Re: [WISPA] using diversity outdoors

2006-12-08 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
First, if you think it's multipath try moving the antenna. I've had some as low as 2' above the ground to get the best signal and speeds possible. I've had a couple, maybe even a few, where moving 2 to 3 feet up or down (often down) seems to do the trick. As for running diversity, it'll be a

[WISPA] I want one!!!

2006-12-11 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
http://www.ustower.com/portables.html 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/wi

Re: [WISPA] high throughput backhaul options

2006-12-12 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
What distances do you need? 5 to 10 miles is a big swing for some gear What's your budget? A series of 60 gig radios might work well for ya. Certainly the Dragonwave 24 gig gear should do. You might also look at Harris or Microwave networks licensed gear. Marlon (509) 982-2181

Re: [WISPA] high throughput backhaul options

2006-12-12 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
fyi, I believe that it's oxygen that absorbs 60 gig. Not so much rain. Often companies tie 60 gig and FSO together for short hop very high speed redundant links. Each fades differently in different weather. Note, everything above 10 gig has rain fade, some bands just more so than others a

Re: [WISPA] Need opinion

2006-12-12 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hi Carlos You don't tell us what speed and/or reliability you need for that link. I tried the single radio repeater idea you are talking about. The results pretty well sucked. big time. However, I'm about to try it again with a protocol called wds. That's supposed to allow an ap work as b

Re: [WISPA] Need opinion

2006-12-12 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
opinion reliability its the primary concern and the speed of the link its enough starting with 11Mbps Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 escribió: Hi Carlos You don't tell us what speed and/or reliability you need for that link. I tried the single radio repeater idea you are talking a

Re: [WISPA] high throughput backhaul options

2006-12-12 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
NOo NO one should buy ANY radio anymore that uses the entire band and is always on. No more WMux fiascos needed. Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)

Re: [WISPA] Website update suggestion

2006-12-13 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
I don't have a problem with it the way it is. However, I agree that we should make our vendor members a bit more prominent. I'd suggest that they also get rotated through a small banner at the top of the page. Or, maybe we should be more like the big boys, and sell *a* spot at the top of the

Re: [WISPA] guru opinions

2006-12-13 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Is this for something to play with or something to run a business with? Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my own wisp! 64.146.146.12 (ne

Re: [WISPA] high throughput backhaul options

2006-12-13 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Well, SOP in a case like this is to find a way to not cause catastrophic interference to anyone that was there first. Lets change your example a little bit. Lets make it a link that the E911 system uses. You gonna blow it offline just because you can? Should you do that? What would your re

Re: [WISPA] ISPCON Orlando May 23-25

2006-12-13 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
I'm interested in learning more about that. But I want FCC and DOJ personnel there. Not someone that can read to me what I can read to myself. Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)

Re: [WISPA] guru opinions

2006-12-13 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
) www.odessaoffice.com/wireless www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam - Original Message - From: "Carlos A. Garcia G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 3:33 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] guru opinions 2 play :) Marlon

Re: [WISPA] more ip tracking upgrades

2006-12-14 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
That might be interesting. In our case we don't mind (much) if that happens. Naturally, it's totally against out TOS. However, we bill per bit. If you want to share it with everyone around you, you just have to pay for the privilege. And I don't get stuck with all of the tech support :-).

[WISPA] Overage plan help

2006-12-14 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hi All, As most of you know, we bill for bits not speed. All of our customers go as fast as we can make them go. They do have to be responsible users though. To this end we had a 1 gig per month transfer limit. When I say gig, I mean it in the sense of what 1mbps service would be. So I gu

Re: [WISPA] Overage plan help

2006-12-14 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 11:21 AM To: wireless@wispa.org Cc: isp-wireless@isp-wireless.com Subject: [WISPA] Overage plan help Hi All, As most of you know, we bill for bits not speed. All of our cu

Re: [WISPA] Overage plan help

2006-12-15 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
lready, putting everyone on your Postini system will decrease your mail server bandwidth substantially. Frank Muto FSM Marketing Group, Inc. Postini Partner Reseller http://wispa.spam-virus.com - Original Message - From: "Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181" <[EMAIL PR

Re: [WISPA] DAY FROM HELL!!!

