Re: [WISPA] [WISPA Members] Taking a New Direction, Searching for New Opportunities

2010-02-27 Thread Rick Harnish
I would like to thank EVERYONE that has expressed their support and best wishes for Sandi and I. It is very touching to see and feel this response from my colleagues in WISPA. I have received numerous inquiries already and I will hopefully follow up on all of the new opportunities in the next

Re: [WISPA] Outage

2010-02-27 Thread Robert West
HA! I like it! You're a thinkin'. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Charles N Wyble Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 9:58 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Outage -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash:

Re: [WISPA] [WISPA Members] Taking a New Direction, Searching for New Opportunities

2010-02-27 Thread MDK
Wow, Rick, that's a grand adventure you're starting out on.It takes no small amount of guts to quit the certain and leap for the completely unknown, especially in our ailing economy. Hope the best for you, and that it all works out. --

[WISPA] tsunami

2010-02-27 Thread Forbes Mercy
Our prayers are with our wireless brethern in Hawaii where the tsunami is supposed to hit in 30 minutes. The Pacific Tsunami Center is estimating waves up to 7.7 feet, we hope that's not true, in my many trips there I know that would be disastrous, especially in my little corner of heaven -

[WISPA] Buying co-op

2010-02-27 Thread Jeremie Chism
I'm sure this has been brought up or may already be one, but has anyone thought of starting a buying co-op between several wisps to pool the buying power and get bulk rates. I run into businesses all the time that participate in things like this to be able to buy like the big guys. Sent

Re: [WISPA] Buying co-op

2010-02-27 Thread Chuck Bartosch
It's been a very active topic recently on the WISPA member list. Chuck On Feb 27, 2010, at 1:58 PM, Jeremie Chism wrote: I'm sure this has been brought up or may already be one, but has anyone thought of starting a buying co-op between several wisps to pool the buying power and get bulk

Re: [WISPA] Some days the rats win

2010-02-27 Thread RickG
Mark, Did you try switching frequencies? -RickG On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 1:45 PM, MDK rea...@muddyfrogwater.us wrote: On Thursday, I set about to fix a link that's performing badly.    It was just re-pointed and working really, REALLY bad.   Somewhat intermittently, but still REALLY bad.    I

Re: [WISPA] Buying co-op

2010-02-27 Thread ccrum
There is a co-op which exists here in the DFW area among several wisps. The marketing name is Cirra Networks and they operate the coop side under Wispops.com. Officially we are members, but don't participate in the buying because we buy enough volume on our own to get preferred pricing from our

Re: [WISPA] Some days the rats win

2010-02-27 Thread ccrum
How about cables? A bad cable or pinched pig tail can cause lots of problems. It's hard for an antenna to go bad unless it was just manufactured poorly. Cables on the other hand can get moisture in them, get pinched, have a bad crimp or solder, etc. Also, changing polarization in the near field

Re: [WISPA] Some days the rats win

2010-02-27 Thread Mike
Grids are RF sieves. They spew RF to the sides, and the back. They have a lot of forward gain, so work well in most cases. You'd be better off putting a panel, or better yet a solid dish at that site. Start with one. If it doesn't work a lot better, change the other. You can also try

Re: [WISPA] Some days the rats win

2010-02-27 Thread eje
Grids are that and therefore only good for CPE installs or sites where no other units needs co located. They don't belong on a back haul because it's to important. Good panels or solid dishes should be the only antennas used for a back haul. /Eje Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

[WISPA] Bloomfield MO

2010-02-27 Thread Blake Bowers
Ok, I am embaressed, or just really tired. who was I talking to about Bloomfield MO tower site? Don't take your organs to heaven, heaven knows we need them down here! Be an organ donor, sign your donor card today.

[WISPA] Great marketing

2010-02-27 Thread Blake Bowers
I was out running around some new tower sites, I think I was on I70 between Ft Riley and Topeka. I passed a red pickup truck, with big signs on the rear and sides, that said RURAL INTERNET PROVIDER. Thats it. Nothing more. No phone number, no name, no nothing. At the risk of offending

Re: [WISPA] Great marketing

2010-02-27 Thread Travis Johnson
Here's a better one... a local sign company (one that puts up big billboard signs, LED signs, does the vinyl lettering on all of our trucks for the last 10 years, etc.) has their own trucks... they have their company name SignPro on all of them... but that's it. No website, no phone, no