Re: [WISPA] 5.5Ghz highpass/lowpass filters?

2008-10-14 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
Depending on options, they average $300. - Original Message - From: Jerry Richardson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 11:41 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] 5.5Ghz highpass/lowpass filters? What do you charge for BPF's?

Re: [WISPA] old utility poles

2008-10-15 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
I still have my hooks and belt. - Original Message - From: Marlon K. Schafer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 10:10 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] old utility poles Climb? I bought a bucket truck so that I'd never have to do that

Re: [WISPA] Trylon Titan Foundation Work

2008-10-15 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
Around here it takes a geotechnical soils report ($600-1200) Wet stamped foundation drawing showing a foundation design for this area, wind load and siesmic conditions ($800-$1200) Then paying for the building permit showing the licensed general contractor's license number. We can have more

Re: [WISPA] Wood Pole Towers (Was: Re: Trylon Titan Foundation Work)

2008-10-17 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
We always did 5 feet plus 10% of all poles longer than 20 feet. - Original Message - From: Mike Hammett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 7:28 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Wood Pole Towers (Was: Re: Trylon Titan Foundation Work)

Re: [WISPA] Recommendations for equipment to create 15 mile 20 Mbit PtPlink?

2008-10-17 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
Nanostations. - Original Message - From: Cooper Marcus [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 8:42 PM Subject: [WISPA] Recommendations for equipment to create 15 mile 20 Mbit PtPlink? What unlicensed gear would you suggest to create

Re: [WISPA] Recommendations for equipment to create 15 mile 20 Mbit PtPlink?

2008-10-18 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
think the Nanostation has the horsepower to do 20Mbps, do they? Travis Microserv Chuck McCown - 3 wrote: Nanostations. - Original Message - From: Cooper Marcus [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 8:42 PM Subject: [WISPA

Re: [WISPA] rebooters

2008-10-18 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
I think I would fire the bad ones off to the manufacturer for a failure analysis. Sounds like a nasty trend developing. If they are honorable and actually care about remaining in the business they would cooperate and offer to repair or replace all your other ones before they all fail (assuming

Re: [WISPA] NOC

2008-10-22 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
Looks like Tim Hogard's basement to me. - Original Message - From: Mike Hammett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 8:00 AM Subject: [WISPA] NOC Here's a NOC...

Re: [WISPA] Damn, Ubiquiti

2008-10-22 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
Dang, so the rumor IS true. What a great idea... ;-) - Original Message - From: Drew Lentz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 3:50 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Damn, Ubiquiti I saw Wu running around with something like this at WiMax

Re: [WISPA] Damn, Ubiquiti

2008-10-22 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
Sorry, forget which list I am on at times. AF09 == AnimalFarm '09 Motorola Canopy Users Groupie bash in January. - Original Message - From: Ben Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 12:38 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Damn, Ubiquiti

Re: [WISPA] RF Radiation Analysis

2008-10-23 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
I would ask them what a permissible level would be, then I would give them some average levels of exposure due to cell phone and microwave oven leakage (and wireless routers, maybe) showing them to be thousands of times higher than the wisp gear. You could always put up an AP and use a

Re: [WISPA] heavy usage customers

2008-11-01 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
customers How does Canopy fix a customer satisfaction problem? If they are used to getting 5Mbps download speed and you have to cap them at 1Mbps, it doesn't really matter what platform you are using. Travis Microserv Chuck McCown - 3 wrote: Canopy... - Original Message - From

Re: [WISPA] heavy usage customers

2008-11-01 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown - 3 Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 12:09 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] heavy usage customers Our Canopy customers are used to getting 10.2 Mbps download speed. If the start a huge file transfer they get wide open throttle

Re: [WISPA] heavy usage customers

2008-11-02 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
You must not have competitors. I have both Qwest and Comcast giving away multi megabit starting at $15.95 - Original Message - From: Travis Johnson To: WISPA General List Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 10:53 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] heavy usage customers I guess that's

Re: [WISPA] heavy usage customers

2008-11-02 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
installs than we can keep up with each month. Travis Microserv Chuck McCown - 3 wrote: You must not have competitors. I have both Qwest and Comcast giving away multi megabit starting at $15.95 - Original Message - From: Travis Johnson To: WISPA General List Sent: Sunday

Re: [WISPA] heavy usage customers

2008-11-02 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
complete (including PoE, antenna). Canopy seems to work well for many people... but I've never been one to follow the norm. And I get to put $50 in my pocket on every install, and $1,000 for every AP we put up. ;) Travis Microserv Chuck McCown - 3 wrote: Well that is a testimony to your