2006-12-18 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
We had 60mph sustained winds here. In town. We had one cpe radio blow down. Took the TV antenna and half the chimney with it. They now have a nice tripod bolted to the roof :-). Got another one that I have to go check out right now, not sure what's wrong with it. We also had a fiber cust

Re: [WISPA] Making progress one step at a time

2006-12-18 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
whoo hoo! Welcome to the club! 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

[WISPA] ot, private chat

2006-12-18 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hi All, A few years back, there was a program called Blab-it. It was a private chat system. I have a couple of corporate customers that are interested in a Yahoo or MSN Messenger type application but they want it isolated to their own network (including remote offices) and they want better s

Re: [WISPA] Council rejects wireless proposal

2006-12-21 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Sounds like they had some pretty valid reasons to reject the proposal. It sounded pretty onerous. Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my

[WISPA] FCC meeting with wisps

2006-12-21 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hi All, We're set to meet with the FCC (lots of new staff and a couple of new commissioners) in Feb. 14,15 or 16. Topics etc. are still being worked out. I'm also going to try to get a spot at: http://www.ftc.gov/opp/workshops/broadband/index.html I need 5 or 6 people that would like to go

[WISPA] Re: [Wisp] FCC meeting with wisps

2006-12-21 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
cember 21, 2006 4:55 PM Subject: Re: [Wisp] FCC meeting with wisps Marlon If you need me I am a WISP in the DC area and would be willing to go with you. Let me know if I should register as a member of WISP or from my own Company. Brent Anderson Vice President 703-880-8825 Great American N

Re: [WISPA] FCC meeting with wisps

2006-12-21 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
FCC meeting with wisps Im interested. When are you planning to go? Chris Cooper Intelliwave -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 12:21 PM To: wireless@wispa.org Cc: Principal

Re: [WISPA] FCC meeting with wisps

2006-12-21 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Those are great points Forbes. Let me hit on a couple of points. First, we'll be spending some time training again. There are a lot of new people at the FCC and I hope to get them there. They don't know what a WISP is or why we are so important in the market place, let alone what we actuall

Re: [WISPA] FCC meeting with wisps

2006-12-21 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hi Mark, I'm glad you'll be at the FTC workshop. What's your take on it? What'll it really be about? What's the goal? I'll not be at this FCC meeting. I've got too much to do here and not enough time or money to do it. I REALLY need to not travel for a year or two. At least not for "fu

3650 was -- Re: [WISPA] FCC meeting with wisps

2006-12-22 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
<http://www.wirelessmapping.com> -----Original Message- From: Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 9:03 PM To: WISPA General List Cc: Principal WISPA Member List Subject: Re: [WISPA] FCC meeting with wisps Those are great poi

Re: [WISPA] Alvarion Comnet Radios have arrived

2006-12-22 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Right on! Can't wait till I build another business grade system out here. That's what I plan on using. Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I r

Re: [WISPA] Alvarion Comnet Radios have arrived

2006-12-22 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
g part of the entire program. A $285 all inclusive CPE with nothing extra to buy, piece together, etc. should fall within the residential business model of even small WISPs. Patrick Leary AVP WISP Markets Alvarion, Inc. o: 650.314.2628 c: 760.580.0080 Vonage: 650.641.1243 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Origi

Re: [WISPA] Alvarion Comnet Radios have arrived

2006-12-22 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
the VL product. Best and Merry Christmas! Brad -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 11:05 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Alvarion Comnet Radios have

Re: [WISPA] Alvarion Comnet Radios have arrived

2006-12-22 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
is a high quality product with a number of valuable features, but it is missing a few key items that keep it form performing well (or at all) as a committed rate business class solution. Only reason for my post was because of your intended use of the VL product. Best and Merry Christmas! Brad

Re: [WISPA] Alvarion Comnet Radios have arrived

2006-12-22 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
- Original Message - From: "Brad Belton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'WISPA General List'" Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 12:26 PM Subject: RE: [WISPA] Alvarion Comnet Radios have arrived Wow back at ya there, Mike! Never said the product was less in quality in any form. Simply sta

[WISPA] Merry Christmas

2006-12-22 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
I just wanted to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy new year! It is truly an honor to be associated with y'all. I'm honored to be a part of one of the most progressive, trouble making lots that the internet has ever seen! Take care, sell lots, and above all, stay safe Marlo

