Re: [WISPA] Nuvio Down?

2006-10-14 Thread Matt Liotta
Peter R. wrote: Sylantro doesn't deal with small at all. (The price of the switch and licensing makes that prohibitive). But one of my clients is selling partitions on their Sylantro to ISPs interested in offering their own VoIP - and controlling their destiny. I would assume that would mean

Re: [WISPA] Covad Expands Broadband WirelessNetworkWithDataFloAcquisition

2006-10-16 Thread Matt Liotta
rwf wrote: I guess... If you want to give your company away. Your WISP is for sale, I believe- would you take that if offered? I'm sure Matt wants to expand his network up thataway g. I would certainly be interested in picking up companies at such a valuation. However, I am only interested

Re: [WISPA] Covad ExpandsBroadband WirelessNetworkWithDataFloAcquisition

2006-10-16 Thread Matt Liotta
Charles Wu wrote: But, minority stock in a privately held company (or even many public OTC companies) is generally worthless Without arguing the point, stock valuations are higher than cash because of the added risk. If you look at the NextWeb purchase, which was 3x revenue; a good portion

Re: [WISPA]CovadExpandsBroadband WirelessNetworkWithDataFloAcquisition

2006-10-17 Thread Matt Liotta
Tom DeReggi wrote: I believe in the next year there will be a hgih volume bid war for WISPs in major markets getting top dollar. The reason is that, the Hype of Wireless is more valuable to a large publically traded ISP, in stock holder perception, than the network and revenue that they are

Re: [WISPA] Are you making money?

2006-10-17 Thread Matt Liotta
I believe you are applying a very simplistic view on a very complex subject. Leases are a financial tool and like any other tool must be used correctly in order to provide benefit. The CAPEX associated with wireless is a serious cash flow issue that operators must deal with. Leases provide a

Re: [WISPA] 60GHz radio trial

2006-10-25 Thread Matt Liotta
You're welcome to deploy with us since we are the closest wireless operator to you. You can even deploy it alongside one of our Bridgewave units if you want. We have roof rights on almost 200 buildings here, so there is a wide range of choices. -Matt One Ring Networks, Inc. 1230 Peachtree

Re: [WISPA] FCC definitions

2006-10-27 Thread Matt Liotta
We have been advised that providers of internet services are not required to file form 499. However, we were additionally advised that providers of transport services are required to file form 499. We provide transport services in addition to internet services and as such file form 499. I

Re: [WISPA] FREE OSS and Billing Software for WiSPS

2006-10-27 Thread Matt Liotta
I like how they end their pitch... The reason and dreams behind getting into the WiSP business in the first place can finally be realized by contracting with RidgeviewTel’s WiSP Services division. -Matt Brian Rohrbacher wrote: FREE OSS and Billing Software for WiSPS And then there are all

[WISPA] Alvarion’s BreezeMAX Now Enables Prima ry Voice Services over WiMAX

2006-10-30 Thread Matt Liotta
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_viewnewsId=20061030005461newsLang=en -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/

Re: [WISPA] FREE OSS and Billing Software for WiSPS

2006-11-01 Thread Matt Liotta
Brian Rohrbacher wrote: This is something I don't get. What is the difference between me generating the bill, emailing it out, and them printing it.vsme generating the bill...me printing it outletting snail mail pick it up. It's the same. Both times it is generated,

Re: [WISPA] FREE OSS and Billing Software for WiSPS

2006-11-01 Thread Matt Liotta
Brian Rohrbacher wrote: I guess I'm just lucky enough to find someone in the billing department who will print it. For the customers that we bill more than $2000 per month only about 10% will accept an electronic bill. -Matt -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] FREE OSS and Billing Software for WiSPS

2006-11-03 Thread Matt Liotta
Tom DeReggi wrote: But if someone made the right product it would sell, and it would be profitable. It just costs most software developers to much to build it because they do not fully understand the business, and its learning the business that is expensive for the developer, in my opionion.

