Re: [WISPA] VoIP/PBX Gateway appliance

2006-03-05 Thread Rick Smith
the problem is, Johnny's in an area where his local C.O. isn't tapped by the major LNP-able VOIP or Voice guys. No one, and I've looked and spoken to many, has 337-774 portable... JohnnyO wrote: Ok - #1 - This customer has had the same phone # at this location for 20+ years - They do ove

[WISPA] Interesting Port Lister I found by chance...

2006-03-04 Thread Rick Smith
In searching for what could be using GIGs of traffic on port 1212-1215, (prolly kazaa), I found this link, which I'm bookmarking... http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/~s_ita/port/port1-99.html -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wi

Re: [WISPA] Gov't Gets One Right

2006-03-02 Thread Rick Smith
Why is that GOOD news ? Or "Getting it Right" ? This, to me, is BAD news - the city will pump $$$ into Verizon to wire everyone up, spending MORE tax $$$ on monopolistic power... Peter R. wrote: "Broadband is a fundamental civil right and human right," Bill de Blasio, a city council member,

[WISPA] DSL - NJ / PA Sprint / Verizon

2006-02-23 Thread Rick Smith
How does a WISP go about adding DSL resale to its list of services. I'd like to resell some DSL access to places we can't provide wireless. Need to deal with Sprint Local in Sussex / Warren Counties, VCerizon in Morris County, and Warwick Valley Telephone in upper Sussex County, NJ and Orange

Re: [WISPA] ot rj45 crimpers

2006-02-22 Thread Rick Smith
this from a 19 yr old business wiz... :P Kurt Fankhauser wrote: If you can't "do the job right" with a non-EZ connector then mabey you should consider a different occupation. Out of thousands of crimps I've never once had a crimp fail and all my crimps are consistant with each other. A good soli

Re: [WISPA] ot rj45 crimpers

2006-02-22 Thread Rick Smith
I'll take that challenge :) I can crimp EZ's faster than you can pull the tension out of a guy wire on the tower someone's climbing! I never said EZ's were for people that didn't know what they were doing, I said they were for people that valued their time Kurt Fankhauser wrote: I can crimp a

Re: [WISPA] ot rj45 crimpers

2006-02-22 Thread Rick Smith
they're EZ RJ45 crimpers / ends. and yeah, they're around 50 - 70 cents PER CONNECTOR. BUT I'll tell you whatsince I bought them, I've NEVER remade a cable, NOR have I had to use a cable tester... I won't go back now... actually feel helpless to borrow someone else's crimpers / ends Ma

Re: [WISPA] 900MHz Systems

2006-02-22 Thread Rick Smith
BFD...it's a connectorized solution...NO internal antenna... SOOO, you gotta now buy a cable, and the antenna... and with tax and shipping, you're back up around $370... Mike Bushard, Jr wrote: What QTY is that pricing at? 100 Pack? Mike Bushard, Jr Wisper Wireless Solutions, LLC

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

2006-02-21 Thread Rick Smith
just fill the damn thing out and start making the system WORK FOR US. Kurt Fankhauser wrote: Someone needs to start an online poll in which we can go on and anonymously vote on weather we fill this form out or not. Does the FCC say how many of these forms are being turned in? Kurt Fankhauser

Re: [WISPA] omni tower separation

2006-02-16 Thread Rick Smith
actually, at 900 mhz, 36" is preferred. On one tower, with trango, using an OD9-11 (11 dbi vert omni), I saw 8-10 db improvements in my customer connections that were NLOS when I moved the antenna out from 24" to 36" Marlon K. Schafer wrote: I've always been taught that 18" is the min

Re: [WISPA] 900 client and omni antennas

2006-02-15 Thread Rick Smith
so far so good :) we're in NJ... Tom DeReggi wrote: Thanks, Thats good to know. How are they in the Snow? I'm assuming they do fine? Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message ----- From: "Rick Smith" <[E

