Re: [WISPA] soho router to replace wrt54g?

2006-05-16 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
We let people use anything they want. We suggest they get linksys so I can help them over the phone. I've not had much trouble with them at all. The key seems to be changing the lan ip addy from the default setting. This way, when some lunk head plugs on in backward it doesn't drive them

Re: [WISPA] soho router to replace wrt54g?

2006-05-16 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
eeek! Bottom posting! I hate having to scroll down to the latest text! wicked grin Top posters rule! Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I

[WISPA] Re: Moscow wireless mesh network to reach 3.9m homes - Convergence - www.itnews.com.au

2006-05-15 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
wisp! 64.146.146.12 (net meeting) www.odessaoffice.com/wireless www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam - Original Message - From: John Oram [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 8:56 AM Subject: Re: Moscow wireless mesh network

Re: [WISPA] Wireless Spectrum Fraud

2006-05-15 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Wow. These big telco's have absolutely NO scruples do they. I think we just need to break up all companies over 500 employees! grin Marlon(509) 982-2181 Equipment sales(408) 907-6910 (Vonage) Consulting services42846865 (icq) And I run my own wisp!64.146.146.12 (net

[WISPA] Trango, takes a licking and keeps on ticking!

2006-05-11 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
I've gotta tell you guys this story. If I wouldn't have seen it I'd never have believed it! I have a ptp 900 MHz link that was a tough one. Unknown trees, hill, buildings etc. in the way. Just can't quite see either end. It's short, under 3 miles but not enough 2.4 GHz signal to make a

[WISPA] Great data storage site!

2006-05-11 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Wish I could have gotten ahold of this local. I was in there back in the '80's. No that's not my name on any of the walls! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=4455060285#description This place is huge and within range of my wireless. It's only about 15 miles from Odessa.

Re: [WISPA] gas prices

2006-05-11 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
correctly. One lawsuit and you lose everything - personal and business. Regards, Peter Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: We're a sole proprietor so all of the gas runs under the same bill. I filled the boat up once. Melissa drives a Suburban to work (4 miles or so) and we usually take

Re: [WISPA] gas prices

2006-05-11 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
office 905 349-2084 Emergency only Pager 905 377-6900 skype cajeptha Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: I thought of that too. But if I get an extra 5, even 10 mpg it still won't make up for the payment on the rig. I love these uses Taurus wagons. I've had two of them go 230,000 miles

Re: [WISPA] gas prices

2006-05-10 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
shopping for new high gas mileage vehicles. George Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: Hi All, Just got our $700 gas bill for last month. That's just MY driving. No employees. And I don't even drive an suv! I'm thinking of a $20 per install fuel surcharge. Kinda like what the concrete

Re: [WISPA] Weird problem - 20 seconds latency and other oddness

2006-05-10 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Except it's not effecting the ap's further out. Even if they were on a different segment they should still pick up the interference from the ap's right? Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services

Re: [WISPA] gas prices

2006-05-10 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
gas bill was only $2,200 this last month. We did 104 installs. :) Travis Microserv Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: Hi All, Just got our $700 gas bill for last month. That's just MY driving. No employees. And I don't even drive an suv! I'm thinking of a $20 per install fuel

Re: [WISPA] 4.9 space

2006-05-10 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
- Original Message - From: Butch Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 12:30 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] 4.9 space Bump... Bump On Wed, 26 Apr 2006, Butch Evans wrote: On Wed, 26 Apr 2006, Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982

Re: [WISPA] International Links

2006-05-10 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Don't ask, don't tell! hehehehehe Jaime? Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my own wisp! 64.146.146.12 (net meeting)

Re: [WISPA] International Links

2006-05-10 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
/marlon/cam - Original Message - From: Jaime Solorza [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 9:35 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] International Links AFAIK- It is still illegal to shoot unlicensed bands across the US-Mexico border