Re: [WISPA] FREE OSS and Billing Software for WiSPS

2006-11-03 Thread Matt Liotta
Brian Rohrbacher wrote: Socould you give it away? :) I could... but how would I recover the costs of all the support that would surely follow? And no, the answer is not to charge for it since that would put me into the software business. -Matt -- WISPA Wireless List:

Re: [WISPA] ot data conversion

2006-11-03 Thread Matt Liotta
1 bit = 1.16415322 × 10-10 gigabytes 1 gigabyte = 8,589,934,592 bits -Matt Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: Hi All, We get an ip usage accounting file sent to us once per month. The numbers are huge. What is the formula to convert bits to GB? thanks! Marlon (509) 982-2181

Re: [WISPA] Vonage and Fax

2006-11-08 Thread Matt Liotta
Brad Belton wrote: Construction sites many times have no option other than wireless data and Vonage fax lines. They make do with what they have and make the best of it. At least in our markets constructions sites get wireless data and voice with working fax directly from us. -Matt --

Re: [WISPA] So, ya'll wondered who'd be the first to comment

2006-11-08 Thread Matt Liotta
I always find it interesting that people like to spread FUD about taxes. At this point, there is no new tax plan presented, so there is no way to know what impact it will have. Further, from an economic standpoint, it isn't clear that lower taxes are good for businesses. Regardless, this list

Re: [WISPA] Vonage and Fax

2006-11-08 Thread Matt Liotta
Brad Belton wrote: We now have a Level3 voice product that is far more flexible than Vonage or our Nuvio offerings. Voice and data haven't been an issue and are far superior to any LEC offering. Haven't tried fax over Level3 yet, but I'm sure we'll have the opportunity to do so soon. Which

Re: [WISPA] So, ya'll wondered who'd be the first to comment

2006-11-08 Thread Matt Liotta
Mark Koskenmaki wrote: Huh. It isnt' clear that taking more money from your business with nothing in return hurts your business? It isn't c lear that taking money from your customers and potential customers can hurt your business? What can I say... Some folks must be able to walk on

Re: [WISPA] So, ya'll wondered who'd be the first to comment

2006-11-08 Thread Matt Liotta
Brad Belton wrote: Not making the Bush tax relief permanent is raising your taxes. No if, ands or buts. Actually no, it isn't. For all you know the Bush tax cut could be replaced with a different tax cut. You don't know; none of us do. Further, this isn't even relevant until 2009 when

Re: [WISPA] Anyone using Exalt radios????

2006-11-14 Thread Matt Liotta
Gino A. Villarini wrote: Spectras also have GPS sync, plus fiber interfaces Since when have Spectras had GPS sync? -Matt -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives:

Re: [WISPA] Re: Anyone using Exalt radios????

2006-11-15 Thread Matt Liotta
Charles Wu wrote: You would have to get in touch w/ a Dragonwave Distributor =) -Charles --- Dragonwave Distributor who supports WISPA Does your company also take care of the license search and procurement process? -Matt -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe:

Re: [WISPA] Wi-Fi Faces New Patent Woes

2006-11-27 Thread Matt Liotta
Peter R. wrote: The question remains why the Australian organisation is deciding to pursue this patent at this stage in the market. While companies must be able to reap the rewards of their own research and development, there also must be consideration for the positive effects that low

Re: [WISPA] New Recording LAW in effect today?

2006-12-01 Thread Matt Liotta
I find it interesting that people are stating their organizations are common carriers. The term common carrier has a very specific legal meaning. Specifically, a common carrier is an entity licensed by the FCC or a state agency to supply local and/or long distance telecommunications services

[WISPA] Industry failings

2006-12-04 Thread Matt Liotta
One the biggest factors holding our industry back is a lack of success on the part of the big poster children. People look at the past failures of WinStar and Teligent and wonder if new entrants can succeed. Many investors are watching FiberTower and NextLink to see if these new poster

Re: [WISPA] Industry failings

2006-12-04 Thread Matt Liotta
Dustin Jurman wrote: Fiber Tower is rocking the house. They are very focused and have a core nitch of customers that not only love their service but are willing to send lots of jobs and money to them. Oh.. And they are executing like white on rice. Are you joking? A quick read of their

