I expect we will be seeing an uptick in download traffic following the
availability of this service.
-Matt
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According to Om Malik this service will only work on AT&T's network, so
you don't really have to worry about your network.
"The browser-based service, called AT&T Broadband TV, is available now
for $20 a month, and will be available to all AT&T DSL and WorldNet
subscribers. It will also work w
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Mac Dearman wrote:
West Corporation bought Intrado for 465 million dollars not including
expenses. I think that makes Intrado pretty sound and West Corporation is up
24% to $460 million in revenues in their second quarter reports 2006. Who
are they? Hell who really cares? They had 460 million CAS
Mac Dearman wrote:
West Corporation bought Intrado for 465 million dollars not including
expenses. I think that makes Intrado pretty sound and West Corporation is up
24% to $460 million in revenues in their second quarter reports 2006. Who
are they? Hell who really cares? They had 460 million CAS
John Scrivner wrote:
My fee based network which was built with partnering agreements with
my municipality before there was such a term as muni-wifi is doing
about $40K a month in recurring revenue. Is that close enough to what
you are looking for? :-)
Well in the case of the Philly airport wh
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From http://wifinetnews.com/archives/006941.html...
It seems the Philly airport is only seeing
Mac Dearman wrote:
I am at a loss here as they are the Nations largest and even providing
for certain Telcos! They have written the book on e911 as well as hold
a many patents on the technology.
They are the nations largest in terms of e911 management. However,
before last year they didn't have
From http://wifinetnews.com/archives/006941.html...
It seems the Philly airport is only seeing 10,000 connections per month
on their Wi-Fi network. I would argue that an airport is one of the top
places where someone would be willing to pay for a Wi-Fi connection.
10,000 connections per month
First of all, are you familiar with Intrado's recent past? Watching them
lose their business because of VoIP e911 is pretty telling. Secondly,
there is no way to be 100% legal regarding VoIP since e911 is not
available everywhere, while at the same time the FCC requires all VoIP
operators to pr
Does anyone provide service to either Minneapolis or Salt Lake City?
Looking for business class service.
-Matt
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We deploy BrideWave gear and have been happy with it. BridgeWave also
has a licensed radio operating in the 80Ghz range.
-Matt
Mario Pommier wrote:
This is a new area of wireless deployment for me:
I've been asked to quote for a gigabit wireless link between a
radiology department and a nearb
I wouldn't worry too much about FiberTower. They did gross revenue of
$883,000 the first half of this year, while at the same time losing over
$9M in the same time period. Further, in urban markets cellular carriers
are on average paying less than $150 per T1. In some outer parts of our
market
John Scrivner wrote:
Why should the networks all fail? If they provide easy mobile access
to WiFi then that is what you design and build them to do. That is
what I am doing. If the 4 nodes we turned on today in our downtown
provide me with the ability to find a business downtown through the
ca
n you share?
Maybe on the operator membership list? Thanks for anything you can
share Matt.
Scriv
Matt Liotta wrote:
I think you may be taking your city's view about muni Wi-Fi and
applying it to the rest of the country. For example, if you read the
Atlanta RFP, they require you to p
Patrick Leary wrote:
We are on the same page, trust me. There has yet to be a solidly working
civic access muni network. By solidly, I mean indoor coverage without
forced buying of a secondary CPE. We have also yet to see a successfully
scaled mesh network for low cost civic access. Philly and Sa
Patrick Leary wrote:
I agree that many WISPs have panned muni wi-fi instead of leveraging
their expertise. WISPs were arguably best positioned initially to
address this need. Smart VARs and resellers got busy though and whether
WISPs realize it, almost all the VARs that serve the WISP community n
I did look at the budget for the project. However, without an anchor
customer the business plan doesn't look too hot. Personally, I doubt
Earthlink can even afford to do it. Then again, they probably can't
afford to not do it. I'd hate to be a shareholder.
-Matt
Brad Larson wrote:
Matt, I un
George Rogato wrote:
It helps you because you get to be the muni wireless company rather
than a new player who may infringe upon your market share.
Even if we did do a deal with the city that wouldn't stop a new player
from entering the market. Again, without something of value provided by
th
I think you may be taking your city's view about muni Wi-Fi and applying
it to the rest of the country. For example, if you read the Atlanta RFP,
they require you to provide coverage for 95% of the city. Do you know
what the city is offering up to the winning bidder? Access to traffic
lights an
John Scrivner wrote:
I have not been contacted and really have never heard what you are
talking about. Can you tell us more about what you are seeing and who
is reporting this?