Re: [WISPA] 900 client and omni antennas

2006-02-15 Thread Rick Smith
GD9-15 http://www.pacwireless.com/products/GD9-15_datasheet.pdf Travis Johnson wrote: What is the part number for this grid? I don't see it on Pac Wireless' homepage? Travis Microserv Rick Smith wrote: Actually, Tom, I was skeptical of the 15dbi grid as well, so I grabbed

Re: [WISPA] 900 client and omni antennas

2006-02-14 Thread Rick Smith
Actually, Tom, I was skeptical of the 15dbi grid as well, so I grabbed one it worked... worked well as I remember. I pulled it out of the box at a customer's site where we SWORE it would work with a 13 yagi, but it didn't, and it made a Canopy link usable... They're awkward as hell, but

Re: [WISPA] Ground wire

2006-02-13 Thread Rick Smith
I don't either, unless it's a repeater setup or it's above the roofline. Kurt Fankhauser wrote: I don't ground client equipment. Kurt Fankhauser WAVELINC 114 S. Walnut St. Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405 www.wavelinc.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [WISPA] Neat tool

2006-02-07 Thread Rick Smith
yeah, I have a bunch of these, just for my own sake. It keeps history, so you can see spike levels... Now, if they only had an ethernet port. Brian Rohrbacher wrote: Just found this. Anyone ever have a tower, silo, rooftop owner ask how much electric your gear will use? This thing is

Re: [WISPA] Good news and bad news today

2006-02-06 Thread Rick Smith
yeah, how about allowing any wattage on ptmp links in exchange for the tax, THAT i'd like. Brian Rohrbacher wrote: I like the idea of offering to be taxed for something in exchange. This way at least we get something WE VALUE instead of settling for something stupid later on. I've been pl

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

2006-02-02 Thread Rick Smith
t Fankhauser WAVELINC 114 S. Walnut St. Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405 www.wavelinc.com -Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Smith Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 6:51 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] It's been a long road I k

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

2006-02-02 Thread Rick Smith
I know you all will say "no, no, no!" but I'm saying "taxes, taxes, taxes are coming if we fill in those forms". Mark Koskenmaki wrote: - Original Message - From: "John Scrivner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 6:15 PM Subject: Re: [WI

Re: [WISPA] Used Trazneo CPE's

2006-02-01 Thread Rick Smith
Dude, I'll take any of em off your hands. Hit me offlist. Kurt Fankhauser wrote: Is anyone interested in some Tranzeo CPE’s? I have TR-CPE200’s 19’s and 15’s. What should I charge for these? Kurt Fankhauser WAVELINC 114 S. Walnut St. Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405 www.wavelinc.com -- W

Re: [WISPA] wisp-router

2006-01-24 Thread Rick Smith
well, there isyou can't just buy something and then reverse charges. They don't let you do it often, #1. #2, they ask you to justify your request, and most times the credit is only temporary until the merchant gets to defend themselves Jason Hensley wrote: Wow, I thought there woul

RE: [WISPA] Tower Height Regulations

2006-01-11 Thread Rick Smith
There's a site somewhere buried inside the FCC tower search where you can input GPS coords, and it'll tell you whether you need special FAA approval or not. The way to FIND that search eludes me at the moment, though. Sorry -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PRO

RE: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing (how much speed do they really need)

2005-12-27 Thread Rick Smith
oday at very good pricing (what I would pay for a T1 5 years ago :-)) but the problem I see it is delivering 15+Mbps in a PtMP setup > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Rick Smith > Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 4:28 PM

RE: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing (how much speed do they really need)

2005-12-27 Thread Rick Smith
And that's why having them sealed into a contract like Bob believes in protects you :) Won't be long before YOU can get that feed (maybe from another ISP) as well and start feeding it into wireless shtuff -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf O

RE: [WISPA] dual band

2005-12-27 Thread Rick Smith
They're not really "dual" they're "either/or". One panel to do BOTH would be awesome, but for now nothing of the sort exists, save for the dual-pol dishes for use with orthogon, etc... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aubrey Wells Sent:

RE: [WISPA] Virtual AP

2005-12-27 Thread Rick Smith
ration www.nwwnet.net The season is Christmas, not X-mas, not the holiday, but Christmas, because Christ was born to provide salvation to all who will believe! ------ Original Message --- From: Rick Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'WISPA General List'" Sent:

RE: [WISPA] Virtual AP

2005-12-27 Thread Rick Smith
Yep, I create virtual SSIDs for all my competitors names (they only do DSL) :) I also wholesale service off one of my towers via 2.4 and 900 mhz to a local computer guy that likes to see his name "in the air" - the virtual SSID thing was a natural win... Not sure about the broadcast thing...hav

RE: [WISPA] Vivato

2005-12-26 Thread Rick Smith
] Vivato Only if all 3000 paid dues. A. Huppenthal wrote: > there is power in those numbers.. > > Rick Smith wrote: > >> What's pitiful is, vivato wasted $65 MM of investor capital. >> >> All that money divided by 3,000 WISPs = $21,000 each. Doesn't sou

RE: [WISPA] Vivato

2005-12-26 Thread Rick Smith
What's pitiful is, vivato wasted $65 MM of investor capital. All that money divided by 3,000 WISPs = $21,000 each. Doesn't sound like a lot, but we could probably build a decent nationwide wisp network with that kinda cash in each our pockets. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [WISPA] Merry Christmas

2005-12-24 Thread Rick Smith
Merry Christmasit's ok to say it!   R From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick HarnishSent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 8:09 PMTo: 'WISPA General List'Subject: [WISPA] Merry Christmas I would just like to take a minute and wish each and every one of you and

RE: [WISPA] Anyone in the NJ area that knows Canopy ?

2005-12-21 Thread Rick Smith
inting the SM above the AP you might be fighting a strong ground reflection near the SM. If you're fighting signal quality degradation from a couple trees on the SM side, try moving around. Rich ----- Original Message - From: "Rick Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "&#x

RE: [WISPA] Anyone in the NJ area that knows Canopy ?

2005-12-21 Thread Rick Smith
that knows Canopy ? That should be working. I know of several people doing this without a hitch on 900. You definately have an issue (unless you have a different deffinition of sapling than I have! :-) I assume you already swapped subscribers??? Rick Smith wrote: >For ? Going

RE: [WISPA] Anyone in the NJ area that knows Canopy ?

2005-12-21 Thread Rick Smith
x27;s ya right! :-P -B- Rick Smith wrote: >Wanna have lunch ? I'll take ya on a tour of my network. > >I'd like to have someone else come take a look at the stuff I'm pullin my hair >out on with Canopy. > >All I get from Tech Support is "We don't sup

[WISPA] Anyone in the NJ area that knows Canopy ?

2005-12-20 Thread Rick Smith
Wanna have lunch ? I'll take ya on a tour of my network. I'd like to have someone else come take a look at the stuff I'm pullin my hair out on with Canopy. All I get from Tech Support is "We don't support NLOS at 8 miles" WELLL... I can SEE the tower... I've got 99% LOS No connection...

RE: [WISPA] Network Monitoring you need to see..

2005-12-20 Thread Rick Smith
ooked at this... It looks great, but everything is encoded php.. no customization.. We do a bunch of customization to our stuff. Richard -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Smith Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 9:31 AM To: WISPA General

[WISPA] Network Monitoring you need to see..

2005-12-20 Thread Rick Smith
Looks great from the demo, I need a new NOC monitor...so I was lookin around. http://www.hybodus.com/index.php -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.1/207 - Release Date: 12/19/2005 -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@

RE: [WISPA] Canopy buying group prices

2005-12-17 Thread Rick Smith
wrote: > OUCH! I have bought singles that cheap from doubleradius > > Mac Dearman > Maximum Access, LLC. > www.inetsouth.com > www.radioresponse.org (Katrina relief efforts) 318-728-8600 - Rayville > 318-728-9600 > 318-376-2562 - cell > > > > > Rick Smith wr

RE: [WISPA] Canopy buying group prices

2005-12-17 Thread Rick Smith
  Travis has gotta be full of it!   Distributors for Trango previously, when buying in 100 packs, never got prices better than 420... From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian RohrbacherSent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 11:08 AMTo: WISPA General ListSubject: Re:

RE: [WISPA] 900 mhz antenna

2005-12-09 Thread Rick Smith
  yep   http://www.superpass.com/902-928M.html   http://www.hyperlinktech.com/web/antennas_900.php   http://www.tiltek.com/products/antennaSeries543e.html?range=902-928&range2=&series=TA-900   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian RohrbacherSent: Friday, Decemb

RE: [WISPA] 900 mhz antenna

2005-12-09 Thread Rick Smith
Superpass ...or... JohnnyO seems to be a big fan of TilTek ones... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Blair Davis Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 1:00 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] 900 mhz antenna I've never even heard of a

RE: [WISPA] OFFLIST

2005-12-08 Thread Rick Smith
To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] OFFLIST Rick, This comment from you causes nothing but ill will and is uncalled for. I want you to apologize on the list right now and mean it. Scriv Rick Smith wrote: >No offense, but wipe it off the face of the earth. > >-Original Message

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

2005-12-07 Thread Rick Smith
dont get it. Superior Wireless New Orleans,La. www.superior1.com - Original Message - From: "Rick Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'WISPA General List'" Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 4:04 PM Subject: RE: [WISPA] BellSouth rescinds N.O. donation

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

2005-12-07 Thread Rick Smith
How bout nuking N.O. and starting somewhere else ? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom DeReggi Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 4:36 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] BellSouth rescinds N.O. donation Sascha, Although I ag

[WISPA] Potential customer looking for service

2005-12-01 Thread Rick Smith
970 Us Highway 9, Schodack Landing, NY If you can serve this, let me know offlist, and I'll pass you the name and phone #. R -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireles

RE: [WISPA] 900Mhz Grid vs Yagi

2005-11-14 Thread Rick Smith
vs Yagi Whats the cost comparison on these three? Travis Johnson wrote: > Hi, > > I just looked on Pac Wireless' website, as well as Wisp-router and I > don't see the 900mhz grid. Do you have a part number or direct link? > > Travis > Microserv > > Rick Smith

RE: [WISPA] Insurance / Service Plan Offerings

2005-11-14 Thread Rick Smith
Title: Insurance / Service Plan Offerings Hrmm, what about getting subs to pay for the installation cost for the replacement trip ?   Bill 'em $75 or so for the service call to replace it - that'd go somewhere toward paying some of the CPE off. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECT

RE: [WISPA] 900Mhz Grid vs Yagi

2005-11-14 Thread Rick Smith
Tom, Check out the newer 15 dbi grid from Pac - it's the same grid as the 2.4 parabolic, but with a 900 mhz horn. It ROCKS in comparison to many other antennas, and I've used 'em all. I'm usin this particular one with Canopy - 12 miles out and -74 through thick trees on the CPE end. 7 jitte

RE: [WISPA] Should content providers pay for standard accessto consumers?

2005-11-02 Thread Rick Smith
Hmm, wonder what happens if ya just send SBC a bill for network services, "End User Termination Points" for a qty of 200 or so at $5 each ?Think they pay it ? :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeromie Reeves Sent: Tuesday, November 0

RE: [WISPA] 5GHz interference

2005-10-28 Thread Rick Smith
How much you expecting to get outta that sector ? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Hendry Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 4:11 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: [WISPA] 5GHz interference Hi guys and gals, Just seein

RE: [WISPA] RE:Secondary DNS

2005-10-24 Thread Rick Smith
Why swap boxes ? Just allow someone to become a legal slave of your bind server, and have them setup their dns machine with your domains... They'd then be a secondary NS for you... Then vice versa, and they have a backup. Done. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EM

RE: [WISPA] Ubiquiti Networks Reveals Prototype902-928MHzMini-PCICard

2005-10-23 Thread Rick Smith
3, 2005 11:55 PMTo: 'WISPA General List'Subject: RE: [WISPA] Ubiquiti Networks Reveals Prototype902-928MHzMini-PCICard Ask Rick Smith ! - we cannot install here unless we have a -52 or better ! DOH !  This gives us a 1/2 mile operating radius with 900mhz ! :)   JohnnyO -Origi