Re: [WISPA] Industry failings

2006-12-04 Thread Matt Liotta
Dustin Jurman wrote: Matt can you send some links for those sources. http://www.fibertower.com/investors-earnings-releases.shtml -Matt -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives:

Re: [WISPA] Industry failings

2006-12-05 Thread Matt Liotta
Rick Smith wrote: We built a large network here in NJ - across 12 locations, and it covers 1000's of potential accounts with no access to dsl or cable. Now looking for someone to come in with some operating / capex capital and get some real growth going. Been in business plan mode for a week

[WISPA] Wi-Fi deployment manager

2006-12-05 Thread Matt Liotta
We have an upcoming Wi-Fi deployment that involves around 50 Wi-Fi nodes installed at street level along with the associated backhauls of these nodes. We will be using gear from a vendor we don't have much experience with (They were selected for other reasons). Anyway, we are looking for a

Re: [WISPA] Industry failings

2006-12-05 Thread Matt Liotta
Dustin Jurman wrote: Being an ISP you understand build out costs, some put a lot more into a site than others. We'd probably do things a little differently, maybe not. Here is what I do know. WinStar's plan assumed a 10 year ROI on a site. In hindsight that seems rather foolish now, but

Re: [WISPA] Industry failings

2006-12-06 Thread Matt Liotta
Peter R. wrote: Why do you think there is so much MA activity? It is difficult to organically grow sales. So companies buy growth. That is true, but there is nothing wrong with organic growth coupled with acquisition. Organic growth can get easier with size up until the law of large numbers

Re: [WISPA] One method to calculate a fair Multiple for Evaluation

2006-12-07 Thread Matt Liotta
Peter R. wrote: Tom, It is a negotiation between what one is willing to pay for a business and what one is willing to sell it for. Everything is for sale. It is a matter of the price whether they will or not. Which is why evaluation models only serve to get the negotiation started; not to

Re: [WISPA] One method to calculate a fair Multiple for Evaluation

2006-12-07 Thread Matt Liotta
Brad Belton wrote: We've owned property that simply wasn't for sale...we were proven wrong. At the right price anything is for sale! That is the great thing about real estate; location matters. In other industries, it is easy enough just go around if the business isn't for sale. We have

[WISPA] Canopy 8.1 firmware

2006-12-09 Thread Matt Liotta
For those of you running Canopy, we recently upgraded some of radios to the latest firmware. We did this because of the continuing Ethernet problems we were having with them. I am happy to report the new firm does indeed fix the Ethernet negotiation issues mentioned in the release notes. We

[WISPA] high throughput backhaul options

2006-12-12 Thread Matt Liotta
Guys, We are now exceeding Orthogon's capacity on a regular basis. We are backhauling as much as we can with fiber, but that isn't an option in the suburbs. We have had good success with BridgeWave's products, but the distance is a problem. Any suggestions on a product that can do high

Re: [WISPA] high throughput backhaul options

2006-12-12 Thread Matt Liotta
Andrea Coppini (AIR Networks) wrote: Are you looking at Unlicensed? I'm a fan of Mikrotik for high throughput, long distance links. With bonding you can easily get 100Mbps speeds, just keep adding links as your need grows. See this: 150 Mbps FDX, unlicensed, with failover

Re: [WISPA] high throughput backhaul options

2006-12-12 Thread Matt Liotta
Tim Kerns wrote: The Orthagon 600 series is supposed to do 300 mb on a 30 Mhz channel. I believe they do this using both vert and hor polarity. Is this the system you are out growing? First of all, 300Mbps is an aggregate figure. Second, in a low latency deployment at 5-10 miles it is not

Re: [WISPA] high throughput backhaul options

2006-12-12 Thread Matt Liotta
John Scrivner wrote: Wow! Business must be good! That depends on your perspective. We have a ton of orders and are racing to service them all. The more we install the more capacity upgrades we have to do meaning even more installs. This kind of growth is extremely challenging because if it