There doesn't seem to be anybody going on record yet, but there have
been negative reports coming out of Anaheim, Ph
All,
I have been hearing reports about problems at the various muni wireless
network deployments. More recently, I have heard a number of local hams
have been contacted by recruiters looking for help with problem muni
wireless networks. Has anyone on the list been contacted? Seems like
local
Jack Unger wrote:
First, our "small group" can certainly influence manufacturers. The
voice of an industry trade organization (which is what we are) carries
a lot of weight if we simply decide to use that voice to speak out.
Only if we say nothing, will our voice carry no weight. In that case,
Jack Unger wrote:
You ask - "Why would we need to push manufacturers when a WISP could
just NOT buy a non-certified product"? Because half of the WISPs out
there don't even realize that certification is required by law. WISPA
can perform a valuable public service by simply providing knowledge
No need to push manufactures when you can just not buy their product.
Why would you want to take the business risk of not buying a certified
radio? I mean Trango sells radios plenty cheap and they're certified.
Canopy is also cheap and also certified.
-Matt
John Scrivner wrote:
This sounds li
I'd recommend "Peter R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> who is both knowledge and
has relationships with many VoIP providers.
-Matt
Chadd Thompson wrote:
Anyone know of any VOIP consultants?
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Imagine what would happen if the FCC sold the license not to the highest
bidder, but the one that was contractually forced to serve the most
customers. Either way the company in question would require billions to
win, but the later option might actually result in more customers being
served, th
Thanks for the reference. I spoke with David @ Netwest and it appears
they will be able to take care of me.
-Matt
Wireless wrote:
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I am looking to service a business customer; not residential.
-Matt
Kraig Knox wrote:
Clearwire serves that area.
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Anyone provide service in Midland, TX?
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Do we have other radio vendors as members? I would certainly like to
know since it would impact my decision when buying new radios.
-Matt
John Scrivner wrote:
We are proud to announce that Alvarion has joined WISPA as our newest
vendor member. Alvarion has been key in the development of the
o
We have both an OS Gemini Lite and a Canopy 30Mbps in stock now. They
both just came back from sites we upgraded, so they are used. Let me
know if you are interested.
-Matt
Dylan Oliver wrote:
Hi WISPA,
I really, really, *really* need to get my hands on a connectorized OS
Gemini Lite. I've
The last VoIP customer we turned up was a CLEC Peter referred us to.
Thanks Peter! It took 10 minutes for them to be up and running with no
problems since. Seems like a story about the customer being happy
because the service works well and there were no problems or obstacles
is kinda boring.
Of course there is... didn't you know the market has decided that
non-WiFi fixed wireless now means WiMAX?
-Matt
Brad Larson wrote:
There is no UL Wimax..maybe he is confused. Brad
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Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 1:
We have found Asterisk doesn't horizontally scale. Therefore, your
choice is either to vertically scale and/or to specialize certain
operations onto different machines. However, I do agree with Peter
in that Asterisk will certainly scale for most people's needs.
-Matt
On Jul 25, 2006, at
0% residential.
-Matt
On Jul 24, 2006, at 1:22 PM, Patrick Leary wrote:
Hi folks,
Quick question. I believe most scaled WISPs (+1,000 CPE) have a high
residential mix, mostly no lower than 70% residential. At least
that tends
to be the case with large Alvarion-based operators. I am curious
On Jul 23, 2006, at 3:22 PM, Peter R. wrote:
Just to add to the XO and L3 VoIP conversation:
Broadwing has a smaller footprint, but a solid offering.
Must understanding is that Broadwing is reselling Level3.
VerizonBusiness has a solid offering (formerly MCI)
Who wants to buy from an RBOC?
On Jul 22, 2006, at 12:06 AM, Patrick Leary wrote:
1. Is VoIP part of your plans?
We are already doing VoIP.
2. Do you believe VoIP is a viable offering for a WISP?
Depends on the WISP.
3. What type revenue contribution in terms of additional ARPU do
you think
VoIP can add?
0
4. If yo
FYI
http://wifi.google.com/city/mv/apmap.html
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In case anyone is interested in flying over a wireless path using Google
Earth, I have attached an example KML file of how to do it.