RE: [WISPA] Wilma

2005-10-22 Thread Rick Smith
Wind sheer in the upper atmosphere over the gulf. That's why it's stalled...soon as it leaves the shoreline of mexico, it's gonna get hacked down to a cat 1 by those easterly winds. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George Sent: Saturday,

RE: [WISPA] Ubiquiti Networks Reveals Prototype 902-928 MHzMini-PCICard

2005-10-22 Thread Rick Smith
Omfg. That's awesome. Since it's standard Atheros, wonder what the chances of getting it integrated into Mikrotik quickly are ? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 4:37 PM To: 'WISPA Gener

RE: [WISPA] rooftop leasing?

2005-10-06 Thread Rick Smith
None of their business. We had a request like this, and claimed that it was unfair business practice, and the landlord dropped their request for such information. Probably ended up costing us that extra $100 / month but our financial statements are no one's business. -Original Message--

RE: [WISPA] TV Interference

2005-10-04 Thread Rick Smith
use shielded ethernet cable.  that's the problem. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott ReedSent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 7:53 AMTo: WISPA General ListSubject: Re: [WISPA] TV Interference Thanks John, and Duh.  The ferrite beads are in the truck, but not i

RE: [WISPA] Google's WIFI- San Francisco

2005-10-01 Thread Rick Smith
Imagine a network sniffer on the world's largest, free wifi network... Then imagine more networks - NYC - Atlanta, Dallas, Miami, Chicago, Denver, Etc... Then imagine where all those sniffed bits go...yep...you guessed it, a database... Then guess where they determine what the most popular se

RE: [WISPA] I need 100% participation RIGHT NOW! This means YOU!

2005-09-29 Thread Rick Smith
Your Confirmation Number is: '2005929275258 ' Date Received: Sep 29 2005 Docket: 04-186 Number of Files Transmitted:1 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of info Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 3:43 PM To: WISPA General List Cc:

RE: [WISPA] Mikrotik Quick questions 2

2005-09-28 Thread Rick Smith
You CAN bridge wireless cards and ethernet... Need to use EOIP tunnels however. Contact Butch Evans... http://www.butchevans.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom DeReggi Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 9:12 PM To: WISPA General Lis

RE: [WISPA] Brother Scriv wants to preach

2005-09-26 Thread Rick Smith
Guys, bullit's had probs with the list - it's NOT meant to be a "general discussion" list - so he flipped it to moderated. There's a bunch of messages that just popped in, forwarded by bullit - I'm sure there was no intentional 'boot' of anyone... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTEC

RE: [WISPA] Post from JohnnyO, Help NEEDED!

2005-09-25 Thread Rick Smith
et to them? Scott Reed Owner NewWays Wireless Networking Network Design, Installation and Administration www.nwwnet.net -- Original Message --- From: "Rick Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 22:46:50 -0400 Subject

RE: [WISPA] Post from JohnnyO, Help NEEDED!

2005-09-25 Thread Rick Smith
APG Wireless, LLC 112 Arthur Avenue Lake Arthur, La. 70549 Attn: Sushanna Strickland (337) 774 - 0320 UPS / Fedex both know them - FEDEX is easier on them, for some reason. R From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Reed Sent:

RE: [WISPA] rita damage

2005-09-25 Thread Rick Smith
Just heard from Johnny (Mr. O). He's had a lot of cat-5 pulled out of routerboards, etc up towers. They're running around tomorrow climbing / assessing / pulling EQ. I think he's got a main connection, still, but he's not sure for how long... Water's contaminated, roads are flooded, lots of

RE: [WISPA] gulf coast wisps (list in Southwest Louisiana)

2005-09-22 Thread Rick Smith
Amen. Bring some of them steaks with you. :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JohnnyO Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 1:08 AM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: RE: [WISPA] gulf coast wisps (list in Southwest Louisiana) Driving my famil

RE: [WISP] [WISPA] Rita

2005-09-22 Thread Rick Smith
ssaoffice.com/marlon/cam     - Original Message ----- From: Rick Smith To: WISPA General List Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 2:58 PM Subject: RE: [WISP] [WISPA] Rita Hey, if people want to send me servers, I'll take em in my new datacenter :)  Got a 15 meg fe