Re: [WISPA] high throughput backhaul options

2006-12-12 Thread Matt Liotta
Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: NOo NO one should buy ANY radio anymore that uses the entire band and is always on. No more WMux fiascos needed. Why not? -Matt -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe:

Re: [WISPA] high throughput backhaul options

2006-12-12 Thread Matt Liotta
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Gigacom product is the only one that you can get any real long distance out of depending on the freq. They have licensed radios that perform very well in the rainforest of South America at very long distance. 60k or 40 miles for some applications at speeds of up

Re: [WISPA] high throughput backhaul options

2006-12-12 Thread Matt Liotta
Tom DeReggi wrote: Because its greedy. Its not greedy; efficient maybe, but not greedy. And when your competitors is unsensitive to the fact that you are greedy, he combats your spectrum/radio, and you or he has no where to go (spectrum wise) for a resolution, he will win because he doesn;t

Re: [WISPA] high throughput backhaul options

2006-12-12 Thread Matt Liotta
Matt Liotta wrote: Its not greedy; efficient maybe, but not greedy. Whoops... meant inefficient. -Matt -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/

Re: [WISPA] high throughput backhaul options

2006-12-12 Thread Matt Liotta
Tom DeReggi wrote: Matt, If you live in a remote area, with no potential interferers, then my comment does not apply. But last I heard you were deploying in the middle of Urban Atlanta and possibly Urban DC, with the potential for many interferers eventually. We mostly deploy in urban

Re: [WISPA] high throughput backhaul options

2006-12-12 Thread Matt Liotta
Matt Larsen - Lists wrote: Several of us on this list know how to shut down these large channel backhauls, and have done so when they have intentionally interfered with our operations. Be ready for someone to do the same to you if you try using a full-band backhaul. More than one operator

Re: [WISPA] high throughput backhaul options

2006-12-12 Thread Matt Liotta
Bob Moldashel wrote: You can do that now with 3 Ceragon or Dragonwave radios phased into 1 antenna with much better redundancy. If one link dies you still have the other two. How are you phasing the radios together without significant loss? -Matt -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] high throughput backhaul options

2006-12-13 Thread Matt Liotta
I spent an hour or so yesterday on the phone with the Director of Sales for Exalt. We are working on getting one of their backhauls in for testing now. From the specs... I like that I can deploy it similar to Canopy backhauls because of the sync. I like that it is a tri-band radio like the

Re: [WISPA] high throughput backhaul options

2006-12-13 Thread Matt Liotta
Tom DeReggi wrote: If our link is up, and we see new interference on it, we go after the interferer until they move. I can tell you, if someone puts up a radio using all 100mhz of spectrum, and it happens to cross one of our cellsite or subscribers taking them down, the offendor's link will be

Re: [WISPA] high throughput backhaul options

2006-12-13 Thread Matt Liotta
Travis Johnson wrote: And, how much do you like the price? I haven't gotten final pricing yet, but I was led to believe it was comparable to Orthogon. -Matt -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives:

Re: [WISPA] ISPCON Orlando May 23-25

2006-12-13 Thread Matt Liotta
Tom DeReggi wrote: I'd take it one step further... Protocols to optimize QOS on Transit routing. Is BGP good enough anymore? What options are there to do the equivellent of OSLR for Transit and peering. For example, what merit is there to Internap's smart routing theories? We own a Internap

Re: [WISPA] ISPCON Orlando May 23-25

2006-12-13 Thread Matt Liotta
CHUCK PROFITO wrote: attachments don't seem to get through. Can you post a link? http://www.oneringnetworks.com/fcp.jpg -Matt -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives:

Re: [WISPA] ISPCON Orlando May 23-25

2006-12-14 Thread Matt Liotta
Tom DeReggi wrote: We currently got a 30 mbps wireless link from our master data center to an Internap datacenter building, about 1/4 mile away. We were thinking of getting a second transit from them, and upgrading the link speed to their building. At that distance even 60Ghz could work. We