-Matt
http://earth.google.com/kml/2.1";>
Path
1.1
root://icons/palette-5.png
32
3
If anyone can service these addresses with a dedicated 1.5Mbps wireless
link to replace a T1 please contact me offlist.
13809 N Hwy 183
AUSTIN, TX 78750
9301 AMBERGLEN BLVD
AUSTIN, TX 78729
N. Hope Street
Covington, TN 38019
402 BNA Drive
NASHVILLE, TN 37217
118 SEABOARD LANE, SUITE 118
I always find it suspect when I see statements that don't name names.
Who is this WISP in PR? I know of two WISPs in PR and neither have
said they have a relationship with this company. I'd certainly be
interested in knowing who this WISP is in Tampa that is supposedly
expanding into Atlant
Patrick Leary wrote:
So is that adequate for what you and others are doing, such as with MPLS?
Yes
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On Jun 24, 2006, at 10:15 PM, Butch Evans wrote:
If you look at what Matt Larsen posted, you will see that (as I
have stated twice and he stated originally) that his PBX SUPPORTS
E911. You are either forgetting that or ignoring it. Here is his
post again:
http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail
Your agree with Larsen for what reason?
Did you know that currently five states require PBXs of all varieties
to support E911? In fact, only three states specifically state that
PBX vendors are not required to support E911. That leaves forty-two
states in a legal grey area. Of course, the F
On Jun 23, 2006, at 4:28 PM, Tom DeReggi wrote:
Many on this list like to just make things up as opposed to
getting an actual legal opinion from a practicing attorney that
specializes in this field.
I'm not aware of that going on much at all on this list, its just
not true.
Do you rea
On Jun 23, 2006, at 12:20 AM, Butch Evans wrote:
The example Matt listed was a business that purchased a phone
system. This phone system happens to be an Asterisk system that
has a POTS line terminated in it. Some traffic is routed via VoIP
offerings available on the net, while other tra
I personally think this whole net neutrality is a combination of much
ado about nothing and the little guys not learning how to work together.
Will the RBOCs be able to wield any real power against the major content
companies of the world? No, they won't. But, what about the small
operations? S
available?
Rich
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Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote:
Businesses don&
On Jun 20, 2006, at 4:37 PM, David Sovereen wrote:
How many WISPs on this list are limiting P2P traffic separate from
other traffic? I'll bite... I am.
We don't
How many WISPs on this list are prioritizing VoIP traffic separate
from other traffic? I'll bite. I am. And I only priori
Tom DeReggi wrote:
Why can't I write a script in Linux/Asterix that says, if Source phone
number equals my client, and destiantion phone number equalls 911,
move this call to POTS Line A, a POTS line with an area code/phone
xxx-xxx appropriaite for the region where that customer resides.
Sto
One of the more interesting uses of VoIP for us has been dial tone only
service. This is essentially a phone line that can make local calls, but
can't receive phone calls since there is no number assigned to it. We've
used this service to allow property managers to replace POTS lines used
for a
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On Jun 19, 2006, at 5:37 PM, Tom DeReggi wrote:
Does Canopy use VLAN tagging at
Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote:
Businesses don't care about voip here because long distance rates are
so cheap that some of them would actually increase their costs by
moving to voip.
They are? Our customers are saving anywhere from $100 to $2,000 per
month on long distance with our
Tom DeReggi wrote:
However, I believe it is allowed, that if at the provider's switch,
they intercept 911 calls, and redirect to a pots line connected to the
providers switch, it complies.
That is incorrect. What gives you that impression?
So if you ahve a local regional switch and terminate
otherwise? I thought I read somewhere that one of
those countries was over 75% cell phone.
Travis
Microserv
Matt Liotta wrote:
There are major LECs using VoIP internally while providing analog
service to their customers. Therefore, it is quite possible you have
had conversations over a VoIP network
many different
providers). Having a "shared" pipe (VoIP) will just never be the same
as a "dedicated" pipe (POTS). :)
Granted, VoIP may be good enough for 99% of the people, but personally
I guess I fall into the 1%. ;)
Travis
Microserv
Matt Liotta wrote:
On Jun 19,
ces risk and/or long term liabilty if
leasing.
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
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On Jun 19, 2006, at 5:37 PM, Tom DeReggi wrote:
Does Canopy use VLAN tagging at the CPE?
Yes
I didn't think they did. I thought they just did passthrough like
Trango?
Can do that too.
Canopy doesn't support bandwdith management assignment based on
VLANs does it?