Re: [WISPA] heavy usage customers

2008-11-02 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
interference from a new provider and all those people get 100ms latency? Travis Microserv Chuck McCown - 3 wrote: All of the complaints are easily overcome with the proper management software, DHCP reservations etc. You can easily force the SM to connect to the exact AP you want

Re: [WISPA] heavy usage customers

2008-11-02 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
snmp is a wonderful thing... - Original Message - From: Chuck McCown - 3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 9:47 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] heavy usage customers Our front end tech support only needs the phone number or account

Re: [WISPA] heavy usage customers

2008-11-02 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown - 3 Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 8:29 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] heavy usage customers All of the complaints are easily overcome with the proper management software, DHCP

Re: [WISPA] heavy usage customers

2008-11-02 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
if a customer gets 8ms? And how do they test that measurement? And what happens when a customer completely clobbers an AP and 160 customers are getting 20ms latency? Or you have interference from a new provider and all those people get 100ms latency? Travis Microserv Chuck McCown - 3 wrote

Re: [WISPA] heavy usage customers

2008-11-02 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
McCown - 3 wrote: Can the 802.11 folks make that claim? Next comes the Hitler? Take it offlist, guys. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwins_law -- * Butch Evans * Professional Network Consultation* * http

Re: [WISPA] How NOT to take down your new used tower!

2008-11-04 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
Be nice to email the guy to tell him the dishes could be sold on ebay for more than the tower is worth. What a shame. - Original Message - From: Marlon K. Schafer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 7:33 AM Subject: [WISPA] How

Re: [WISPA] heavy usage customers

2008-11-04 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
RapidDSL Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: Chuck McCown - 3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 11:49 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] heavy usage customers snmp is a wonderful thing

Re: [WISPA] Looks like we didn't win

2008-11-04 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
What exactly didn't we win? - Original Message - From: Charles Wyble [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 5:08 PM Subject: [WISPA] Looks like we didn't win http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/110408-fcc-whilte-spaces.html :(

Re: [WISPA] Looks like we didn't win

2008-11-04 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Looks like we didn't win Useful power levels in the whitespaces. B UT, we've not seen the actual rules from the FCC yet. It's entirely possible that the rules will be better than what's being reported so far. marlon - Original Message - From: Chuck McCown - 3

Re: [WISPA] Looks like we didn't win

2008-11-04 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
, and lobby for 4watts. But I'm gonna stop talking, as I'm getting all worked up, before I have all the facts posted to the public tommorrow. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: Chuck McCown - 3 [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [WISPA] My mistake- WE WON!!!!!

2008-11-04 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
the facts posted to the public tommorrow. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: Chuck McCown - 3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 9:16 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Looks

Re: [WISPA] My favorite quotes from the FCC TVWS meeting today...

2008-11-05 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
We have an FCC attorney in Virginia do it for us. - Original Message - From: Randy Cosby [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 4:25 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] My favorite quotes from the FCC TVWS meeting today... Speaking of that,

Re: [WISPA] My favorite quotes from the FCC TVWS meeting today...

2008-11-05 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
So I guess satellite earth station minimum size requirements would really make a barrier to entry. I think we had to have a 21 foot dish minimum for an inmarsat uplink... By the same logic should I be pissed at that requirement? If you interfere with my 6 GHz system, E-911 links die, critical

Re: [WISPA] My favorite quotes from the FCC TVWS meeting today...

2008-11-05 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
Moreover, 6 GHz hardware is my most expensive stuff. I can get 11 GHz dragonwave at a much lower cost and it will do more than 6 GHz for most applications. Plus have all the perqs of license and exclusivity etc. - Original Message - From: Brad Belton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'WISPA

Re: [WISPA] My favorite quotes from the FCC TVWS meeting today...

2008-11-05 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
: Re: [WISPA] My favorite quotes from the FCC TVWS meeting today... On Wed, 5 Nov 2008, Chuck McCown - 3 wrote: Shouldn't the standard for critical life safety infrastructure be a bit higher than that used to surf porn? If you've ever manned the phones during an outage, you'd understand

Re: [WISPA] My favorite quotes from the FCC TVWS meeting today...