[WISPA] One Ring's Combination of Wired and Wireless Connections Means 100 Percent Up Time for Coal Marketing

2006-12-18 Thread Matt Liotta
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=195942 -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/

Re: [WISPA] building out

2006-12-19 Thread Matt Liotta
I fully agree with Peter. -Matt Peter R. wrote: Tom, My limited exposure has a different perspective: It is easier to keep building out instead of selling deep. A prospect comes to the WISP with a $400 per month pipe and the WISP builds to him. There is the hope (and the hype) that this

Re: [WISPA] salary

2006-12-19 Thread Matt Liotta
Travis Johnson wrote: Everyone in an S Corp has to get the same benefits - so if you take health care, so does every employee is incorrect. We have consulted with our accountant and our attorney on this exact matter. We have about 30% of our employees with health insurance and 70% without. I

[WISPA] Live from Milpitas, Earthlink WiFi (so far not so good)

2006-12-20 Thread Matt Liotta
http://gigaom.com/2006/12/20/earthlink-sf-milpitas/ Getting residents to subscribe might be more difficult. I used the network on my laptop in a dozen different places around city hall, at shopping centers, and around main streets and found that the network was slow and the coverage was

Re: [WISPA] bits per mbps

2006-12-27 Thread Matt Liotta
You don't need to host Akamai boxes and/or rely solely on Akamai's customers content for an improvement in experience and a decrease in transit cost. IMHO, the easier way is to simply peer with the various CDNs. If you peer with Akamai, LimeLight, Google, Yahoo, etc you won't pay for transit

[WISPA] latest ATT filing

2006-12-29 Thread Matt Liotta
http://www.fcc.gov/ATT_FINALMergerCommitments12-28.pdf -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/

Re: [WISPA] latest ATT filing

2006-12-29 Thread Matt Liotta
Apparently, the rumor is the deal will be approved by the end of the day today. Seems like there should be some time period for public comment. -Matt Matt Liotta wrote: http://www.fcc.gov/ATT_FINALMergerCommitments12-28.pdf -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe

Re: [WISPA] recommendation for Client POE integrated radiofor 802.11b/g

2006-12-29 Thread Matt Liotta
Jack Unger wrote: OK, I'll forgive the analogy but, in a real emergency, you have to do what needs to be done. Actually, in an emergency a public safety organization should make use of their emergency communication plan, which really shouldn't rely on unlicensed spectrum, a consumer access

Re: [WISPA] recommendation for Client POE integrated radiofor 802.11b/g

2006-12-29 Thread Matt Liotta
Jack Unger wrote: Probably 90% of public safety organizations' Emergency Communications Plans have made use of ham radio operators for years and continue to make use of hams today. While a ham could certainly make use of unlicensed spectrum, consumer access points, and best effort internet

[WISPA] One Ring Networks Optimizes Network Performance with Internap

2007-01-09 Thread Matt Liotta
Matt Liotta, Founder of One Ring Networks. “The result for One Ring’s customers is faster, higher-quality connections.” One Ring Networks currently multi-homes with four network service providers (NSPs), including a major European carrier. While carrier diversity is beneficial, the company wanted

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Program/Script for Web Server?

2007-01-11 Thread Matt Liotta
Butch Evans wrote: If you are looking for a fancy version, you can license the one from http://www.ookla.com/speedtest/. That's a pretty expensive option, though. Just host a speedtest.net site. It only costs you bandwidth. You can try ours at the Atlanta speedtest.net location. -Matt --

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

2007-01-21 Thread Matt Liotta
It appears you are about 30 miles LOS to where cheaply available bandwidth is located. Depending on the height of your tower and the height of the building on the other end, just about any 5.8Ghz backhaul should get you there. I would assume you don't even a lot of bandwidth since you have a

Re: [WISPA] Dual-WAN routers

2007-01-22 Thread Matt Liotta
RickG wrote: Dave, Thanks for the explanation. Really, my clients want to improve their browsing speed. Of course, like most people, they associate speed with speed test website such as speakeasy, etc. In order to improve speed you need lower RTT and less congestion/packet loss on any given