Not per VLAN, but per S
On Jun 19, 2006, at 7:27 PM, Travis Johnson wrote:
I don't believe there is any real money in it either... cell phones
will be the choice 5-10 years from now. VoIP is the bridge to get
there. Of course, I'm talking residential users... business users
are a little different... although we w
Anyone who thinks that providing a POTS line along with VoIP service
for 911 compliance either has read the order and/or has checked with
council. If you provide any VoIP service your VOIP must be 911
compliant as per the order. Any other services you may or others may
provide to the custom
Larry did a good job of laying out some of the considerations, but be
aware that none of these choices exist in a vacuum. For example, if you
do voice over internet your upstream is going to be a major concern in
terms of both capacity and latency. Compare this with running your own
voice switc
rote:
Matt,
How do you fit more than 10-12 of those type of dedicated links on
a single tower?
Travis
Microserv
Matt Liotta wrote:
We rarely use multi-point systems for customers and when we do
they are either small businesses with very little voice and data
needs or they are just d
to load
up any single roof with too many radios.
-Matt
Travis Johnson wrote:
Matt,
How do you fit more than 10-12 of those type of dedicated links on a
single tower?
Travis
Microserv
Matt Liotta wrote:
We rarely use multi-point systems for customers and when we do they
are either small
Sure, it's not like we can't put more than one Canopy backhaul on the
same channel.
-Matt
Brad Larson wrote:
So you're using a 20 mhz channel to support one business client? Brad
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Patrick Leary wrote:
Matt, to further your comments that you see WISPs providing layer 2
transort
for carriers.
We have mul
Patrick Leary wrote:
Matt, to further your comments that you see WISPs providing layer 2 transort
for carriers.
We have multiple CLECs and non-CLECs buying layer 2 transport from us
now. All are used to buy alternative access from fiber providers and
therefore fixed wireless was a naturally n
787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145
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I figured my statement would generate comments about others
Wireless Broadband Corp.
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QinQ VLAN is interesting
less, as they'd just design around it, since it was for
their own
network.
Tom DeReggi
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Label Distribution Protocol (RFC 3036)
-Matt
Gino A. Villarini wrote:
Whats ldp ?
Gino A. Villarini
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onage: 650.641.1243
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Does it support MTUs greater than 1500? More specifically, we are
looking for an MTU of 1532.
Any plans to open source it, so others can contribute? We have a tool
internally developed that seems very similar written in Java.
-Matt
John Tully wrote:
I just wanted to announce that the full release of the Dude 1.1
network monitor is now on the web at:
http://www.mikrotik.com/thedude.
Does it support MTUs greater than 1500? More specifically, we are
looking for an MTU of 1532.
-Matt
Patrick Leary wrote:
Okay, be forewarned that so this is a shameless plug, but the data from beta
testers of our new B100 OFDM point-to-point is worth sharing. In the Texas
panhandle one compan
Tom DeReggi wrote:
Answer #1: Thats debatable. Do you not recall year 2000. 26 of the
largest 29 telecom companies filed for Bankruptcy.
Name brand ment bankrupt. Even for Cisco! Lets not forget who the
largest investor was in Cogent, now Cisco's owned network.
Back then folks were building
ss Broadband
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Charles Wu wrote:
It is worth noting that you lose the benefits of routing
pro
From Techdirt
http://news.techdirt.com/news/wireless/article/6717
Putting A Little Lipstick On Muni WiFi
Back in May, 2004, Municipal Wireless was still just on the drawing
board, but a few towns and cities were about to lead the charge into
using WiFi to meet their admirable goal of providing
Paul Hendry wrote:
We too have been looking at moving from routed to a switched Mikrotik for
the core network but the unknown quantity seems to be if there are any
latency or speed issues related to the move. A "true" switched network is
faster than a routed network as the switching is done at a
Charles Wu wrote:
It is worth noting that you lose the benefits of routing protocols when you
bridge your network
The above is the number one reason against using VLANs for layer 2
transport. A second important issue to consider is management. Every
device from end-to-end where you want to
John Scrivner wrote:
Can anyone describe any functional and/or technical differences
between VLANs and say MPLS or Mikrotik's EoIP? It sounds to me like
all three are functional equivalents of each other. Please correct me
if this is an incorrect assumption. I have Googled it so spare me the
QinQ?
-Matt
John Scrivner wrote:
Can you or someone explain what double VLAN is? I have never heard of
such a thing. How can it be used to help us?