2008-11-05 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
from the FCC TVWS meeting today... On Wed, 5 Nov 2008, Chuck McCown - 3 wrote: Shouldn't the standard for critical life safety infrastructure be a bit higher than that used to surf porn? If you've ever manned the phones during an outage, you'd understand that internet access IS that critical

Re: [WISPA] My favorite quotes from the FCC TVWS meeting today...

2008-11-05 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] My favorite quotes from the FCC TVWS meeting today... I believe all of Trango's licensed equipment (6ghz, 11ghz, 18ghz, 23ghz) is the same price. Travis Microserv Chuck McCown - 3 wrote: Moreover, 6 GHz hardware is my most expensive stuff. I can get 11 GHz

Re: [WISPA] My favorite quotes from the FCC TVWS meeting today...

2008-11-05 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
board... so that isn't much of a reason either. Travis Microserv Chuck McCown - 3 wrote: So I guess satellite earth station minimum size requirements would really make a barrier to entry. I think we had to have a 21 foot dish minimum for an inmarsat uplink... By the same logic should I

Re: [WISPA] cancelled customer email

2008-11-05 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
I think we keep it alive for $5/month. - Original Message - From: RickG [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 8:12 PM Subject: [WISPA] cancelled customer email OK guys. I've never had this happen before so I'm not usre what to

Re: [WISPA] Theoretical TVWS coverage

2008-11-05 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
Yep. Thats why many folks use a lower gain for their sectors and omnis. - Original Message - From: Marlon K. Schafer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 8:26 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Theoretical TVWS coverage 16dB by 120* won't

Re: [WISPA] My favorite quotes from the FCC TVWS meeting today...

2008-11-06 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
The licensed stuff is not frequency hopping or spread spectrum. It is generally big time QAM with tons of margin. Like 40 dB+ of margin. Part 90 and Part 101 radios have been around for a very long time, way back before microprocessors. So spectral efficiency is not the name of the game

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquity Bullet

2008-11-08 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
And their distributors are? - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 9:17 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ubiquity Bullet Nope they have not shipped the first batch out yet expected to ship next week to their

Re: [WISPA] County

2008-11-14 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
We pay rent to one county to be in their building and on their tower. The sheriff's office might be on some paperwork somewhere. Not unheard of. - Original Message - From: Travis Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Friday,

Re: [WISPA] County

2008-11-15 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
, it is all consideration. - Original Message - From: Travis Johnson To: WISPA General List Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 10:26 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] County Yes, but he is on their tower for free in exchange for transporting traffic. Travis Chuck McCown - 3 wrote

Re: [WISPA] IBM backs BPL

2008-11-15 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
BPL on HV was and is a stupid idea. HV infrastructure was not built with the idea of being a transmission line for RF. To get any kind if speed you have to use lots of power, even then it is very very short range. You might as well set up a whole bunch of dragonwaves in a drop and insert

Re: [WISPA] IBM backs BPL

2008-11-15 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
at 4:21 PM, Chuck McCown - 3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BPL on HV was and is a stupid idea. HV infrastructure was not built with the idea of being a transmission line for RF. To get any kind if speed you have to use lots of power, even then it is very very short range. You might as well set

Re: [WISPA] IBM backs BPL

2008-11-15 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
interference - I saw it with my own eyes along with dozens of skeptical ham operators. Theory does not matter, those issues are conquered. Seeing is believing. -RickG On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Chuck McCown - 3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One huge reason, powerlines are not constant

Re: [WISPA] IBM backs BPL

2008-11-15 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
, those issues are conquered. Seeing is believing. -RickG On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Chuck McCown - 3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One huge reason, powerlines are not constant impedance to RF. Nor are they balanced. This is like trying to pump natural gas down the water lines. Pipe, right

[WISPA] smith charts

2008-11-15 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
This summer I had a couple of junior year EE interns in the shop to do some dirtywork. They got very very familiar with antenna range measurements by the end of the summer. But I had to laugh when I would ask them to measure the return loss on a new design. They would look confused and then

Re: [WISPA] Need a power supply?

2008-11-16 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
I would buy one today if I could. - Original Message - From: George Rogato [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 6:42 PM Subject: [WISPA] Need a power supply? http://www.hyperionpowergeneration.com/

Re: [WISPA] Need a power supply?