RE: [WISP] [WISPA] Rita

2005-09-22 Thread Rick Smith
Title: Re: [WISP] [WISPA] Rita Hey, if people want to send me servers, I'll take em in my new datacenter :)  Got a 15 meg feed here, mostly unused in both directions. From: Eric Rogers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric RogersSent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 5:03 PMTo: WISPA Ge

RE: [WISPA] [WISPBONE] our first connection to another WISP

2005-09-20 Thread Rick Smith
Yeah, Johnny, I mean, WTF?! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dawn Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 9:33 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] [WISPBONE] our first connection to another WISP Johnny, Too busy helping the survivors

RE: [WISPA] [WISPBONE] our first connection to another WISP

2005-09-18 Thread Rick Smith
Whisp LLC 734-368-2285 On Sep 17, 2005, at 5:24 PM, Brian Rohrbacher wrote: I'm in Michigan.  If anyone wants to connect up...Rick Smith wrote: I'm in northern PA - Stroudsburg / Milford areas. Moving south, but not THAT far south :) Talk to Tim Wolfe - might be a pl

RE: [WISPA] [WISPBONE] our first connection to another WISP

2005-09-17 Thread Rick Smith
PM To: WISPA General List Subject: RE: [WISPA] [WISPBONE] our first connection to another WISP Rick, I am in VA and WV, we can talk since WV borders PA. -- Rudolph Worrell President Phone:(540)667-2672 Fax:(270)458-6431 www.wave2net.com Quoting Rick Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I&#

RE: [WISPA] [WISPBONE] our first connection to another WISP

2005-09-16 Thread Rick Smith
I'd be interested in starting a wispbone "node" in NJ / PA / NYC This is what we ALL should be doing - help all by helping one. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Liotta Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 5:41 PM To: WISPA General List S

RE: [WISPA] APNEWS release - - - - - - -

2005-09-09 Thread Rick Smith
nce: High http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050909/D8CGDTM00.html Why isn't there a mention of WISPA in this press release ? Apparently someone submitted this to this media person :) JohnnyO -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Smith Sen

RE: [WISPA] Mac Dearman's Address / contact

2005-09-09 Thread Rick Smith
on Fastnet, LLC 509-593-4061 personal correspondence to: mark at neofast dot net sales inquiries to: purchasing at neofast dot net Fast Internet, NO WIRES! ---- - - Original Message - From: "Rick Smith" <[EM

RE: [WISPA] Tech Samaritans

2005-09-09 Thread Rick Smith
AWESOME! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 11:53 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Tech Samaritans Now we're talkin'! Great job guys! Marlon (509) 982-2181

[WISPA] Mac Dearman's Address / contact

2005-09-09 Thread Rick Smith
Where do we ship supplies ? I've got a UPS store owner up here that's willing to foot the bill for shipments headed to Mac for relief / evacuee supplies I'm tryin to send an email to all my customers before leavin for some work, so if someone could shoot me the contact info asap, I'd appr

RE: [WISPA] need WISPA to step up

2005-09-06 Thread Rick Smith
I want to know where my money / donations are going and what they're being used for. I think a whole lot of people here ought to think real hard about this new-found relationship with P15 that wouldn't exist without tragedy as the underlying cement. -----Original Message- From

RE: [WISPA] need WISPA to step up

2005-09-02 Thread Rick Smith
I'm wondering if WISPA has missed the boat for the relief effort. Shouldn't wispa stand behind and work with Part-15 on this one? This isn't a race to look best, but an effort to put WISPs on the map as reliable and trustworthy! http://www.part-15.org/emergencyrelief/equipment.html -Ori

RE: [WISPA] Back to the hurricaine......A time to focus

2005-09-01 Thread Rick Smith
Amen! I'm thankful to be hearing from ya, Joe. Glad everyone's alright. God bless! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Laura Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 1:15 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Back to the hurricaine.