Re: [WISPA] GigaBeam

2007-01-22 Thread Matt Liotta
Brett Meier wrote: Has anyone worked with GigaBeam's products? http://www.gigabeam.com http://www.gigabeam.com/ We are more happy with Bridgewave's offering. -Matt -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless

Re: [WISPA] GigaBeam

2007-01-22 Thread Matt Liotta
Marty Dougherty wrote: Can you tell us more about your bridgewave links? How have they performed? We haven't had a single problem with them. They perform as advertised. -Matt -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless

Re: [WISPA] Advanced Bandwidth Management

2007-01-24 Thread Matt Liotta
Have you thought about selling the customer a pipe that works for any and all traffic at the speed the customer signed up for as opposed to deciding for the customer? -Matt Jason wrote: List, Several times in the last few weeks the topic of bandwidth management has been discussed, but I

[WISPA] My comment (was bandwidth management)

2007-01-25 Thread Matt Liotta
I was out most of yesterday, so I missed responding to the bandwidth management thread. I don't want to respond to any of the individual emails at this point. Below is a summary of responses in not particular order. I believe customers should pay for the bandwidth they want/need and in turn

[WISPA] St. Louis

2007-02-06 Thread Matt Liotta
We are looking for some local people to work with in St. Louis. Preferably, it would be an existing WISP, but local contractors would be acceptable as well. Let me know if anyone is in that area. -Matt -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe:

Re: [WISPA] BGP Question

2007-02-07 Thread Matt Liotta
Prepending is not an effective way of forcing other providers to send their traffic through your preferred upstream. In fact, there is no good way to do it at all. It is far better to just have quality upstreams. -Matt Don Annas wrote: When peering with multiple providers, is it a

Re: [WISPA] BGP Question

2007-02-08 Thread Matt Liotta
Jeff Broadwick wrote: AS prepending is fairly effective method. Assuming you have more then just a /24 network, you also can use selective advertising of more specific prefixes through a preferred provider to influence inbound traffic. AS prepending is not as effective as it used to be. I

Re: [WISPA] yes, the big money is coming. Anyone want to explore selling out? (seriously)

2007-02-09 Thread Matt Liotta
In case anyone wasn't already aware... we are interested in talking to anyone who wants to sell. -Matt Patrick Leary wrote: I know of four WISPs that used to have smaller operations that within the last month each received over $10 million in new money. I know of several others doing some

Re: CALEA - HOW? RE: [WISPA] Form 445

2007-02-13 Thread Matt Liotta
We are just deploying a new IOS image that includes Cisco's SII architecture. Our only cost is time. -Matt Rick Smith wrote: OK, Don't point me to some confusing URL I don't have time (or patience) to read about how to comply with CALEA. What are YOU as a WISP doing to comply ? How much

Re: CALEA - HOW? RE: [WISPA] Form 445

2007-02-13 Thread Matt Liotta
Kreigh Network Engineer OnlyInternet.Net Broadband Wireless Supernova Technologies Office: (800) 363-0989 Direct: (260) 827-2486 Fax:(260) 824-9624 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oibw.net -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Liotta Sent

[WISPA] multi-radio Wi-Fi base stations

2007-02-14 Thread Matt Liotta
We don't do much Wi-Fi, so I figured I would ask the list. If I wanted to deploy a number of Wi-Fi radios at the same location what kind of setups are available? I am looking for something where I can deploy one physical box that has multiple radios as opposed to a single box per radio.

Re: [WISPA] Looking for dual band 2.4 and 900 Sector antennas

2007-02-16 Thread Matt Liotta
If you can find some old Metrocom sectors you will have what you need. I believe a bunch of them are still up at Blackjack if you want to take them down. Otherwise, Superpass makes some. -Matt Ralph Fowler wrote: I was about to post the same question. I have a location where I need duals as

Re: [WISPA] For those in business just about a year...

