Re: [WISPA] NYCwireless Network Neutrality Broadband Challenge

2005-11-10 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
The real issue on this is natural vs. un-natural monopolies. I can't find the article I read some years ago but here's the gist of it. There's only so much room for things like water lines, gas lines, electric lines, telephone lines, streets, garbage cans etc. Those PHYSICAL structures lend t

[WISPA] Fw: INVITE: Should Vacant TV Channels Be Opened for Wireless Broadband? Debate on TV Interference Claims -- 11/15, 10am, US Capitol, Room HC-8

2005-11-11 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
fyi   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/mar

Re: [WISPA] NYCwireless Network Neutrality Broadband Challenge

2005-11-11 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Here here! That's why we've ALWAYS been honest with our customers. We bill per bit not per mbps. Go as fast as your situation will allow but don't get stupid with the connection. It's worked out so nicely that we're running 300ish broadband customers, 50 of them on 100 meg fiber links (80/2

Re: [WISPA] Fw: INVITE: Should Vacant TV Channels Be Opened forWireless Broadband? Debate on TV Interference Claims -- 11/15, 10am, US Capitol, Room HC-8

2005-11-11 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Re: [WISPA] Fw: INVITE: Should Vacant TV Channels Be Opened forWireless Broadband? Debate on TV Interference Claims -- 11/15,10am, US Capitol, Room HC-8 OK Marlon, what can we do? Original message Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 08:05:47 -0800 From: "Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181"

Re: [WISPA] New Tower Installation - Check out these towers!

2005-11-11 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
I've seen those a couple of years back. Does anyone know anyone that's tried one? Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my own wisp! 64.14

Re: [WISPA] New Service

2005-11-17 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
I helped build a couple of systems in that area. I'll try to track down Pat for you. I know he sold out several months ago but he'll know how to get a hold of the new guys. laters, Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)

Re: [WISPA] WISPA and volunteers

2005-11-18 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
I think those are all good ideas. Finding the time on the other hand Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my own wisp! 64.146.146.12 (

Fw: [WISPA] New Service

2005-11-18 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Here ya go Jory, I've cc'd the guys that I know of there. 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

Re: [WISPA] New Service

2005-11-18 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
on a consulting gig helping out the folks who Pat sold to. The business is http://www.rcom-ne.com/ and I've already given them your contact information. Have a good one! Matt Larsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: I helped build a couple of systems in that area.

Re: [WISPA] I am back -- this time with a vengeance! LOL ;-)

2005-11-21 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Grin. I'm not sure how to take that! It seemed like a complement and a slam all at the same time! (Not that I don't deserve both! lol) I'm glad you finally have a network you can call your own! Now we'll see what you're really made of. Welcome to the real world of having no one to blame

Re: [WISPA] network testers

2005-11-22 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
That's a $250 unit.  Who's got a nice one that's under a hundred bucks?  I don't use them very often but when I need it it's nice to have  Mine broke lately though.   Marlon(509) 982-2181   Equipment sales(408) 907-6910 (Vonage)    Consul

[WISPA] Fw: Analysis Demonstrates Availability of TV Band Spectrum for Wireless Broadband in Markets Nationwide

2005-11-23 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
: Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 4:18 PM Subject: RE: Analysis Demonstrates Availability of TV Band Spectrum for Wireless Broadband in Markets Nationwide Yep - and that even assumes that EVERY license for any purpose precludes any use of that channel in the

Re: [WISPA] OT Hard Drive Failure

2005-11-28 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
I have a laptop sized usb hard drive adapter.  It allows me to get data off of a working drive.  Not sure if that'll help you in this case but it's been a handy toy to have around.   Marlon(509) 982-2181   Equipment sales(408) 907-6910 (Vonage)   

Re: [WISPA] Ethernet based authentication

2005-11-30 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Our local school uses something that does what you are asking for the kids. Check with your school. If that doesn't work I can get you the name and number for who to ask here. I'm pretty sure it's done via some kind of security server. Nothing so complicated as pppoe. BTW, I think that

[WISPA] Fw: [Unlicensed_advocates] Will CALEA kill CWNs and WISPs?

