[WISPA] Tower down

2010-10-28 Thread Blake Bowers
http://www.fox59.com/news/bloomington/wxin-tower-falls-on-bloomington-school-102610,0,7797782.story (Indiana) Communications tower falls on Bloomington elementary school. On October 26, a communications tower next to a Bloomington, Indiana school fell on top of the building as a result of a

Re: [WISPA] BIG WIND!

2010-10-28 Thread Robert West
Was a joke. J From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Glenn Kelley Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 1:35 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] BIG WIND! Those that are on grain elevators to start.. Coming from a Fire and EMS

Re: [WISPA] Tower down

2010-10-28 Thread RickG
Looks like it got twisted. Glad nobody was hurt. On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 8:17 AM, Blake Bowers bbow...@mozarks.com wrote: http://www.fox59.com/news/bloomington/wxin-tower-falls-on-bloomington-school-102610,0,7797782.story (Indiana) Communications tower falls on Bloomington elementary school.

Re: [WISPA] BIG WIND!

2010-10-28 Thread RickG
now its a double joke :) On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Robert West robert.w...@just-micro.comwrote: Was a joke. J *From:* wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] *On Behalf Of *Glenn Kelley *Sent:* Thursday, October 28, 2010 1:35 AM *To:* WISPA General List

[WISPA] Licensed at 40-60-80Ghz - short distance link

2010-10-28 Thread Paolo Di Francesco
Hi All, I was wondering if somebody of you is working at those frequencies, on moutain top or heavy-rain The point is that I am curious to know your experience at those frequencies when it's not downtown but a more country, hill or mountain environment where clouds, rain and other weather evil

Re: [WISPA] Tower down

2010-10-28 Thread Jeremy Parr
On 28 October 2010 08:17, Blake Bowers bbow...@mozarks.com wrote: http://www.fox59.com/news/bloomington/wxin-tower-falls-on-bloomington-school-102610,0,7797782.story Is that an aluminum tower? WISPA Wants You!

Re: [WISPA] BIG WIND!

2010-10-28 Thread Glenn Kelley
Bob - I have seen some of your setups ;-) interesting ... they work rock solid from the looks of it however blessings, On Oct 28, 2010, at 10:15 AM, RickG wrote: now its a double joke :) On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Robert West robert.w...@just-micro.com wrote: Was a joke. J

Re: [WISPA] Can't get my 100MB

2010-10-28 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
We've been able to test to 80+ mbps to the Seattle speakeasy site. marlon - Original Message - From: Faisal Imtiaz fai...@snappydsl.net To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 1:51 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Can't get my 100MB Forbes, Besides the usual

Re: [WISPA] Tower down

2010-10-28 Thread Jerry Richardson
Glad no one was hurt. Glad we don't have to contend with that although our main tower site has some of the highest sustained windspeeds anywhere. - Jerry -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Blake Bowers Sent: Thursday,

Re: [WISPA] Can't get my 100MB

2010-10-28 Thread Leon D. Zetekoff
On 10/28/2010 1:25 PM, Marlon K. Schafer wrote: We've been able to test to 80+ mbps to the Seattle speakeasy site. marlon check myspeed.visualware.com and go to the dulles, VA which is right off the Ashburn peering point. their speed test tool is more accurate and uses sockets. leon

Re: [WISPA] Can't get my 100MB

2010-10-28 Thread Leon D. Zetekoff
On 10/28/2010 1:50 PM, Leon D. Zetekoff wrote: On 10/28/2010 1:25 PM, Marlon K. Schafer wrote: We've been able to test to 80+ mbps to the Seattle speakeasy site. marlon check myspeed.visualware.com and go to the dulles, VA which is right off the Ashburn peering point. their speed test tool is

Re: [WISPA] FW: ATT Ethernet Internet Bandwidth Availability

2010-10-28 Thread Jerry Richardson
We aren't looking right now. I was just tossing that out there for general consumption. Didn't someone create a bandwidth resource page similar to the backhaul page? Might be good for us to put these contacts and prices up as a resource. typically the agents and resellers are going to have

Re: [WISPA] Email hosting

2010-10-28 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
We're using Courier Mail. www.tallon.com handles the servers for us. We've had very little trouble with it. I'm thinking of tucows though. Just not sure if I can justify the increase in costs vs. what my in-house costs are. marlon - Original Message - From: Mark Nash To:

[WISPA] TTY Spam/Stolen Credit Card Scam against ISPs

2010-10-28 Thread Matt Larsen - Lists
There is a new spam scam targeted at ISPs going around. Someone uses the TTY system for hearing impaired people (or a forgery of it) to order up a dialup account and several email addresses.Then the account is paid for with a credit card.Within a couple of hours, spam starts flowing

Re: [WISPA] Email hosting

2010-10-28 Thread Andy Trimmell
We've been using @Mail for quite some time. From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 2:07 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Email hosting We're using Courier Mail. www.tallon.com

Re: [WISPA] Weather Sensors

2010-10-28 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
wow, Oregon Scientific has got to have the WORST web site ever! What a PITA to navigate or search. marlon - Original Message - From: Bret Clark To: wireless@wispa.org Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 2:57 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Weather Sensors Reminds me of my favorite

Re: [WISPA] TTY Spam/Stolen Credit Card Scam against ISPs

2010-10-28 Thread Cameron Crum
Oh that sound like fun. Been there. Just wait until you get to the ones that make you pay to get off. That is when the fun begins. Cameron On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Matt Larsen - Lists li...@manageisp.comwrote: There is a new spam scam targeted at ISPs going around. Someone uses the

Re: [WISPA] BIG WIND!