[WISPA] bits per mbps

2006-12-22 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hi All, OK, so now that we know who our heavy users are I have to come up with a couple of things. First, I have to figure out how many kbps a gig of download would be. Specifically, I've got a couple of customers doing 50 gigs per month. How many kbps does it take to generate that? We pa

Re: [WISPA] bits per mbps

2006-12-22 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
- Original Message - From: "David E. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 1:42 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] bits per mbps Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: First, I have to figure out how many kbps

Re: [WISPA] Alvarion Comnet Radios have arrived

2006-12-22 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Grin, while I've certainly noticed Brad's almost religious dislike of Alvarion I do have to side with him on this. I just called Ben Moore at PacWireless yesterday to bitch about the new Sat. arm mounts he sent me. They have some bizarre metric nut on the dang things. Now I have to carry FOUR

Re: [WISPA] bits per mbps

2006-12-22 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
her unless your true goal is to figure out how hard you can squeeze you sub. Which is not right or wrong, just your business not any ones elses. I have a sub that uploads a 250 meg file twice a day to my server and does this every day. If he was your sub how much would you charge them? Georg

Re: [WISPA] bits per mbps

2006-12-22 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
- Original Message - From: "David E. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 2:26 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] bits per mbps Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: First, I have to figure out how many kbps

Re: [WISPA] Alvarion Comnet Radios have arrived

2006-12-22 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
- Original Message - From: "George Rogato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 2:31 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Alvarion Comnet Radios have arrived Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: Grin, while I've

Re: [WISPA] Alvarion Comnet Radios have arrived

2006-12-26 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Got that part. I still didn't see in there anywhere, in plain English that a neophyte like me can understand, is this a polling or csmak product? Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)

Re: [WISPA] Alvarion Comnet Radios have arrived

2006-12-26 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
f you want :) ok ok, I won't. :) Mark +++ neofast.net - fast internet for North East Oregon and South East Washington email me at mark at neofast dot net 541-969-8200 Direct commercial inquiries to purchasing at neofast dot net - Original Message - From: "Marlon K. Scha

Re: [WISPA] Alvarion Comnet Radios have arrived

2006-12-26 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
the CPE has an integrated 21dBi MTI. Patrick Leary AVP WISP Markets Alvarion, Inc. o: 650.314.2628 c: 760.580.0080 Vonage: 650.641.1243 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 Sent: Friday, De

Re: [WISPA] Alvarion Comnet Radios have arrived

2006-12-26 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
ry AVP WISP Markets Alvarion, Inc. o: 650.314.2628 c: 760.580.0080 Vonage: 650.641.1243 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 9:13 AM To: WISPA General List Subjec

Re: [WISPA] bits per mbps

2006-12-26 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
So why bother unless your true goal is to figure out how hard you can squeeze you sub. Which is not right or wrong, just your business not any ones elses. I have a sub that uploads a 250 meg file twice a day to my server and does this every day. If he was your sub how much would you charge the

Re: [WISPA] bits per mbps

2006-12-26 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Message - From: "David E. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 4:42 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] bits per mbps > Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: > >> First, I have to figure out how many kbps a gig of down

Re: [WISPA] bits per mbps

2006-12-26 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
thought, you might want to fire those 9 customers. You could also rate-limit them down to 56K and see how long they stick around. Jeff -Original Message- From: "Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subj: Re: [WISPA] bits per mbps Date: Fri Dec 22, 2

Re: [WISPA] bits per mbps

2006-12-26 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
99 50 Gigs $299 or something like that. John Thomas Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: Hi All, OK, so now that we know who our heavy users are I have to come up with a couple of things. First, I have to figure out how many kbps a gig of download would be. Specifically, I've got

Re: [WISPA] Alvarion Comnet Radios have arrived

2006-12-26 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 9:46 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Alvarion Comnet Radios have arrived Got it. Thanks. I guess my "beef"

Re: [WISPA] bits per mbps

2006-12-26 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
; Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 10:09 AM Subject: RE: [WISPA] bits per mbps Are you paying extra for bursting, or just the overall bandwidth used? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 Sent: Tuesday, Decembe

Re: [WISPA] once again, several of the key...