2005-12-01 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Interesting article. 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 www.odessa

Re: [WISPA] Membership Roll and Advertising Discussion Invitation

2005-12-04 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Mac, as long as you are a paid member everything is negotiable. This is YOUR organization. We on the board do what we believe is best, but at the end of the day you guys can over rule us at any time. Better yet, if someone thinks it should be done differently they should run for the board :-

Re: [WISPA] the best 120* Sector

2005-12-05 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Maxrad has a really nice new one. About $200 from EC. I installed one for a customer in the mid west. As far as I know it's still working well for them. laters, Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting servi

Re: [WISPA] How to Authenticate/Protect (Was Ethernet basedauthentication)

2005-12-05 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hiya Jason, You are mixing your networks You won't normally run a homebrew product to provide a top notch service. If security is of THAT great an importance to you, you should NOT run wifi anything. Put in something much more off the wall. It's a lot harder to snoop if you don't use

Re: [WISPA] FCC

2005-12-05 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Cool! Just this week WISPA had a team at the FCC who met with Fred. Hopefully they'll issue some reports to us all soon :-). laters, Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)

Re: [WISPA] FCC

2005-12-05 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
here is the report from the FCC trip a couple weeks back? Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: Cool! Just this week WISPA had a team at the FCC who met with Fred. Hopefully they'll issue some reports to us all soon :-). laters, Marlon (509) 982-2181 Eq

Re: [WISPA] FCC

2005-12-06 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
A General List" Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 5:25 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] FCC I am not sure who is tasked with writing a report on our visit to the FCC. I do think it would be interested to do a conference call with interested parties to discuss. -Matt Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181

Re: [WISPA] How to Authenticate/Protect (WasEthernet basedauthentication)

2005-12-06 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
quot; Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 9:39 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] How to Authenticate/Protect (WasEthernet basedauthentication) Marlon, I appreciate the advice. Mostly I am interested in bullet proof authentication of my clients. Any suggestions? Jason Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-

Re: [WISPA] How to Authenticate/Protect (WasEthernetbasedauthentication)

2005-12-06 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
newal . > >My advice is completely the opposite. Use DHCP for all of your >customers. You will be happy you did and will mutter things when you >encounter someone who is not on DHCP. > >The personal contact is nice but what if you have several hundred >customers? That is just

Re: [WISPA] How to Authenticate/Protect(WasEthernetbasedauthentication)

2005-12-07 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
kicked off the Judd list for not backing down and agreeing that hacked together bridges were the way to go. Regards, Lonnie On 12/6/05, Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yeah, until some lunkhead plugs his dsl router in backward. As they

Re: [WISPA] How toAuthenticate/Protect(WasEthernetbasedauthentication)

2005-12-07 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
n is Christmas, not X-mas, not the holiday, but Christmas, because Christ was born to provide salvation to all who will believe! -- Original Message ------- From: "Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List"

Re: [WISPA] How to Authenticate/Protect (Was Ethernet basedauthentication)

2005-12-08 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Or use bridged radios and anyone's dsl/cable router. Linksys, Belkin, Netgear, they all do pppoe. Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my

Re: [WISPA] BellSouth rescinds N.O. donation

2005-12-08 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
I took it to mean that you guys should move to higher, safer ground. Build a new city, give the ocean it's due and shift two steps north :-). A thought that makes imminent sense to me. As I sit here with an office right beside a creek. 5ish feet below the banks. And with insurance at $

[WISPA] Arp requests

2005-12-08 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hi All, I just got my copy of Network Spy registered so I'm looking around at what there is to be seen. I see my router broadcasting arp requests (coming from both subnets gateway addys, .1 and .129). I also see customers send out broadcast arp requests once in a while. But I have one cust

Re: [WISPA] Intro/Karlnet/YDI/Terabeam/Proxim/Turbocell

2005-12-08 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hiya Mark, I'll not tell you what I think of the bind you are being put in Just another reason to steer clear of companies that require license keys. As to what you should do. It won't be fun but it should be possible. Start building another network over the top of this existing one.

Re: [WISPA] Arp requests

2005-12-08 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
onse.org (Katrina relief efforts) 318-728-8600 - Rayville 318-728-9600 318-376-2562 - cell Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: Hi All, I just got my copy of Network Spy registered so I'm looking around at what there is to be seen. I see my router broadcasting arp requests (c

Re: [WISPA] Arp requests

2005-12-08 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
an Maximum Access, LLC. www.inetsouth.com www.radioresponse.org (Katrina relief efforts) 318-728-8600 - Rayville 318-728-9600 318-376-2562 - cell Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: He's pretty technical. He'd have called by now if his internet wasn't working. I'll have him check but