2007-02-20 Thread Matt Liotta
Most service providers never make it much past break even because of the high fixed costs in this business. Fill up one T1 with customers and the second one is the same price as the first. You have to be able to support large volumes just to change cost ratios. Then you have things like CALEA

Re: [WISPA] For those in business just about a year...

2007-02-20 Thread Matt Liotta
Travis Johnson wrote: Equipment leasing? Every install for us is a break-even (after truck roll, installing a firewall/router/AP for free, etc.) and we start making money on every customer on their first monthly payment. :) Equipment leasing only addresses one part of an operator's fixed costs.

Re: [WISPA] For those in business just about a year...

2007-02-21 Thread Matt Liotta
Rick Smith wrote: actually, I've been told the opposite. Buyers of your company want as close to zero liability as possible. Especially when they will probably come in and replace your gear with theirs. If the two seem to match, you only win bigger... Finance people don't want to replace

Re: [WISPA] Form 477 Due Today

2007-03-01 Thread Matt Liotta
I'm surprised no one has complained about their use of Microsoft Excel. Form 477 does not work with OpenOffice. They sent me a PDF to fill out instead. -Matt Forbes Mercy wrote: Oh god here we go again with a ton of emails saying we are breaking the law. I have never signed mine and the

Re: [WISPA] Form 477 Due Today

2007-03-02 Thread Matt Liotta
David E. Smith wrote: Matt Liotta wrote: I'm surprised no one has complained about their use of Microsoft Excel. Form 477 does not work with OpenOffice. They sent me a PDF to fill out instead. Microsoft Office, while not necessarily the best software, is a /de facto/ standard, and keeping

Re: [WISPA] Is anyone thinking about 17 and 60 ghz?

2007-03-05 Thread Matt Liotta
Tom DeReggi wrote: Anyone that can afford name brand high capacity unlicensed PTPs can afford 60Ghz. You can go 1/2 mile for under $10,000 with Proxim. Financed over 3 years will allow it to be paid for with the first T1 customer. The problem is back hauling it :-) Not all WISPs will be in

Re: [WISPA] Why the STA George?

2007-03-05 Thread Matt Liotta
George Rogato wrote: Lets hope this time, the manufacturer acts responsibly and doesn't just sell them to just anyone with a cc. I didn't think a radio vendor was allowed to sell a product for use with an experimental license. I thought the radio vendor could only let you use the radio for the

Re: [WISPA] Why the STA George?

2007-03-05 Thread Matt Liotta
Patrick Leary wrote: That's why operator-acquired STAs are usually worked cooperatively with vendors, i.e. the vendor is looking for the operator to perform specific real world tests for the purposes of product validation, refinement, etc. Sure... we just had to give the radios back

Re: [WISPA] Clearwire stock dropping

2007-03-14 Thread Matt Liotta
It seems premature to suggest that Clearwire is tanking. When you consider that an additional 4 million shares were issued and that the overall market is currently down, I think their stock has move as expected. I bought in at $20.68 and am quite happy with my position. -Matt -- WISPA

Re: [WISPA] Clearwire stock dropping

2007-03-14 Thread Matt Liotta
Brad Belton wrote: Certainly McCaw can afford this type of bleeding, but for how long and more importantly how long will Wall Street wait to see the light at the end of the tunnel? Will CLWR ever bask in the sunshine? I think you are asking the wrong question. The real question is how long

Re: [WISPA] Clearwire stock dropping

2007-03-14 Thread Matt Liotta
wispa wrote: Ok, Clearwire expects to continue to build out. They expect to spend 1.1 billion, and market hacks expect them to triple the customer base over the next year or so. So, even next year, they're going to spend between 3 and 4 times their gross revenue. What is interesting

[WISPA] anyone see this?

2007-03-15 Thread Matt Liotta
http://gigaom.com/2007/03/14/why-did-level-3-turn-off-a-rural-isp/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/

Re: [WISPA] anyone see this?

2007-03-16 Thread Matt Liotta
a little guy like me knows how to block an offending IP address, and I am stupid, LOL! Matt Liotta wrote: http://gigaom.com/2007/03/14/why-did-level-3-turn-off-a-rural-isp/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless

Re: [WISPA] anyone see this?