2010-10-28 Thread Robert West
Trouble free to no end. I tend to be unconventional in most everything. It's a curse. From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Glenn Kelley Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 1:14 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] BIG WIND! Bob

Re: [WISPA] Can't get my 100MB

2010-10-28 Thread Mike Hammett
I've had 98/98 to the Aurora, IL speedtest.net server hosted by WISPA member Blast Communications. Something tells me my 100 meg switch was the limiting factor. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com On 10/28/2010 12:25 PM, Marlon K. Schafer wrote: We've

Re: [WISPA] Licensed at 40-60-80Ghz - short distance link

2010-10-28 Thread can...@believewireless.net
60-80 won't get you 5 miles in rain regardless of where it's located. For 100Mbps, you are better off looking at 6, 11, 18 or 23. On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Paolo Di Francesco paolo.difrance...@teleinform.com wrote: Hi All, I was wondering if somebody of you is working at those

Re: [WISPA] Licensed at 40-60-80Ghz - short distance link

2010-10-28 Thread Bret Clark
Yup agree with that. We had a 60 GHz link at 2 miles and anytime rain fall exceed .10 in/hr the link would die. We replaced the link with an 18GHz and have been much happier with no rain/snow related problems! On 10/28/2010 04:35 PM, can...@believewireless.net wrote: 60-80 won't get you 5

Re: [WISPA] Email hosting

2010-10-28 Thread Mark Nash
Andy, how do you like your Atmail? Are you using their hosted service, or do you have your own server? How is it for allowing domain admins to administer their own domains, while still letting the ISP have access to ALL accounts? It looks like the user is in control of their own spam

Re: [WISPA] Licensed at 40-60-80Ghz - short distance link

2010-10-28 Thread Matt Jenkins
Bridgewave now has an 18ghz and 23ghz product that will do 1gbps. On 10/28/2010 07:47 AM, Paolo Di Francesco wrote: Hi All, I was wondering if somebody of you is working at those frequencies, on moutain top or heavy-rain The point is that I am curious to know your experience at those

Re: [WISPA] Weather Sensors

2010-10-28 Thread Chris Hudson
I was talking to one of my water tower guys, the town water/sewage/fire type guy and they are going to for town/emergency management etc us put theirs 10m up Chris - Original Message - From: Dennis Burgess To: WISPA General List Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 8:42 AM

Re: [WISPA] Licensed at 40-60-80Ghz - short distance link

2010-10-28 Thread Blake Covarrubias
Link? I don't see the products on their site. -- Blake Covarrubias On Oct 28, 2010, at 15:33, Matt Jenkins m...@smarterbroadband.net wrote: Bridgewave now has an 18ghz and 23ghz product that will do 1gbps. On 10/28/2010 07:47 AM, Paolo Di Francesco wrote: Hi All, I was wondering if

Re: [WISPA] Licensed at 40-60-80Ghz - short distance link

2010-10-28 Thread Brad Belton
I'd like to know where you heard this too. We've deployed a handful of BridgeWave 80GHz radio sets and have been asking for 18GHz, but the response was always nothing was planned for 18GHz. Thanks, Brad -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] Licensed at 40-60-80Ghz - short distance link

2010-10-28 Thread Chuck Hogg
Yep, announced a while back. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/BridgeWave-Broadens-Product-bw-4129745813.html?x=0.v=1 http://finance.yahoo.com/news/BridgeWave-Broadens-Product-bw-4129745813.html?x=0.v=1 http://www.bridgewave.com/products/flexport.cfm http://www.bridgewave.com/products/flexport.cfm

Re: [WISPA] Licensed at 40-60-80Ghz - short distance link

2010-10-28 Thread Brad Belton
Very cool. So, I assume you coordinate two 18GHz freq pairs with the FCC in order to achieve GigE line speed? That could prove to be very difficult in some metro areas. Brad From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Hogg Sent: Thursday,

[WISPA] gee too bad about Weather

2010-10-28 Thread Forbes Mercy
With all the crazy weather across the country, including our rainy high of 49 today I just checked the weather for the Broadband Expo next week. 70's! Lets drag that Summer along for three more days before returning to my city already surrounded by snow in the foothills (3 feet this week

Re: [WISPA] Licensed at 40-60-80Ghz - short distance link

2010-10-28 Thread Chuck Hogg
It appears that way. Regards, Chuck On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 9:58 PM, Brad Belton b...@belwave.com wrote: Very cool. So, I assume you coordinate two 18GHz freq pairs with the FCC in order to achieve GigE line speed? That could prove to be very difficult in some metro areas. Brad