Re: [WISPA] Arp requests

2005-12-08 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
out for that device is set low. DSJ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 12:18 PM To: wireless@wispa.org Subject: [WISPA] Arp requests Hi All, I just got my copy of Network Spy registered

Re: [WISPA] P2P & Worm Monitoring/Alerting/Control

2005-12-09 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Like the others that have spoken up here we use MT.  Butch does all of the work on it for us as I'm no router guy.  Great stuff.   The only problem is that there is basically no factory support.  And Butch has a real job too.  grin   I've been sending my consulting customers to www.imagestrea

[WISPA] Fw: .ppt for FCC

2005-12-09 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hi All, Here's a trip report from Forbes Mercy. He's one of the 4 man team we had in DC last week. These guys did a great job and the feed back from the FCC folks has been very positive. This trip was done at their own expense and time. Please give them a big thanks for the whole industry

Re: [WISPA] P2P & Worm Monitoring/Alerting/Control

2005-12-09 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
*I'M* Stuart Pierce! 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 www.odessa

Re: [WISPA] USF fund issues

2005-12-12 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
I shot him a note this am. thanks! 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/wire

[WISPA] Politics and reporting

2005-12-12 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
http://www.isp-planet.com/fixed_wireless/politics/2005/wireless_new_year.html Enjoy! Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my own wisp! 64.1

Re: [WISPA] INSURANCE

2005-12-12 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
We use Basin Insurance in Moses Lake Wa. Gary Troutman has been GREAT. And he's really done a lot of research into my industry. He's got me on some very cool insurance programs. Good reasonable stuff. His number is: 509.765.4785 Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipm

Re: [WISPA] INSURANCE

2005-12-12 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
level. Then we get good stuff from the FCC and WISPs rule the world. *Right Brain* Lets do what we can to get more Principal Members. Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: We use Basin Insurance in Moses Lake Wa. Gary Troutman has been GREAT. And he's really done a lot of research int

[WISPA] Emailing: P1010644.JPG

2005-12-12 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
WISPA's intrepid leader back before there was a WISPA. grin marlon <> -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/

[WISPA] Emailing: P1010645.JPG

2005-12-12 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
I got in trouble for this. You aren't supposed to touch the statues. It seems that over time it wears them down and discolors them. Learn something new every day! marlon <> -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless A

Re: [WISPA] INSURANCE - buying club

2005-12-12 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Now if only we could get Moto to stop working so hard against us at the FCC and to basically use the average wisp to support the biggest fo the big.  After all, who's gonna need 500 packs of anything until you're pretty dang good sized?  And how are you supposed to do that when your money is

Re: [WISPA] Emailing: P1010641.JPG

2005-12-12 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
eless www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam - Original Message - From: "A. Huppenthal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 11:28 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Emailing: P1010641.JPG Where is Pepper these days? He'd make a great WISPA b

Re: [WISPA] Emailing: IMG_0823.JPG

2005-12-12 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
.JPG You're a dead man Marlon.. I'm calling the boys in Brooklyn right now.! :-P -B- Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: I'm cleaning some stuff up on the puter. Found a few pics from the 2004 FCC trip. For those that have never seen him, the guy in th

[WISPA] Re: Tranzeo post

2005-12-13 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Thanks Neal, I'll pass this along! 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/wire

Re: [WISPA] Good Backhaul?

2005-12-20 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Anytime the budget allows it I run wires. Wireless is great but there's no guarantee of service as it's unlicensed. Yes we can do a very good job by buying good gear and being smart about the design etc. But. Also, anytime you can use wires you free up valuable spectrum for ptmp systems

Re: [WISPA] Good Backhaul?

2005-12-20 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
$1000 per LINK? How? Heck, I could even justify some of that around here! Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my own wisp! 64.146.146.12

Re: [WISPA] Inconsistent Signal strength

2005-12-20 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hiya Tom, I've seen a few things do this. In order of likelihood: Water in something. INCLUDING a customer site. Interference. It could be self inflicted. See above. Bad radio. Junk hardware that's not as good as the followers say or has previously unknown problems. Even with fresnel inter

Re: [WISPA] Good Backhaul?