Re: [WISPA] GAO: Broadband Access Difficult To Measure

2006-05-09 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Righto. And keep in mind that high level people tend to consider us telecom providers. Taken in that light, this is (so far) a good thing. The GAO folks that a few of us on the wispa board talked to seemed genuinely interested in what was really going on in the real world. I've not read

Re: [WISPA] Spectrum Analyzer

2006-05-09 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
, 2006 2:38 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Spectrum Analyzer Marlon, Could you post a URL? what price range is the equipment? Thanks - marshall On 5/8/06, Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: EC carries a nice little unit from Anritsu (sp?). Portable, battery operated, easy to use

Re: [WISPA] Weird problem - 20 seconds latency and other oddness

2006-05-09 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Yes. It could also be caused by a bad microwave oven. One that's really bad. But to put out 30dB of always on signal wouldn't be that hard to do. Sure screw up a c to i ratio though :-). This could also be a plastics plant that uses 2.4 to heat pellets. Could be a competitor with a screwed

Re: [WISPA] Weird problem - 20 seconds latency and other oddness

2006-05-09 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
He's running Star OS and MT as per the original post. Some of the effected ap's are routers. That's one of the first questions I double-checked too! Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865

Re: [WISPA] ATT reselling Wildblue

2006-05-09 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Has anyone found a way to get long term revenue from a sat. company? We're working with a sat installation company but we're going to have to give away the customers. grr Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)

Re: [WISPA] Rural Broadband Remains Spotty

2006-05-09 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Please notice that at the bottom it specifies another reason why the 477 is so important! laters, Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my

Re: [WISPA] GAO: Broadband Access Difficult To Measure

2006-05-09 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
I love the title on the official report! hehehehehehe Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my own wisp! 64.146.146.12 (net meeting)

Re: [WISPA] Spectrum Analyzer

2006-05-09 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
] Spectrum Analyzer Those still look pretty old-school. Have you used the handhelds from RS, the FSH 3GHz and 6GHz series or the handheld Anritsu(s). Same cost or less to rent/buy and no upconverters required... Jon Langeler Michwave Tech. Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: Sorry about

Re: [WISPA] GAO: Broadband Access Difficult To Measure

2006-05-09 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Looks to me like they are more than willing to say that no one really knows what's happening out there. They just can't come right out and say that. Course, maybe I'm just reading that the way I want to read it? Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408)

[WISPA] gas prices

2006-05-09 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hi All, Just got our $700 gas bill for last month. That's just MY driving. No employees. And I don't even drive an suv! I'm thinking of a $20 per install fuel surcharge. Kinda like what the concrete company did to me last year at this time. What are people that have large spread out

[WISPA] Re: [Fwd: TV White Space]

2006-05-08 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam - Original Message - From: Frannie Wellings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 [EMAIL PROTECTED]; John Scrivner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 9:39 AM Subject: Re: [Fwd: TV White Space] Hey Marlon and John, Well, there's lots

Re: [WISPA] Spectrum Analyzer

2006-05-08 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
EC carries a nice little unit from Anritsu (sp?). Portable, battery operated, easy to use. You'll need a converter to get the 2.4 gig version to work for 5.8 gig but that's not a big deal. Perfect for a wisp. laters, Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales

Re: [WISPA] Re: [Fwd: TV White Space]

2006-05-08 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
. Regards, Dawn DiPietro Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: Thanks Frannie, Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my own wisp

[WISPA] Re: [TVWHITESPACE] WISPA Whitespace possition paper

2006-05-02 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 11:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TVWHITESPACE] WISPA Whitespace possition paper Yikes! I missed that issue completely Mike! Yes, WISPs use 900. In large quantities. I use it at one

[WISPA] Fw: [TVWHITESPACE] WISPA Whitespace possition paper

2006-05-02 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
. Michael Calabrese Vice President New America Foundation www.spectrumpolicy.org 202-986-2700 x327 Fax: 202-986-3696 -Original Message- From: Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 12:12 PM To: Michael Calabrese Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Jim

[WISPA] What's next for the forward looking WISP?

