'm gonna print it out but my ink is low, doe

Re: [WISPA] After hour call handling?

2009-04-17 Thread Kurt Fankhauser
Ever have someone call you up and ask a question like this: "Hey my friend just sent me an email and I'm gonna print it out but my ink is low, does it use my friends ink or mine?" Kurt Fankhauser WAVELINC P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405 www.wavelinc.com -Original Message-

Re: [WISPA] Workorders and install / Repair scheduling

2009-04-17 Thread Eric Rogers
OneOrZero -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Ryan Ghering Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 11:35 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Workorders and install / Repair scheduling Just curious whats everyone using for workor

Re: [WISPA] After hour call handling?

2009-04-17 Thread Eric Rogers
I made that mistake... The straw that broke the camel's back was when I got a call at 11:30 PM on Sunday that "I am having problems getting my Xbox to work. It says I need a key." I realized at that point, as I was waking from my slumber, that it was not a good idea. I don't remember my response

Re: [WISPA] After hour call handling?

2009-04-17 Thread Josh Luthman
Because you use good equipment and did it well I am sure :) On 4/17/09, Ryan Ghering wrote: > Actually I get very few calls in the evenings.. > > Ryan > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Josh Luthman > wrote: > >> My innernet don't work so ur twer down... >> >> I would imagine they'd call if th

Re: [WISPA] Insurance on equipment

2009-04-17 Thread Scottie Arnett
Typical "legal organized crime" insurance companies. As long as you are paying them and not filing a claim, everything is happy go lucky. File one claim and they want to jack your rates through the roof or cancel your policy. How do they get away with this stuff? I have 1st hand experience with

Re: [WISPA] tranzeo 900mhz ?

2009-04-17 Thread Randy Cosby
I think the first revsion Tranzeo 900 mhz radios used that card. They are incompatible with the newer radios, and never worked well to start with. Matt Larsen - Lists wrote: > I have verified that they do not. > > Matt Larsen > vistabeam.com > > Kurt Fankhauser wrote: > >> Has anyone verifie

Re: [WISPA] tranzeo 900mhz ?

2009-04-17 Thread Matt Larsen - Lists
I have verified that they do not. Matt Larsen vistabeam.com Kurt Fankhauser wrote: > Has anyone verified if the Z-com 900mhz card works with the Tranzeo? > http://www.streakwave.com/Itemdesc.asp?ic=11%2D401&eq=&Tp= > > > Kurt Fankhauser > WAVELINC > P.O. Box 126 > Bucyrus, OH 44820 > 419-562-640

Re: [WISPA] Workorders and install / Repair scheduling

2009-04-17 Thread Matt
> Just curious whats everyone using for workorders and scheduling? > > I've got a home grown solution I made a few years back that I intergrated > google calendars into > however we aren't happy with it and am looking into a new system. > > Ryan Custom written PHP/MySQL system. Does installs, tr

Re: [WISPA] After hour call handling?

2009-04-17 Thread Ryan Ghering
Actually I get very few calls in the evenings.. Ryan On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: > My innernet don't work so ur twer down... > > I would imagine they'd call if their Internet access didn't work and press > 6, as the customer would haven't no idea where the problem is. >

Re: [WISPA] After hour call handling?

2009-04-17 Thread Josh Luthman
My innernet don't work so ur twer down... I would imagine they'd call if their Internet access didn't work and press 6, as the customer would haven't no idea where the problem is. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't under

Re: [WISPA] Workorders and install / Repair scheduling

2009-04-17 Thread Jason Hensley
Wombat with Platypus. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Ryan Ghering Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:35 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Workorders and install / Repair scheduling Just curious whats everyone us

Re: [WISPA] After hour call handling?

2009-04-17 Thread Ryan Ghering
As our internal phone system is voip with a asterisk PBX I simply setup a time condition after hours for them to either leave a message or press 6 if they believe a tower is down, or its an emergency to forward the call to my cell. Ryan On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Aaron D. Osgood < aosg...@s

[WISPA] Workorders and install / Repair scheduling

2009-04-17 Thread Ryan Ghering
Just curious whats everyone using for workorders and scheduling? I've got a home grown solution I made a few years back that I intergrated google calendars into however we aren't happy with it and am looking into a new system. Ryan ---

Re: [WISPA] Promotion

2009-04-17 Thread Scottie Arnett
Do you have a website or something that shows where your towers are located? Scott -- Original Message -- From: "Cliff Olle" Reply-To: WISPA General List Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:08:28 -0500 >I would think that could easily be done with a mikrotik > >-

Re: [WISPA] tranzeo 900mhz ?

2009-04-17 Thread Kurt Fankhauser
Has anyone verified if the Z-com 900mhz card works with the Tranzeo? http://www.streakwave.com/Itemdesc.asp?ic=11%2D401&eq=&Tp= Kurt Fankhauser WAVELINC P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405 www.wavelinc.com -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-

Re: [WISPA] After hour call handling?

2009-04-17 Thread Matt Larsen - Lists
These guys have been outstanding for us: http://kitsupport.com/ We forward our tech support calls to them between 5pm-8am and they have done a great job. All calls that they receive come back into our Freeside system as a work ticket with all the details on the calls they have taken and our

Re: [WISPA] tranzeo 900mhz ?

2009-04-17 Thread Matt Larsen - Lists
Unfortunately, that will not work. I have been trying to get Tranzeos to work with StarOS (and Mikrotik) for a while and have not been able to make it happen. I have even taken the Tranzeos apart and put the cards into the other radios and did not get it to work. I did take the cards out of

Re: [WISPA] After hour call handling?

2009-04-17 Thread Kurt Fankhauser
Good gear that's installed properly too. :) Kurt Fankhauser WAVELINC P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405 www.wavelinc.com -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 11:52

Re: [WISPA] tranzeo 900mhz ?

2009-04-17 Thread D. Ryan Spott
They use different center frequencies so no, they do not interoperate. However, I believe you can rip a card (and its amp/converter? Out of a Tranzeo and put it into 'tik. ryan -Original Message- From: Kurt Fankhauser Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 10:03 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Su

Re: [WISPA] tranzeo 900mhz ?

2009-04-17 Thread Tom DeReggi
Lets expand the questions. Which name brand or OEM pre-made 900Mhz radio systems ship with XR9s? (and/or SR9s) It seems to me that a lot of the vendors are using the ZCOM card because of the lower price, so hard finding FCC cert 900 units with the Ubiquiti. My understanding is that Teletro