Re: [WISPA] FCC Favors Shifting Rural Subsidies To Broadband

2011-02-16 Thread Ron Wallace
Charles has another good idea, But would they kill-off the smallest WISPS? Ron Wallace Hahnron, Inc. 220 S. Jackson Dt. Addison, MI 49220 Phone: (517)547-8410 Mobile: (517)270-2410 e-mail: rwall...@newgenet.net rwall...@tigernet.bz -Original Message- From: Charles Wu

Re: [WISPA] FCC Favors Shifting Rural Subsidies To Broadband

2011-02-16 Thread Fred Goldstein
At 2/13/2011 11:26 AM, Charles Wu wrote: It looks like a success-based voucher technologically neutral system for USF Reform/CAF is what's being proposed by the RCA (Rural Cellular Association)

Re: [WISPA] FCC Favors Shifting Rural Subsidies To Broadband

2011-02-16 Thread Tom DeReggi
Subsidizing the low-cost WISP is not a bad idea. But the thing is thats easilly achievable without create monopoly like award systems. A voucher system solves that. It allows ANY/ALL competitive WISPs and even Any Telcos, to have an opportunity to gain subsidee, for affordably deploying

[WISPA] Bandwidth Hog or Hippo ?

2011-02-16 Thread Stuart Pierce
What do you do with a client that uses 65gigs in 42 days ? To top it off they are late payers and complain a little and always use the excuse they have to talk to their son in Iraq early in the morning. We only allow 20 gigs for their plan anyhow.

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Hog or Hippo ?

2011-02-16 Thread David E. Smith
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 15:35, Stuart Pierce spie...@avolve.net wrote: What do you do with a client that uses 65gigs in 42 days ? To top it off they are late payers and complain a little and always use the excuse they have to talk to their son in Iraq early in the morning. We only allow 20

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Hog or Hippo ?

2011-02-16 Thread Josh Luthman
Charge them for being late and charge them for the excessive usage (that is dollar per byte). Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Stuart Pierce spie...@avolve.net wrote: What do you do with a client

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Hog or Hippo ?

2011-02-16 Thread Sam Tetherow
Charge an overage fee if you have it set up, if you don't, let them know you are instituting one. Either they are chatting with their son in 1080p high def or something else is going on. On 2/16/11 3:35 PM, Stuart Pierce wrote: What do you do with a client that uses 65gigs in 42 days ? To top

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Hog or Hippo ?

2011-02-16 Thread Kevin R. Battersby
On February 16, 2011, Josh Luthman wrote: Charge them for being late and charge them for the excessive usage (that is dollar per byte). We use both fees as a deterrent. The worst cause for abuse is Bittorrent in our case. It's always good fun to get the parents on the line and let them in on a

[WISPA] ASR Sign Requirements

2011-02-16 Thread John Scrivner
I own a registered tower site that I bought from another ASR registrant. We have made all needed changes to the ASR records online showing proper ownership information. We still need to prepare the physical sign required at the location. I cannot seem to find the page on the ASR site that