2005-12-20 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
dishes is like 1 degree. Maximum distance (per spec) is 2 miles. Travis Microserv Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: $1000 per LINK? How? Heck, I could even justify some of that around here! Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonag

Re: [WISPA] Line of Credit

2005-12-20 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Yeah what he said. Plus the silly games they play on insurance for the devices! I'm forever fighting with one of the companies that does one of two leases I've ever gotten. The insurance company has faxed the correct docs many times. And *I* know things have been sent because they were faxe

Re: [WISPA] Re: [WISPA FCC] USF fund issues

2005-12-20 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Out here the telco gets $109 per month per pots line in usf funds. I think that's why they require a pots line in order to have dsl service. Without the pots line subsidy they could never afford to offer their $30 dsl service free install and all! USF should either go away or be made fair an

Re: [WISPA] Canopy buying group prices

2005-12-20 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Not true. We have a couple of different lines. They were hard to get, we actually get run under a program for farmers, but we have them. Believe me though, I can't wait till I get rid of them too though! Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (V

Re: [WISPA] Good Backhaul?

2005-12-20 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
ubject: Re: [WISPA] Good Backhaul? On 12/20/05, Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: A.  OK.  I've watch for them some but never seen any actually show up.I see you're going for one now! Good luck bidding.Best,-- Dylan OliverPrimaveri

Re: [WISPA] Canopy buying group prices

2005-12-20 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
you to continue to grow. With leasing companies, I can just continue to use a new company each time, then not a single company takes all the risk. At a certain point, the bank will just say "no", and then you will be stuck. :( Travis Microserv Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wro

Re: [WISPA] DS3 to Ethernet Converters

2005-12-21 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
http://www.paradyne.com/products/DNE4500/ I've used their sdsl kids since '98 and the t-1 extenders (no router needed) since 2001 or so. Maybe 2002. They are the original Net to Net products. Good stuff. If anyone needs them I have two t-1 kits I'm no longer using. Won't go cheap cau

[WISPA] Fw: [TVWHITESPACE] Noteworthy FCC PN and filing deadline

2005-12-21 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
From another list a few of the board members are on. Can someone take a look at this and see if they can come up with a filing? I can help but don't have time to do the whole thing. I can probably also put you in touch with people that can help you with details/understanding of the issues.

[WISPA] Fw: [TVWHITESPACE] Noteworthy FCC PN and filing deadline

2005-12-23 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Anyone see a reason not to support this proposal? 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.odessao

Re: [WISPA] FW: mobile platforms

2005-12-23 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
FYI.   You do NOT have 3 dB of connector loss unless you are totally screwing up the connectors.  The actual loss is something like .1 dB of loss per connector.  I usually count them as 0 just to be safe.   Also, you've surely noticed that Vivato just folded up shop.  The product never reall

Re: [WISPA] Good Backhaul?

2005-12-23 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
agreed. I don't think of myself as a wireless guy. I'm a bit pusher. Want dailup, I got that. Want wireless? i got that. Want fiber? I got that too. Sometimes I think I should install a fur lined interior on the car and wear a bright red silk suit to work! grin Marlon (509) 982-2181

Re: [WISPA] Good Backhaul?

2005-12-23 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
For all of you guys looking at fiber. Be VERY careful. We've got it out here. Basically a municipal network, many of them in the state already. Many years old. It's normally several orders of magnitude more expensive than it's ever made out to be. Just the labor and digging up streets wi

[WISPA] VPN for mobile applications

2005-12-23 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hi All, I have a local police dept. that's interested in mobile applications in their cars etc. They are aware of a solution called Netmotion. Anything like that but at a better price out there? Mainly they are after something called "persistant sessions" which allows seamless connectivit

Re: [WISPA] Utility pole mount

2005-12-29 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
2" water pipe.  It'll be heavy but it'll get you up there.  21' long.   laters, Marlon(509) 982-2181   Equipment sales(408) 907-6910 (Vonage)    Consulting services42846865 (icq)    And I run my own wisp!64.14

Re: [WISPA] anyone ever heard of an Airvast ap?

2005-12-29 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Grin.  I was looking for direct experiences  And I was out in the field and didn't have time to google anything.   laters, Marlon(509) 982-2181   Equipment sales(408) 907-6910 (Vonage)    Consulting services42846865 (icq)

Re: [WISPA] FCC regs question

2006-01-03 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
For anyone that cares to fact check this the guy at the FCC to talk to is John Reed. He wrote much of the part-15 rules. I ask him whenever I'm not sure. Here goes: 900 mhz. max of 36 dB eirp. Period. Max radio output of 30 dB (1 watt) period. 5.1 is indoor only, very low power. I don

[WISPA] Fw: [WISP] Wow ! Think of the implications ?