2006-05-02 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
http://www.isp-planet.com/fixed_wireless/business/2006/lines.html Let the argument begin! grin Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my

Re: [WISPA] Business Value OT Business Growth Rate

2006-04-28 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
It takes a bit to ramp up. The first 6 months are often pretty slow, after that it normally kicks up really quickly. Especially lately. We're seeing anywhere from 50 to 100% per year growth rates depending on market size, funding, network type etc. I'm not advertising because we can't cash

Re: [WISPA] Business Value

2006-04-27 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hi Mark, I don't have time to get into the deep details right now. I can probably help with this if you'd like. I've done some valuations based on income, customer base etc. Standard business stuff would put your company value at 1.2 to 2x annual earnings. OR 3 to 5 x annual profit

[WISPA] Fw: Nighthawk Systems Wireless Rebooting Solutions

2006-04-26 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
No paging systems around here. But the rest of you may be able to make use of this. I've seen these, pretty cool stuff. Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)

Re: [WISPA] Smith pitches 'Broadband for America Act'

2006-04-26 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
That's pretty much what I was thinking. Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my own wisp! 64.146.146.12 (net meeting)

[WISPA] Re: [WISP] Who is Open Range Communications Inc.?

2006-04-26 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Interesting. I guess that the Form 477 doesn't count for this? Many of those cities (most???) in Washington are already well covered! Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)

Re: [WISPA] Pioneering Wi-Fi City Sees Startup Woes

2006-04-25 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
The real problem is that it won't be $400k. It'll be at least twice that. It always is. And, I didn't see anywhere that that included upstream connectivity? Here's where this stuff gets sticky. Out here we have a PUD that's put fiber to the home in. They told people that it cost roughly

Re: [WISPA] Pioneering Wi-Fi City Sees Startup Woes

2006-04-24 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
roflol The city is selling signal boosters (I read that as amps) to anyone that wants them for $170? Oh man, this deployment is gonna come CRASHING down. Hard. It's really too bad these people are too ignorant, stubborn or just plain stupid to call any of us in to help. sigh Marlon

Re: [WISPA] Pioneering Wi-Fi City Sees Startup Woes

2006-04-24 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
That one's easy. They have a $400,000 per year budget. The city should contract with the WISP for that. Sheesh, 15 square miles. I could do that with my eyes closed! Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting

Re: [WISPA] UL WiMAX update

2006-04-24 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Rich, with all due respect, your idea has a REALLY big flaw in it. Once government sets a standard, it's going to be a very long time before anything new comes along. Pure Darwinism is bad in that it requires too much capital investment. No Darwinism (government standards, really that's what

Re: FCC NPRM 700 MHz Re: [WISPA] motorola buys orthogon

2006-04-19 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
I don't think this really applies to us. The 24mhz is already allocated and off the table for our use. However, it does seem to me that the band usage etc. should be left up to the end user. The FCC should just allocate the band and let the market decide how to use it. Marlon (509)

Re: [WISPA] do you use tranzeo?

2006-04-19 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
I'd not call Tranzeo low cost. They are middle of the road these days. I've got a lot of a lot of things. Tranzeo and Smartbridges being the bulk of it. Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services

Re: [WISPA] Best system for a new WISP, arguably OT

2006-04-19 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Patrick, You certainly do have some free time on your hands of late it looks like! wicked grin I actually talked to Jason an year or two ago. I've gone on a mission to find some of those who started this industry. I've been talking to Cooter, Jaime, and Norm Johnson at least semi

Re: [WISPA] UL WiMAX update

2006-04-18 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
GREAT post Patrick! Thank you so very much for it. This is one of the reasons why I'm so proud of WISPA. We're attracting the cream of the WISP crop. As operators and distributors and manufacturers. I really hope we continue to grow in these well thought out, honest directions. Having

Re: [WISPA] ISPCON

2006-04-18 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
I wish I were going! Jon is putting on a really good show. Decent wireless tracks and a TON of other isp related seminars and vendors. Sometimes we forget that the wireless part is only a small part of what makes a wisp a wisp. Going to these larger more diverse shows is a very healthy

Re: [WISPA] Anyone Hiring?