2008-11-16 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
PROTECTED] Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown - 3 Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 9:47 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Need a power supply

Re: [WISPA] White Spaces Device Demand

2008-11-18 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
I think that if you want to use WISPA to mine market data, then the results should be made public for all to share. You are not the only vendor member of WISPA that has TVWS product in the pipeline you know. - Original Message - From: Kevin Suitor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General

Re: [WISPA] TV Whitespaces PtP Backhaul

2008-11-18 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
Wonder why it attached the reply... - Original Message - From: Chuck McCown - 3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 5:41 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] TV Whitespaces PtP Backhaul

Re: [WISPA] TV Whitespaces

2008-11-19 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
For adjacent channel use, we don't have to use a 6 MHz channel. We could use 5 or 4 or whatever it takes to make it work. - Original Message - From: Jack Unger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 1:32 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] TV

Re: [WISPA] TVBD height requirement

2008-11-19 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
You could have a lower gain omni as just a sense antenna. - Original Message - From: John Valenti [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 5:20 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] TVBD height requirement Mike, Where are you reading this on

Re: [WISPA] Remote Powered Access Pont

2008-11-19 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
I would use a 100 watt panel minimum. And a one month battery. 5watts * 24hours * 30 days = 3600 watt hour battery If you are running a 24 volt system then you need 3600/24=150 aH battery. If you are running a 12 volt system, you need a 300 aH battery. You will pay about 30 cents per watt hour

Re: [WISPA] Remote Powered Access Pont

2008-11-19 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
Here is a note I posted several days ago on the Motorola list about solar powering. From: Chuck McCown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 9:17 AM To: Dave Crim Subject: Re: solar Continuing on a bit, lets say you have 5 lousy days and one good sunny day followed by 5

Re: [WISPA] Remote Powered Access Pont

2008-11-19 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
We buy batts that are rated to give you the energy down to -20F. Survive being at-20F while discharged to a stone cold state. And recover when the next available bit of sunlight hits the panel (perhaps days later). And last 2000 cycles. For that you pay 30 cents per watt hour. And can sleep at

Re: [WISPA] Remote Powered Access Pont

2008-11-19 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
total battery size so we never discharge them below 60% Sounds like you are in a much more inaccessible environment than we are! And in that kind of location, I'd likely be looking for the same thing. But, for us, inaccessibility won't last more than a week or so... Chuck McCown - 3 wrote

Re: [WISPA] Remote Powered Access Pont

2008-11-20 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
panel. Also 30 days or 360AH of usable capacity at 12V? Thanks for the clarification, and the pics that make your experience clear! On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 7:38 PM, Chuck McCown - 3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 60% depth of discharge they freeze at 0F. Once frozen they are dead. Liquid

Re: [WISPA] one more

2008-11-20 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
We tried with a bulldozer one year. Never made it. One of our guys almost went over the edge of a switchback trying. We gave up, waited till the storm blew over and hired the helicopter. - Original Message - From: Travis Johnson To: WISPA General List Sent: Thursday,

Re: [WISPA] Remote Powered Access Pont

2008-11-21 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
One source: http://tnrbatteries.com/genesis.html - Original Message - From: Chuck McCown - 3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 10:12 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Remote Powered Access Pont http://www.enersysreservepower.com

Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information

2008-11-23 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
Did I interpret your data correctly to mean that if you had a sustained 256Kbps it would work? - Original Message - From: Dennis Burgess [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 2:42 PM Subject: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth

Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information

2008-11-23 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
OK, but if you look at Dennis's data, it appears to me that the average was in the hundreds of K. But maybe I didn't read it correctly. - Original Message - From: Michael Baird [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 3:07 PM Subject:

Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information

2008-11-23 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown - 3 Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 3:52 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information Did I interpret your data correctly to mean that if you had

Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information

2008-11-24 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
I think the canopy 450 will do something like 30 down and 10 up. So that could give you 20 simultaneously which statistically could work if you had 50-100 on an AP. - Original Message - From: Travis Johnson To: WISPA General List Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 7:30 AM

Re: [WISPA] Updated White Spaces mapping tool

2008-11-24 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
All the stations were given an extra set of channels to fire up and operate the DTV transmitters. Mostly on UHF. This happened years ago and in this are we have been receiving a digital TV signal for about 8 years. Once the VHF analog transmitters are switched off, the broadcasters I know

Re: [WISPA] Updated White Spaces mapping tool

2008-11-24 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
I had a physics professor that would allow solutions to problems to be submitted in any unit measure. Since he had TAs and grad students doing the grading it was no skin of his nose. Lots of furlongs per fortnight velocity measurements. Units of photon energy to describe frequency. But when

Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information

2008-11-24 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
are building out our network. - Original Message - From: Butch Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 9:06 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information On Mon, 24 Nov 2008, Chuck McCown - 3 wrote: I think

Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information

2008-11-24 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 9:24 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information On Mon, 24 Nov 2008, Chuck McCown - 3 wrote: I deliver 100 mbps wholesale to many rural areas for $3-4K/month type of figure. That includes transport. And stastically

Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information

2008-11-24 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
will not work. So then what? Travis Microserv Chuck McCown - 3 wrote: I deliver 100 mbps wholesale to many rural areas for $3-4K/month type of figure. That includes transport. And stastically, you can oversub it, even with streaming content. You are never going to have all 20 streaming

Re: [WISPA] WiMax delays?