2006-01-11 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Oh goody.  Something that'll make Napster's impact on the internet look tame! Marlon(509) 982-2181   Equipment sales(408) 907-6910 (Vonage)    Consulting services42846865 (icq)    And I run my own wisp!64.146.

Re: [WISPA] Redundant Connections

2006-01-13 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
I was looking for something similar the other day. http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=dual+wan+port+broadband+router&btnG=Google+Search You'll likely want something of a higher quality. But it can be done. I think that wisps that don't have a "backup" offering are missing a very

[WISPA] Out with the old, in with the new

2006-01-13 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Here's a pic from my latest consulting trip. The Trango system was giving this customer 1400/1400 kbps (not bad for a t-1 feed to the wpop!!!). The old sat system via a test to the same test site gave us 400/60 kbps. To say that this new isp is happy would be the understatement of the year! ma

Re: [WISPA] Out with the old, in with the new

2006-01-13 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
stant Scoutmaster, Troop 164 Committee Chairman, Venture Crew 559 Stoughton, Wisconsin ----- Original Message - From: "Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, January 13, 2006 11:52 am Subject: [WISPA] Out with the old, in with the new Here's

Re: [WISPA] AP selection

2006-01-13 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Ethernet.  No interference from the wlan's that the students will run!   Marlon(509) 982-2181   Equipment sales(408) 907-6910 (Vonage)    Consulting services42846865 (icq)    And I run my own wisp!64.146.146.1

Re: [WISPA] contact info for Patrick Leary

2006-01-17 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 www.odessaoffi

[WISPA] Fw: OFDM-Based Broadband Wireless Networks: Design and Optimization

2006-01-18 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
For those interested in this report. If you find out how much it is let me know. I may want to buy a copy too. laters, Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)

[WISPA] Fw: [TVWHITESPACE] NEI petition Docket 05-345

2006-01-18 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hi All, I suggest that WISPA support this proposal. Naturally only those who are members will count when it comes time to decide to support this or not, but I think ideas and comments from everyone would be welcome and a good idea. In a nut shell, you all know we've already been working hard

Re: [WISPA] soldering radio's

2006-01-23 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Making that modification would likely take the radios out of certification.   Marlon(509) 982-2181   Equipment sales(408) 907-6910 (Vonage)    Consulting services42846865 (icq)    And I run my own wisp!64.

Re: [WISPA] FM tower co-location

2006-01-25 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Yeah. It's, by far, my most troublesome site. Not all the fault of the FM system I'm sure. There are 3 or 4 competitors only a mile away. And my antennas have to mount behind another tower etc. But the general noise there is so high I have to take my volt meter outside of the building in or

Re: [WISPA] TRANGO!!

2006-01-26 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
hear hear 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 www.odessaoffice.

Re: [WISPA] USF tax changes?

2006-01-27 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
I had a call the other day from someone at the Congressional Budget Office. It *looks* like there is a move afoot to expand USF to broadband. I believe this would only be a good thing for the market. Out here the telco gets $109 per month per phone line. And they require a phone line for DSL

Re: [WISPA] 900b mhz omni

2006-01-27 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
agreed. Hi gain omni antennas of any freq. are in all but a very few deployments very bad news. Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my

Re: [WISPA] 900Mhz Grid vs Yagi

2006-01-27 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
A bit old here But check out: http://www.odessaoffice.com/wireless/antenna/how_to_pick_the_right_antenna.htm There are radiation pattern examples there. As a general rule I'd have to say that yagi's are quite a bit better than grids. laters, Marlon (509) 982-2181

Re: [WISPA] Legal Radio and Antenna Combos - Are there any in existance?

2006-01-30 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hiya Jason, Why not just buy ISP grade product? Then you don't have to worry about all of this. AND at 2.4 the CLIENT side isn't limited to 36 dB. It starts there with a 30 dB radio with a 6 dB antenna. For every one db of radio tx dB you drop you can go up 3 dB of antenna gain. Marlon

Re: [WISPA] Legal Radio and Antenna Combos - Are there anyin existance?

2006-01-30 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
- Are there anyin existance? Marlon, What would you suggest? I am afraid of proprietary stuff because I don't know enough industry history to understand the players. Jason Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: Hiya Jason, Why not just buy ISP grade product? Then you don't have t

Re: [WISPA] My Towers Need More CPU - suggestions?