2006-04-17 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
roflol Tuche' Good luck in the job hunt big guy! When are you going to start up your own instead of working for everyone else? Marlon(509) 982-2181 Equipment sales(408) 907-6910 (Vonage) Consulting services42846865 (icq) And I run my own wisp!64.146.146.12 (net

Re: [WISPA] Universal Service Fund

2006-04-17 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Here's what I wrote up on USF. Several felt it's got some errors that need fixing. Feel free to fix this, toss it and start over. Anything at all. But right now, officially, we're doing NOTHING. And that must change guys. Someone needs to come up with a position paper for WISPA to work

Re: [WISPA] Broadband wireless world

2006-04-17 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Man, I've not been to one of those for years. Tim Downs does a GREAT job. I can't wait till I can start hitting the shows again! Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)

Re: [WISPA] Client Router selection

2006-04-04 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
I've had good luck with Linksys. Gotta change the lan ip to something non standard though. Marlon(509) 982-2181 Equipment sales(408) 907-6910 (Vonage) Consulting services42846865 (icq) And I run my own wisp!64.146.146.12 (net

[WISPA] Re: [isp-wireless] USF fund reform

2006-03-31 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Message - From: Frannie Wellings To: Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 ; isp-wireless@isp-wireless.com Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 7:05 AM Subject: Re: [isp-wireless] USF fund reform Hi, I can give you the names of some supportive members of Congress and some bill

Re: [WISPA] Re: [isp-wireless] USF fund reform

2006-03-30 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
then why should anyone ever pay for membership? Scriv Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: Let me take this point by point John. more below Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865

Re: [WISPA] USF fund reform

2006-03-29 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
in that time frame with free monies. Jeromie Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: Hi All, Here's what WISPA is prepared to submit to the commerce committee. Thought you guys would like a peek at it first. WISPA USF Reform Position Paper WISPA is a the WISP industry's only

Re: [WISPA] USF fund reform

2006-03-29 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
I'm not quite sure how to answer this one in this context. Just went by snippets I'd heard over the years on that one. I'll give you a couple of specific local examples though. Years ago I looked into what it would take to sell access to the school. erate is set up so that one company

Re: [WISPA] Fw: [Board] Television Whitespaces Position Paper - Version 2

2006-03-29 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
of cheap, interference resilient, or whatever other name you put on the product. I would aurgue the point that the FCC wants more efficient use of our unlicensed bands now and in the future. Brad -Original Message- From: Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday

Re: [WISPA] Fw: [Board] Television Whitespaces Position Paper - Version 2

2006-03-29 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Whoa there Haas! I NEVER said that wifi would be a good thing at 3650. I agree with you that YOU guys should give us much more efficient radios when/if we get that band opened up. However, I DO like the contention based mechanism. And most wisps do when they understand what it means

[WISPA] Re: [isp-wireless] USF fund reform

2006-03-29 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
- Original Message - From: Brett Glass [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: isp-wireless@isp-wireless.com Cc: wireless@wispa.org Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 1:00 PM Subject: Re: [isp-wireless] USF fund reform Some comments: WISPA is a the WISP industry's only industry owned and

Re: [WISPA] RE: Solectek Skyway 7000 -- Follow Up

2006-03-28 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Times are changing. If you want devices with lots of chips and blinky lights you'll have to pay extra. Everything it done at the board level these days. And everyone is using the same basic chip set these days. Airaya writes their own mac level firmware for them. I have 4 links. 2 of the

[WISPA] Fw: [Board] Television Whitespaces Position Paper - Version 2

2006-03-28 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hi All, Barring something that you guys see that we've missed this will be sent to the commerce committee folks. For those that don't know there are a couple of bills in Congress at this time that deal with this issue. As I can't send an attachment to the isp list I'll put the text here:

[WISPA] USF fund reform

2006-03-28 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hi All, Here's what WISPA is prepared to submit to the commerce committee. Thought you guys would like a peek at it first. WISPA USF Reform Position Paper WISPA is a the WISP industry's only industry owned and operated trade association. We're a 501c6 corporation with a 7

Re: [WISPA] RE: Solectek Skyway 7000 -- Follow Up

2006-03-28 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
That gear is still 802.11 based. So interference susceptibility is higher. Marlon(509) 982-2181 Equipment sales(408) 907-6910 (Vonage) Consulting services42846865 (icq) And I run my own wisp!64.146.146.12 (net meeting)www.odessaoffice.com/wirelesswww.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam

Re: [WISPA] Fw: [Board] Television Whitespaces Position Paper - Version 2

2006-03-28 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
... -Original Message- From: Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 12:02 PM To: wireless@wispa.org Cc: isp-wireless@isp-wireless.com Subject: [WISPA] Fw: [Board] Television Whitespaces Position Paper - Version 2 Hi All, Barring

Re: [WISPA] Look who turned up in my news this morning.

2006-03-27 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Gee, you'd think they could find better speakers wouldn't ya! grin It'll sure be great to see Rick again. I'm really looking forward to this event. It's NOT isp focused. It's technology focused. Sounds to me like it'll mostly be muni's there. If there are any wisps in the area you should

[WISPA] Now that's bad!

2006-03-27 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
http://www.infinetwireless.com/WirelessEq/Radio_equipment/accessories/document_view Gotta buy a special wrench to be able to hook up your connectors. Oh boy, what a deal. I think I'll run out and buy these radios tomorrow! NOT. Where do these engineers come from? Gotta be the ones that

Re: [WISPA] Muni wireless

2006-03-24 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
If ONLY someone would build my roaming wifi cpe! It'll be THE next big thing. Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my own wisp!

Re: [WISPA] Sprint Wi-Fi

2006-03-24 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
don't these authors ever do any independent non spoon fed research? deep sigh Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my own wisp!

Re: [WISPA] Article: Bell South Offers WiMAX backup

2006-03-22 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
roflol Man I'm good! I'm working with Alex at isp-planet right now on an article about that very thing! It was submitted about 2 weeks ago. grin Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865

[WISPA] More commerce committee stuff

2006-03-20 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
http://commerce.senate.gov/archive.spectrumreform031406.ram Interesting words at least. This may be the most amazing time for the wisp industry, ever. Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services

Re: [WISPA] Licensed Backhaul options

2006-03-17 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
harris dragonwave (we've got that at EC) stratex microwave networks (???) ceragon And there's always google: http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8oe=UTF-8q=licensed+microwave Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)

[WISPA] Re: Interference with TV

2006-03-16 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Anyone seen a problem like the one below before? Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my own wisp! 64.146.146.12 (net meeting)

[WISPA] Fw: [TVWHITESPACE] This morning's senate hearing on the TV white spaces and the growing political importance of 802.22...

2006-03-15 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
fyi Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my own wisp! 64.146.146.12 (net meeting) www.odessaoffice.com/wireless

Re: [WISPA] Water Tower Colocation

2006-03-14 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
They were told $1500 here. That's CELL phone company use though. Not wisp. I took an antenna to a city council meeting and showed them what little space I'd be using. I also compared revenue streams between cell phone companies and wisps. Then I told them that I wanted to service the

Re: [WISPA] Crimp or solder?