Thanks,
Scriv
Yo may want to look at Alvarion. Alvarion does support VLAN. new
Firmware4 supports double VLAN also.
Alvarion used to have one
Charles Wu wrote:
The bits and pieces will definitely fit in your budget (in this case, $500),
but keep in mind, integration, development, support etc adds a lot to the
"top line"
Remember, most manufacturers are selling products at 40-60% gross margin
Well sure, but if a manufacturer can't
if you go Strix, Tropos,
Firetide, Skypilot, etc)
-Charles
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Sandhills Wireless
Matt Liotta wrote:
I understand you are suggesting I wouldn't have to psychically build
the devices, but that isn't what I am worried about. I want an
off-the-shelf product that is supported by a vendor. That includes it
being pre-built, software installed, a
.
www.defactowireless.com
On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:17:30 -0400, "Matt Liotta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
said:
I am looking for a device with the following requirements:
* Can backhaul at >11Mbps operating in the 5.2Ghz band
* Can support VLANs
* Can assign a VLAN to one Etherne
r
ordered them.
Sam Tetherow
Sandhills Wireless
Matt Liotta wrote:
I am looking for a device I can buy that does all of this out of the
box. I don't want to build my own since I need 30-40 of them in the
next 30 days.
-Matt
Sam Tetherow wrote:
Mikrotik on a routerboard 532 shou
t a StarOS user, but I would bet that a StarOS setup on either
a WRAP or WAR board would work
as well.
Sam Tetherow
Sandhills Wireless
Matt Liotta wrote:
I am looking for a device with the following requirements:
* Can backhaul at >11Mbps operating in the 5.2Ghz band
* Can suppor
I am looking for a device with the following requirements:
* Can backhaul at >11Mbps operating in the 5.2Ghz band
* Can support VLANs
* Can assign a VLAN to one Ethernet port
* Powered by PoE (the standard is not required)
* Can act as a 2.4Ghz Wi-Fi access point assigned to a different VLAN
tha
PacWireless has mesh series antennas that have N-male connectors
enabling them to connect directly.
-Matt
On Jun 3, 2006, at 3:52 PM, Paul Hendry wrote:
Ola,
I’m looking at deploying a small WDS mesh using only
Mikrotik in the mini-box enclosures. I want it to be 5.8GHz only
om multiple customer
locations.
Then it pretty much squashes a WISP's antennas for providing service
to multiple users.
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Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 4:11 PM
S
From http://www.fcc.gov/mb/facts/otard.html...
Q: Does the rule apply to commercial property or only residential property?
A: Nothing in the rule excludes antennas installed on commercial
property. The rule applies to property used for commercial purposes in
the same way it applies to resident
Mark Koskenmaki wrote:
If the FCC had not thrown the 911 monkeywrench into it, I'd have found a way
to roll my own VOIP service and we'd have been selling it at only a slight
markup, just to be an added value to my broadband.
The 911 thing is just a barrier to entry that for most markets is
Tom DeReggi wrote:
Matt, used an example of Vonage, that did not show profits. But if
that were the case with all investments VCs would not be in business.
A certain percentage of them do very well and are very profitable.
Thats what VCs are banking on. Some will be highly profitable. A
comp
ickly could Vonage become profitable, when they reach the
approrpiate scale, and they stop marketing?
I haven't done the math, but it paints a different picture of
potential profitabilty.
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
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ore predicatable, allthough more work
is involved in finding the prospect base.
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
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d on current years proven track record.
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Liotta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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is now unfavorable, just that I'm
not sure what is going to happen in terms of growth.
Sam Tetherow
Sandhills Wireless
Matt Liotta wrote:
Two things I would offer in regard to your situation.
First, there are plenty of businesses in rural areas that buy T1s
from the ILEC right now.
into sticksville and take the market over.
All of the "easy pickings" T1 customers are long gone, other than a
few banks and others that can't switch or don't want to switch to
anything else.
Matt Larsen
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Matt Liotta wrote:
Our APRU is currently at $66
ng there is anything wrong with only having high ARPU
customers, if I could I would, but in my service area I couldn't make
a business float only offering business services, hell, now that DSL
is being offered it remains to be seen if I can make a residential and
business WISP float.
es than <$400.
-Matt
Patrick Leary wrote:
I stand corrected, fair enough Matt, but wow. That's pretty rich monthly
rates and an especially rich ARPU.
Patrick
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