2007-03-16 Thread Matt Liotta
that place a new business opportunity in itself. Scriv Matt Liotta wrote: It does make you wonder why the ISP in question wasn't multi-homed. -Matt Tim Wolfe wrote: Thank The good Lord above that I never signed the TelCove contract for bandwidth last year!. I mean, you really have no idea

Re: [WISPA] anyone see this?

2007-03-16 Thread Matt Liotta
Tom DeReggi wrote: It does make you wonder why the ISP in question wasn't multi-homed. Although, I recognize being multi-homed would have protected the WISP in this situation... That is not really the issue. The issue is that Businesses often build strategic partnerships, and togeather

Re: [WISPA] anyone see this?

2007-03-16 Thread Matt Liotta
and have an auto-fail over router. I promote this to people who want fault tolerant connectivity. If/when we roll out our 12 county AWS based broadband / cell network we will be multi-homed. Until then the economics of this would make us broke. I am not exaggerating. Scriv Matt Liotta wrote

Re: [WISPA] anyone see this?

2007-03-16 Thread Matt Liotta
George Rogato wrote: You know, this really is the answer. Two different isp's I've had the customers over the years, that want 10- 9's because their business depends upon the internet, but then they don't want to pay an extra 30 - 40.00 per month to get it. So you would recommend to your

Re: [WISPA] CALEA

2007-03-23 Thread Matt Liotta
It may also be of interest to note that companies such as ourselves have the ability to provide lawful intercept in compliance with CALEA for our single-homed downstream ISP customers assuming there is no NAT involved. -Matt Peter R. wrote: ISP-Planet has a blurb on CALEA: WISPs take note:

Re: [WISPA] CALEA

2007-03-26 Thread Matt Liotta
Butch Evans wrote: This is not acceptable. ALL facilities based service providers are required to be compliant. How is using a 3rd party not compliant? I seem to recall the FCC specifically allows for 3rd parties to provide your compliance. -Matt -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org

[WISPA] Wireless eyes watch for crime

2007-09-25 Thread Matt Liotta
SPECIAL FOCUS: WIRELESS Wireless eyes watch for crime Video surveillance in out-of-the-way places made possible with next-generation network. http://www.comnews.com/features/2007_september/0907special_focus_eyes.aspx

Re: [WISPA] Wireless eyes watch for crime

2007-09-25 Thread Matt Liotta
Mike Delp wrote: Nice article Matt. What types of equipment was used in this project? Deliberant, Trango, and Bridgewave. -Matt ** Join us at the WISPA Reception at 6:30 PM on October the 16th 2007 at ISPCON

Re: [WISPA] Netflix

2007-09-30 Thread Matt Liotta
Mike Bushard, Jr wrote: What's the deal with cogent de-peering lately? Not sure what you are looking for outside of the depeers I already mentioned. -Matt ** Join us at the WISPA Reception at 6:30 PM on October

Re: [WISPA] Netflix

2007-10-01 Thread Matt Liotta
Mike Bushard, Jr wrote: I was just curious why cogent is depeering other carriers. Wasn't there something with Level3 awhile ago, now these two and I've hear some rumors of other too. The Cogent/Level3 depeer was a big deal and hurt a lot of companies. The problem with Cogent is they use

Re: [WISPA] Netflix

2007-10-01 Thread Matt Liotta
Mike Hammett wrote: The Level3 depeer was caused by Level3, not Cogent. It has the same effect, but a different cause. Whoever caused it; Cogent is the one that made it painful for the entire internet. They could have rerouted traffic instead of blackholing all of Level3. The fact that they

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth, Best place.

2007-10-01 Thread Matt Liotta
Mike Bushard, Jr wrote: My question is with this type of thing happening, what would be the best way to obtain bandwidth? Get multiple tier 1's, or a mix of tier 1's and tier 2's, or multiple tier 2's? It all really depends on which carriers you are referring to. However, based on what we are

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