2006-03-13 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
I'm with the others here. Times EZ connectors are the greatest. And they also have a fairly new version that's bolt together. No need to even crimp the outer band. Totally reusable too! Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)

Re: [WISPA] Adzilla Revenue Streams

2006-03-09 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
OK, I understand the concept. It looks to me though, that most of the time we'll not have the right to change page content. Even though it's being delivered over our medium. So I couldn't replace Ford car ads that no one here cares about and insert the local Napa ads that they do care

Re: [WISPA] New revenue stream

2006-03-08 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
We specifically disallow such content on any hosted sites that sit on our servers. But around here, churches outnumber bars by 4 to one.. For us, it's a policy issue. We don't control your actions, but we don't help either. Marlon (509) 982-2181

Re: [WISPA] Moderation Duties and Criticism

2006-03-08 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
That seems reasonable Rick. I think maybe part of the problem here stems from the charter for the public list. I, personally, don't remember what the allowable discussion range is for this particular list. If it's wireless specific then we indeed have to do a much better job of keeping it

Re: [WISPA] Back bone

2006-03-08 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
We have two high end ethernet connections to the net. One is 1 meg commit and 100 meg burst. We pay $350 per month per meg of AVERAGE usage. We average a meg. The other is 1 meg commit with 10 meg burst. We pay $800 per month for a port in each of two towns. Plus $200 per month based on

[WISPA] 5.4 very close now

2006-03-06 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hi All, I talked to the FCC the other day. 5.4 is at the grammatical checking stage. All of the hard work is done. Should see product soon. They (the FCC) has extended the certification of the existing rules (5.4's rules also affect new 5.2 gig gear) for the current crop of 5.2 gig gear.

Re: [WISPA] How is this for a wireless discription?

2006-03-06 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Looks good! Now will you PLEASE stop screwing with web sites and go sell! Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my own wisp!

[WISPA] Fw: [Board] USF Distribution Webcast ON NOW

2006-03-03 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Did anyone else see this yet? If you watch it now, things don't start till about 15 or 16 minutes into the stream (at least that was the case last night). I don't know about you guys, but *I'm* VERY impressed with Ben Scott from Free Press! He certainly seems to think along our lines. And

Re: [WISPA] I know you guys will appreciate this...

2006-03-02 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
You sir, have far too much time on your hands! roflol Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my own wisp! 64.146.146.12 (net meeting)

[WISPA] Fw: Form 477 questions and answers

2006-02-28 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
- Original Message - From: Ellen Burton To: Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 11:59 AM Subject: RE: Form 477 questions Marlon, sorry about the delay, but I've now inserted answers after each of your four questions. At least some of this covers

[WISPA] More clarification from the FCC on the Form 477 Due March 1st

2006-02-27 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
! 64.146.146.12 (net meeting) www.odessaoffice.com/wireless www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam - Original Message - From: Ellen Burton To: Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 477INFO [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 6:32 PM Subject: RE: [isp-wireless] Fw

[WISPA] WISPS DO have to file the 477

2006-02-27 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
(icq)And I run my own wisp! 64.146.146.12 (net meeting) www.odessaoffice.com/wireless www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam - Original Message - From: Lists for LoKT [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 'Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181' [EMAIL

[WISPA] technology event

2006-02-23 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/confpage/060307.htm For anyone that's interested. It would be great to see some wireless folks at this. laters, Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services

Re: [WISPA] Solectek Skyway 7000

2006-02-23 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hiya Matt, I used to sell Solectek gear. Years ago. It was a good company with good gear as I recall. If you are up and running and have a good reputation in your market it never hurts to try new toys. These days most of the gear I'm buying for links like that comes from Airaya. It's

[WISPA] Should we work to change some FCC rules? was--Fw: Latest WISP FCC visit

2006-02-23 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hi All, I was just going through some old stuff on my puter and bumped into this post from Tom. Buried in there is a rehash of the idea of a real FCC recognized professional installer. Is WISPA in a position to push for this? Can we come up with a certification program? Can we take on

Re: [WISPA] Solectek Skyway 7000

2006-02-23 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
OK, this gets a bit sticky for me I work on the side as a sales geek for electro-comm and therefore sell this gear. Apply appropriate grain of salt. *I* use this gear in my network because it's priced well and it works. They get away with such low pricing because it's using the Atheros

Re: [WISPA] Good Evening Folks

2006-02-23 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Yeah. Cheap tools always come to roost sooner or later. Usually sooner and at a very bad time! Grin Now if I could just find a good cable tester at $5. heheheheh Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting

Re: [WISPA] Mesh Equipment

2006-02-23 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
First off, don't. Mesh is all the rage today. Just like hotspots were a couple of years ago. Mesh and muni are often rolled out in the same sentence. Show me ONE that's working correctly past the 6 to 12 month stage.. Having said that, you can still give them the same functionality.