2008-11-24 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
Where do you rate Ubiquity Nanostations or the Bullet? - Original Message - From: Travis Johnson To: WISPA General List Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 9:32 PM Subject: [WISPA] WiMax delays? I don't think this is entirely true. For us, it becomes a value decision. If

Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information

2008-11-24 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 9:50 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information On Mon, 24 Nov 2008, Chuck McCown - 3 wrote: What I have done, you can do too. Just takes lots of time and work and bootstrapping. Ok..so

Re: [WISPA] WiMax delays?

2008-11-24 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
If you hang out over at [EMAIL PROTECTED] you will find more than a hundred WISPs, many of them very small operations from 100-1000 subscribers that are 100% canopy. And generally speaking they are kicking butt and taking names in their markets. I disagree that Canopy is not marketed to the

Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information

2008-11-24 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
Amen, nobody ever said you could build it and rest on your laurels. No small business is safe from changes that come with time. Evolve or die. I am not going to sit around complaining the sky is falling. So the cost to meet the future needs of our subscribers is real, it's not as hard to

Re: [WISPA] WiMax delays?

2008-11-24 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
just because my competitors are using it. And really, any more, the customer doesn't care HOW the bandwidth gets delivered. So why not use a product that can deliver twice the bandwidth for 1/3 the price? ;) Travis Microserv Chuck McCown - 3 wrote: If you hang out over at [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [WISPA] WiMax delays?

2008-11-25 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Butch Evans Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 12:09 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] WiMax delays? On Mon, 24 Nov 2008, Chuck McCown - 3 wrote: If you hang out over at [EMAIL PROTECTED] you will find more than a hundred WISPs, many

Re: [WISPA] WiMax delays?

2008-11-25 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
? - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: Chuck McCown - 3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 11:17 PM To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] WiMax delays? The very best

Re: [WISPA] WiMax delays?

2008-11-25 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
the bandwidth gets delivered. So why not use a product that can deliver twice the bandwidth for 1/3 the price? ;) Travis Microserv Chuck McCown - 3 wrote: If you hang out over at [EMAIL PROTECTED] you will find more than a hundred WISPs, many of them very small operations from 100-1000

Re: [WISPA] WiMax delays?

2008-11-26 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
I had the same question. The main difference is that we know before the roll in most cases the frequency and color code and if that ap is blocked by trees we generally have several others in different directions that the tech can switch to on the fly. Most importantly, 6 months later it is

Re: [WISPA] Trango Apex

2008-11-26 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
LEDs lack resolution. While you can bracket the signal and guess at the center, with more significant digits you don't have to guess. Both methods work, but bracketing takes some skill. - Original Message - From: Travis Johnson To: WISPA General List Sent: Wednesday, November

Re: [WISPA] stopgap for congested wi-fi channel

2008-11-29 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
NS5 - Original Message - From: Jack Unger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 4:28 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] stopgap for congested wi-fi channel Well, speaking as one of the most experienced wireless

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth and costs...

2008-11-30 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
I am certain you can do much better than that. And you don't even have to be in Chicago or Detroit. - Original Message - From: Harold Bledsoe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 8:19 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth and costs...

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth and costs...

2008-11-30 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
-- From: Chuck McCown - 3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 10:53 PM To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth and costs... I am certain you can do much better than that. And you don't even have to be in Chicago or Detroit

Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information

2008-12-01 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
There deals clear down to $7/meg. Ask vendors for a 2 year contract, GigE 100 Mbps burstable. - Original Message - From: John Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 10:07 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth

Re: [WISPA] The fastest ISPs in America.. And only WildBluewasmentioned as wireless???

2008-12-02 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
[EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the guy that compiled the article. Write him and educate him. I did. - Original Message - From: Josh Luthman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 10:40 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] The

Re: [WISPA] The fastest ISPs in America.. And onlyWildBluewasmentioned as wireless???