2006-12-26 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
- Original Message - From: "Patrick Leary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 10:20 AM Subject: [WISPA] once again, several of the key... ...features that make VL NOT a basic CSMA/CA product. - Configurable Minimum and Maximum Contention W

Re: [WISPA] bits per mbps

2006-12-26 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
- Original Message - From: "Butch Evans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 10:37 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] bits per mbps On Tue, 26 Dec 2006, Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: I know that they (and Butc

Re: [WISPA] bits per mbps

2006-12-26 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
l Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 1:16 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] bits per mbps Thanks! To you and your's too! Yeah, I'm working on it. Right now we're

Re: [WISPA] once again, several of the key...

2006-12-26 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
OK, so when we set the value to 0, how does the ap decide who it's going to listen to and when it'll talk? Is this the same as turning the radio into a polling mechanism? Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consultin

Re: [WISPA] bits per mbps

2006-12-26 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
- Original Message - From: "George Rogato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 11:44 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] bits per mbps Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: Wrong answer, It should be the other way ar

Re: [WISPA] Alvarion Comnet Radios have arrived

2006-12-26 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
ll stations can be made to wait while those stations with spooled up voice can release their packets regardless of where they are in the cell. Also, in VL an operator can adjust numerous values of the CSMA/CA, such as contention window duration, contention levels, etc. It is more sophisticated th

Re: [WISPA] Alvarion Comnet Radios have arrived

2006-12-26 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
- Original Message - From: "Rich Comroe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 3:34 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Alvarion Comnet Radios have arrived Products that are best effort [snip product name] end up making guys like us look bad. I'm confus

[WISPA] calea

2006-12-28 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hi All, I finally got to talk to someone at the FCC about CALEA. Unfortunately that discussion raised more questions than it answered. I'll continue to work some new directions that I've been given though. I hope to have more in a week or three. What I DO know is that there isn't a data r

Re: [WISPA] Looking for an administrator

2006-12-28 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
If it helps William We contract our BSD work, if it's done right there's no need to have someone working on the servers very often. Certainly not daily. We also don't do our VoIP in house. Not that we have a VoIP program, but who's counting lol Actually, we're working on getting a

Re: [WISPA] power draw

2006-12-28 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Amprobe Just have an electrician come in and check that breaker. Or, if you are like me, you've used them a lot in a former life and have a couple laying around :-). Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulti

Re: [WISPA] power draw

2006-12-28 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 1:46 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] power draw Amprobe Just have an electrician come in and check that breaker. Or, if you are like me, you've used them a lot in a former li

Re: [WISPA] Alvarion Comnet Radios have arrived

2006-12-28 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
), let me know. Same goes for you Marlon. Regards, Ben -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George Rogato Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 3:31 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Alvarion Comnet Radios have arrived Marlon K. S

[WISPA] Fiar use policy

2006-12-29 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
This looks like it's well written and makes a ton of sense to me. http://go.gethughesnet.com/HUGHES/Rooms/DisplayPages/LayoutInitial?pageid=fairaccess&Container=com.webridge.entity.Entity[OID[BD8BE0839F414B4FB7CDDCA10EFA5369]] Anyone else implementing a program like this? Any suggested specific

Re: [WISPA] StarOS or Microtik with TRCPQ clients...

2006-12-29 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
OK, lets be clear on what the rules are today guys. (Why did I know that THIS thread was gonna turn out to be a ton of fun (said the pot to the kettle)) Here's how it works. If you have a AP out there it can have a MAX output of 4 watts. 36dB. That holds true for 900, 2.4 and 5.8 bands. I

Re: [WISPA] US Wireless Online Sells 50.1 Percent

2007-01-04 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Who says the guy on the front side of the paycheck isn't making money? The more I see what goes on out there, the more I'm convinced that some people are just really good at spending others money. It doesn't matter if they turn a profit or not, as long as those original funders get their money

Re: [WISPA] Bad Storm in Nebraska

2007-01-05 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
wowsers! Do you need anything? Any help etc? Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my own wisp! [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.odessaoffice.com/wir

Re: [WISPA] Bad Storm in Nebraska

2007-01-05 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
killer. Its unreal the damage the do as well as the amount of time and money it takes to get everything back up. That was a BAD puppy that rolled through Nebraska. Mac Dearman -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2

Re: [WISPA] Brad B, I got your answer on the pinout for BreezeACCESSVL

2007-01-08 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
LOL Too true. I've read the first 4 books. I re-read them the other day, sure was a lot funnier at 20 than at 40 though! That's been one case where I thought that the movie was much better than the book. Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910

Re: [WISPA] Muni networks, the good, bad and ugly

2007-01-10 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Of course it is. That's part of why we do what we do in this room eh? Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my own wisp! [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [WISPA] what's this list all about anyhow?