Fw: [WISPA] FCC Form 477 Due March 1st

2006-02-22 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hi All, For those that think it's no big deal to not fill this out. Please read the note below from Ellen Burton with the FCC. She's in charge of this form. Guys, they are making this as easy as they can for us. I think we have nothing to gain and much to loose by being a PITA.

Re: [WISPA] Fw: [WISPA FCC] Mandatory FCC Form 477 info

2006-02-22 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
] Mandatory FCC Form 477 info Marlan, I opened it using Excel and saved it. The Excel file is attached. Sean Gayle -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 12:01 PM To: wireless

Re: [WISPA] Use of WISPA logo

2006-02-20 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Not sure about the logo, my guess is, no. Has to be the whole wispa logo, not just part of it. I know Bob (if it's the same Bob Smith), he's a good guy. Marlon(509) 982-2181 Equipment sales(408) 907-6910 (Vonage) Consulting services42846865 (icq) And I run my own wisp!64.146.146.12

Re: [WISPA] Use of WISPA logo

2006-02-20 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
and UNLIMITED Long Distance only $69! No Taxes, No Regulatory Fees, No Hassles FREE Site Survey: http://www.KyWiFi.com == - Original Message - From: Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WISPA General List wireless

Re: [WISPA] Use of WISPA logo

2006-02-20 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
ttp://www.KyWiFi.com == - Original Message ----- From: "Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; "WISPA General List" wireless@wispa.org Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 12:33 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Use of WISPA logo Not sure about the logo, my guess

Re: [WISPA] Use of WISPA logo

2006-02-20 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
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Re: [WISPA] Wispcon?

2006-02-20 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hiya Toots! That last joke you sent me want funny! I'd have beaten the biker dude! LOL Anyhow, which show you should go to really depends on what you want to do. If I had my way I'd go to ALL of them. They ALL have something to offer if you're willing to listen and learn. I just got

Re: [WISPA] Advice on Legal Options for Competitor Interference

2006-02-13 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
It doesn't seem to make much difference if it's 1 mile away or 1' away :-). We have a site that has 4 wifi systems on it and there are 3 other providers about a mile away. From the cpe point of view, they are almost the same site 10+ miles out. Having said that, most of the people up there

Re: [WISPA] Flawed Spectrum Analysis (I think!)

2006-02-10 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
I totally agree with Dustin here. Hanging them without looking first is akin to running a stop sign. You'll probably be fine, most of the time. But.. It doesn't take long to look. Bob's right, things can and almost always do get missed. Dustin is also right though, one should find

Re: [WISPA] Flawed Spectrum Analysis (I think!)

2006-02-10 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
- Original Message - From: Bob Moldashel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 8:08 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Flawed Spectrum Analysis (I think!) Cliff Leboeuf wrote: Dustin, thanks for the encouraging support of my efforts.

[WISPA] Re: [isp-wireless] Congress Is Rewriting the Broadband Laws in 2006

2006-02-10 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
for your time. I look forward to hearing from you. P.S. I love getting the news letters. I'm glad you started using that technology. Sincerely, Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services

[WISPA] service contract prices

2006-02-10 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hi All, I've been asked to provide a network for a complex of buildings. They like the ease of deployment and flexibility of a Trango based network. I'll lock them into a 3 year contract that will match the time frame I'll need for a bank loan for the hardware. I'll need to put in 3 ap's

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