2006-01-30 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Just bread down and put Dell rack mount servers in place. grin 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 mee

[WISPA] TV band issue.

2006-01-31 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hi All, You may be interested in this. http://www.jhsnider.net/telecompolicy/ First article, click on the word "here". It's in word format. I think this is something that we need to be working on. WISPA is to some extent, but it's a big issue against powerful opponents and those working o

[WISPA] Mandatory FCC Form 477 info

2006-02-02 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hi All, As some of you know, WISPA has been working with the FCC on correcting our industry's deficiency in reporting. For those that don't know, only 400 of the underestimated 3000 WISPs in the country reported last time. There were two main reasons that we could come up with for this. One i

Re: [WISPA] Canopy 900

2006-02-02 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
36 dB for both. 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 www.odessaoffic

Re: [WISPA] penetration rates

2006-02-02 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Within 2 years of service becoming available 30 to 40% of the households will take it.   This assumes any form of broadband.   It also assumes that the install costs are $200 or less and monthly is $35 or less.   Raise of lower your prices and the rates will change some.  Usually down :-).  

Re: [WISPA] It's been a long road

2006-02-03 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Of course they are. Anyone that thinks they can be untaxed in any modern government run operation is kidding themselves. You WILL be taxed at some point either way Rick. And like everyone else you'll pass those costs along to the consumer. You STILL have to fill out this form! You'll be in

Re: [WISPA] It's been a long road

2006-02-03 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Mark, When in business one of the first things you have to do is deal with reality not the ramblings of a piece of fiction! If this *fictional* piece of work is enough to make you want to bail, they you should get out and get a real job. Heck, I'd even go so far as to say that if you ha

Re: [WISPA] non-grid power

2006-02-03 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
The best is a mix of solar and wind. I know of some that use propane too. I've never done it either though :-) Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)

Re: [WISPA] Sample Lease Agreement for Roof Rights

2006-02-03 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
http://odessaoffice.com/wireless/ Right hand side. Sample Documents. laters, Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my own wisp! 64.146.146

Re: [WISPA] FCC Form requirement

2006-02-06 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
- Original Message - From: "Rudolph Worrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 7:15 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] FCC Form requirement John, Thank you for the response. I am hoping that everyone including myself will pony up be a paid member

Re: [WISPA] To Break the Law or Not to Break theLaw...That is theQuestion

2006-02-06 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
OK, I can't take this anymore Guys, you all already pay taxes, have phone numbers, business licenses etc. It's not like anyone that wants to cause trouble can't find ya easlily enough. I came up with the most common 4 questions that have been asked here and shot them off to Ellen at the

[WISPA] Fw: [Unlicensed_advocates] Bush proposes tax on Wi-Fi, unlicensed spectrum

2006-02-07 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 www.odessaoffice.com/marlon

[WISPA] Fw: [Unlicensed_advocates] Bush proposes tax on Wi-Fi, unlicensed spectrum

2006-02-07 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
more 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 www.odessaoffice.com/m

Re: [WISPA] 2006 Board Election Underway!

2006-02-07 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Mine worked too   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.odessaof

Re: Re:[WISPA]Farmers Wanting full Farm Coverage

2006-02-08 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
As an FYI, we've had wifi in cop cars since 2002. They get 15 MILES and can roam from tower to tower as well. http://www.odessaoffice.com/wireless/mobile.htm We used to just use the essid of ANY and they'd tie into any of my towers that they could see. That no longer works due to all of the

Re: [WISPA] Good news and bad news today

2006-02-08 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Great post Mac. Thanks for the vote of confidence! Now go put those comments on every OTHER list you're on! We need this kind of thing said, over and over and over, in places that don't know about or don't participate in wispa. We need Stu to join! Marlon (509) 982-2181

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

2006-02-09 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
www.timesmicrowave.com Go to the online calculator and figure up the losses on your cable. Be sure to set the freq at 5800 mhz. I'd not even count the connectors as loss, they are usually in the .1 to .5 range. But for a survey adding 1dB of loss per connector is safe. As I read this they

Re: [WISPA]Farmers Wanting full Farm Coverage

2006-02-09 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
the use of EXISTING infrastructure from MULTIPLE providers. Think cell phone system evolution here guys. Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: As an FYI, we've had wifi in cop cars since 2002. They get 15 MILES and can roam from tower to tower as well. http://www.odessaoffi

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 ou

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" 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. Since we have bee

<    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   >