2007-01-10 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Sure. Anytime there are people around I agree though. I don't understand why people that disagree can't do so without the insults. Like mama used to say, if you've got nothing good to say grin Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (V

Re: [WISPA] Muni networks, the good, bad and ugly

2007-01-10 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
- Original Message - From: "Peter R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:48 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Muni networks, the good, bad and ugly Mark, How does YOUR view address the real competition that towns have to attract new business? B

Re: [WISPA] Muni networks, the good, bad and ugly

2007-01-10 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
There is some important info missing here. How many are actually running. What do they cost? How much do they generate/save? How many are under construction? How many are still in the planning stages? Calling the planning stage deployments, deployments seems less than genuine to me. I'm

Re: [WISPA] Muni networks, the good, bad and ugly

2007-01-10 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
- Original Message - From: "Dawn DiPietro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 11:24 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Muni networks, the good, bad and ugly Marlon, Comments inline. There is some important info missing here. How many are actually

Re: [WISPA] i-phone

2007-01-11 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
We'll have to wait and see. I think that this will mostly be a niche product. The ipod folks might like it most, but there are a LOT of non ipod devices that do a nicer job and cost far less money if the stuff in my house is any indication. When the cell phone companies set the phones up to

Re: [WISPA] Muni networks, the good, bad and ugly

2007-01-11 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
t in-building. Getting it into the building is another project, and there are at least 2 ways to do that. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 5:39 PM To: WISPA General List Subject:

[WISPA] ot---Fw: Please note Schafer, Marlon that this is your Final Notice of Domain Extension

2007-01-11 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Final NoticeAnhone seen a deal like this before? We do NOT currently own the www.odessawa.us domain. Looks like a registration scam to me. Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)

Re: [WISPA] San Francisco Legislative Analyst reportreleased onEarthLink Google WiFi deal - says Start Over

2007-01-15 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
First page, first paragraph. No I've not read the whole thing yet. I've got family and customers to take care of first. I'm also working on the next wisp fcc meetings. Working on getting a meeting with the broadband group at the ftc and talking to the fbi about calea (more on that in anothe

[WISPA] calea

2007-01-15 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hi All, I've finally found the folks at the FBI that we need to talk to. We'll have a lot more info soon. We've also got Kris and Larry working on documentation for us. First, CALEA is NOT a data retention requirement. Do do NOT have to routinely store any customer data in order to be com

Re: [WISPA] outdoor webcam

2007-01-15 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
I've got one from Inscape data. It works very well. I've also got one of the DLINK ones from 3 or 4 years ago. I hope they are better now, I never did get the other one to FTP alarm images to anyone. Finally gave the cam away. laters, Marlon (509) 982-2181

Re: [WISPA] CALEA

2007-01-18 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hi Patrick, I missed this. Is the doc still available somewhere? Got a link? thanks! Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my own wisp! [

[WISPA] weather issues

2007-01-18 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hey Guys, Anyone in the path of all those big ice storms need help or equipment? We heard a lot about Katrina but little about the ice. I'm guessing that there are far more people in trouble now, ice just doesn't make as cool of a picture as a flood. And what news crew wants to head out in

[WISPA] Fw: CALEA Compliance - Will you be ready by May 14th?

2007-01-19 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Does anyone know about these guys? Can anyone take the time to touch base with them and gather useful data? thanks, Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)

Re: [WISPA] Wireless Backhaul - Where Do I Begin?

2007-01-22 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Sometimes is all we're really getting from Telco anyway :-). Still need to know how long the link will be. Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)

Re: [WISPA] Advanced Bandwidth Management

2007-01-25 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Yeppers, one size does not fit all. Out here, I have customers that get 30 meg for $50 per month. I also have customers that pay $350 for 6 megs. We don't bill for speed out here though. Everyone gets to go as fast as I can make them go. I bill per bit. MOST of our customers get REALLY chea

Re: [WISPA] Service Offerings, By Speed or All You Can Eat? Was:Advanced Bandwidth Management

2007-01-25 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
We have a customer that signed up for a service on the net that allowed him to download all of the movies he wanted for almost nothing. His kids were getting 2 to 3 movies per DAY. He chewed up 70 gigs of data per month. He was willing to pay $100 per month to us but I'd have had to put in a

Re: [WISPA] More debate over the 700MHz spectrum..