2008-12-02 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
This is what his autoresponder sent. So, email both of them. I will be out of the office December 3rd - 5th, returning Monday December 8th. For answers to any questions regarding PCMag.com content, talk to Vicki Jacobson: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Chuck McCown

Re: [WISPA] Billing and process management system

2008-12-03 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
amen We love Plat. - Original Message - From: George Rogato [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 10:27 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Billing and process management system Platypus Been using it for years, does everything.

Re: [WISPA] Billing and process management system

2008-12-03 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
PC is much more spendy than Plat. That is one of the reasons we did not go with PC. - Original Message - From: Tom DeReggi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 2:42 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Billing and process management system

Re: [WISPA] Article

2008-12-03 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
With any internet technology, aggregation is happening somewhere. DSL you have a pipe to the C.O. but then there may be limited overhead. Cable modems aggregate in various branches of their distribution. Wireless aggregates at the AP. Satellite... big AP in the sky. Even FTTH has shared

Re: [WISPA] Client Speeds

2008-12-03 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
You are doing it. Just keep bootstrapping. Once you get 1000 subscribers things will be a bit better. - Original Message - From: Steve Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 7:32 PM Subject: [WISPA] Client Speeds I have

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Shaping (WAS Article)

2008-12-04 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
I agree, you just need to be as good as or better than the competition. And in many places the competition is still dialup. - Original Message - From: Josh Luthman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 9:56 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA]

Re: [WISPA] Article

2008-12-05 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
AnimalFarm converts Sheep to Pigs! - Original Message - From: Mike Hammett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 10:53 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Article I'm not saying we should do what Mark says, I'm not even saying Mark is right

Re: [WISPA] Do you provide backup services?

2008-12-05 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
Maybe he took his frog meds... - Original Message - From: Bob Moldashel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 6:33 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Do you provide backup services? Wow Bitch and complain about WISPA's position and

Re: [WISPA] Client Speeds

2008-12-05 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
aren't upside down on every new customer. Travis Microserv Chuck McCown - 3 wrote: You are doing it. Just keep bootstrapping. Once you get 1000 subscribers things will be a bit better. - Original Message - From: Steve Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [WISPA] Client Speeds

2008-12-05 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
of the network). Heck Chuck... your above 5,000 wireless subs aren't you? Daniel White 3-dB Networks -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown - 3 Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 7:11 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA

Re: [WISPA] Public ROW

2008-12-05 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
Yes, they are there for the asking. As a telco, the only thing we have over non telcos is the right to condemn. Even the railroads have a very straightforward procedure for crossing the tracks or running along side them. - Original Message - From: D. Ryan Spott [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [WISPA] Client Speeds

2008-12-05 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
still deployed? Tom DeReggi RapidDSL Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: Chuck McCown - 3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 9:25 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Client Speeds Digis

Re: [WISPA] Public ROW

2008-12-05 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
Insurance and bonds are not really all that expensive. Your insurance company will help you out. We have to have metered service now. That is no different. Engineering review is not something the local govt charges for here. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA

Re: [WISPA] Public ROW

2008-12-06 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
] Public ROW Chuck, I assume you are self insured... but if not, who do you use? ryan On Dec 5, 2008, at 7:16 PM, Chuck McCown - 3 wrote: Insurance and bonds are not really all that expensive. Your insurance company will help you out. We have to have metered service now

Re: [WISPA] Client Speeds

2008-12-06 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
for 2second to scrap or sell their Canopy line. /Eje Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: Chuck McCown - 3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 19:25:37 To: WISPA General Listwireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] Client Speeds Digis was 100% Canopy. I

Re: [WISPA] Public ROW

2008-12-06 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
Maybe travelers. - Original Message - From: Chuck McCown - 3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 7:57 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Public ROW No, not self insured, but very high deductibles. I'm on the road right now, not sure

[WISPA] Fw: [Motorola II] survey monkey

2008-12-06 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
I put up a survey of type of technology used and number of subs at survey monkey. I didn't pay for the premium version so you cannot immediately see results. I will post results periodically over the next day or two. If anyone doubts the veracity of what I post, I will give you the username

Re: [WISPA] Fw: [Motorola II] survey monkey

2008-12-06 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
I screwed up. Results are coming in but no way can I tie the technology to the sub count. Anyone know survey monkey well enough so that the result is how many subs on each type of technology? What I did will not be very meaningful. Sorry. - Original Message - From: Chuck McCown - 3

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