2007-01-25 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
all of those companies, especially Aloha, have a lot of balls saying any such thing! Let them utilize at least 50% of what they've got before them come back to the table for more spectrum! Unlicensed is where the future is Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment

[WISPA] Open letter to the IEEE

2007-01-29 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Anyone Mind if I send this out Dear Sirs, Please forgive the tone of this email, but you guys are killin' me. KILLING me I just read your latest proposal for the TV whitespaces. While I fully agree with much of what you've said (no personal portable devices, no auctions, TPC, cogn

Re: [WISPA] billing program

2007-01-30 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
You've covered much of it. I'd also like to turn customers on and off. Know the max speed the customer hit in the last 24 hours, week, month, year. Know the bits per day, week, month, year. Top 10 protocols the customer uses (would help to catch virus' etc.). Keep track of several ip addys pe

Re: [WISPA] Colubris Networks

2007-01-30 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hiya David, It'll be great to have both you and Marty here! laters, Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my own wisp! [EMAIL PROTECTED] ww

wireless@wispa.org

2007-01-31 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
The thought was, there may be discussions that you guys need to have. Maybe you need to bounce some ideas around on the practicality of an idea without our interference. Who knows. WISPA's goal with the mailing list is that of trainer, first and foremost. A close second is as a facilitator.

Re: [WISPA] Blackberry vs. Palm

2007-01-31 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
The palms are so danged expensive. And I tend to break phones often when out in the field. If it were me, I'd FIRST look around to see if anyone in the area has better coverage and/or prices. We just moved away from Cingular and the problems are around the same but coverage is better and the

Re: [WISPA] billing program

2007-01-31 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Yikes! Busted! lol Sorry Dawn, but I'm living proof that one doesn't have to be good looking to be dumb as a post sometimes! lol What I tell software people that I run into is that my grandma has to be able to figure out how to use the software. She doesn't have a computer and has never

Re: [WISPA] WISPA Trade Shows...

2007-01-31 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
So far, ISPCon has done the best job. Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my own wisp! [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.odessaoffice.com/wireless www

Re: [WISPA] CALEA

2007-01-31 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Yes. We're working on this from a couple of different angles. First, we've got a couple of lawyers (one an ex wisp) working on an FAQ or whitepaper so that we all know exactly what the law says, in layman's terms. Second, we've been talking to the FCC and FBI. We'll likely end up developing

Re: [WISPA] Need Broadband... andrew m zip 22603

2007-02-02 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
VA, as in Virginia? Might also ask on the isp-wireless list. Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my own wisp! [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.odess

Re: [WISPA] TV white spaces

2007-02-06 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Yeah, for sure. However, the FCC must take some credit for that problem Patrick. How many times have you been told that operator a has turned in operator b for an illegal network and never heard a peep out of the FCC? laters, Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment

Re: [WISPA] St. Louis

2007-02-06 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
And John is close to there. So is Butch Evans. Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my own wisp! [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.odessaoffice.com/wi

[WISPA] Need an all temp ap with very small size

2007-02-12 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hi All, I have a water tower that's kicking my tail. I've been through a slug of sb and inscape and compex ap's. Everything works for a little while then either outright dies or starts flaking out. Power seems to be fine, and there are NO pumps at this local. I've got grounding and lightn

Re: [WISPA] Site Survey

2007-02-12 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
No, the tx power won't help with a site survey. AND that little antenna can't have more than a couple of dB of gain... I still like my Lucent Gold card with a 24 dB grid. Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consultin

Re: [WISPA] Need an all temp ap with very small size

2007-02-12 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
on thing - and can cause equipment to do very very strange things. ----- Original Message - From: "Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 11:53 AM Subject: [WISPA] Need an all temp ap with very small size Hi All, I h

Re: [WISPA] Need an all temp ap with very small size

2007-02-12 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
bruary 12, 2007 10:13 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Need an all temp ap with very small size Alvarion Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: Hi All, I have a water tower that's kicking my tail. I've been through a slug of sb and inscape and compex ap's. Everything works for

Re: [WISPA] Photo needed- sector or omni on elevated water tank

2007-02-12 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
We use the railing. I suppose it depends on the rail. Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my own wisp! [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.odessaoffice

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