RE: opportunityto help (wasRe: [WISPA] Hurricane?- worsethanmediasays)

2005-08-31 Thread Rick Smith
We believe that tower's down... Like, down, in half... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Koskenmaki Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 10:41 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: opportunityto help (wasRe: [WISPA] Hurricane?- worsethanm

RE: opportunity to help (was Re: [WISPA] Hurricane? - worse thanmediasays)

2005-08-30 Thread Rick Smith
yeah, right.   The telcos will be screaming.  And they'll get all the press.   "They didn't even use UNION labor!  SPank them!"   Double edged sword. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian RohrbacherSent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 11:31 PMTo: WISPA General Lis

RE: [WISPA] Hurricane? - worse than media says

2005-08-30 Thread Rick Smith
Title: Message There's a picture on foxnews' website of inmates being stacked on broken pieces of highways, because the jails are flooded and they were evactuated.   Four cops standing all around them with shotguns, as the cell...scary... From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] O

[WISPA] Al Filoretto / American Towers

2005-08-30 Thread Rick Smith
Anyone heard from him lately ? I've been leaving messages, not hearing from him. Given a recent posting that his number "went to" a Karen Perry @ ATC, I'm wondering if Al found his way out the door... I'd be interested in learning of Al's status if anyone knows it. I have four contracts on h

RE: [WISPA] Taking on an investor?

2005-08-26 Thread Rick Smith
Title: Message welcome to the real world.   That million will turn into 3 million soon, and your schedule will turn into 4 weeks behind, and word of mouth will start spreading that you're not responsive    get out and install on your own.   This, coming from a guy that subbed out intalls

RE: [WISPA] Taking on an investor?

2005-08-26 Thread Rick Smith
Oh my, Tom, you hit my nail right on the head.   This is an awesome wakeup call, if no one's read it, take time to read it all the way through and let it soak in.   I'm actually going to PRINT this email and hang it on my wall as a reminder.   I've been outsourcing installs at $100 each and i

RE: [WISPA] Billing system recommendations?

2005-08-26 Thread Rick Smith
I use Platypus from (now) Tucows. It covers everything I need and I export info over to QuickBooks to do accounting stuff. I had a vision on building my own, even started to, but it would take too much time, and Platypus really does have it covered - they've been doing it for 15 yrs for ISP

[WISPA] Anyone cover Lawrenceville, GA ?

2005-08-24 Thread Rick Smith
Got a customer for ya, hit me offlist. R -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.15/80 - Release Date: 8/23/2005 -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/

RE: [WISPA] Comment Period Extended....

2005-08-23 Thread Rick Smith
Bob, What is Continental trying to accomplish ? A change to OTARD ? Got an originating docket # ? R -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Moldashel Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 8:26 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Commen

RE: [WISPA] Lanyard and positioning straps

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Smith
Price = 121.95 Item No. = FP-17242 Product = Auto-Twist Lock Aluminum Carabiner Total Price = 53.90 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Smith Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 11:52 AM To: WISPA General

RE: [WISPA] Lanyard and positioning straps

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Smith
I bought the following from tasco-safety.com - they seemed to have the best prices on good quality stuff. Item Ref. Price ea. Qty. Description 28003 $35.00 1 Master Series 1/2" x 3' Centurion Rope Lanyard 35346 $68.00 1 Master Series 1" x 6' NoPac Shock Absor

[WISPA] General Views on Wireless...

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Smith
Look at what people are saying in everyday conversation on isp-clec. "It's been several years since I tried to overcome these issues but I don't see where they have changed one bit. So in our area you have 4 choices for internet; wireless (lacks dependability), cable, satellite and Qwest (or a

RE: [WISPA] Trade SHows

2005-08-14 Thread Rick Smith
I used to like going to Nanog, because the vendors weren't there to sell you stuff - they were there to advertise. And most of the people were there socially. It was cool. My how things change. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JohnnyO

RE: [WISPA] 900mhz ap Antenna Selection help.

2005-08-11 Thread Rick Smith
ors. There cheap and that scares me. Any feed back i would much appreciate it. Thanks, Todd Lancaster - Original Message ----- From: "Rick Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 1:18 AM Subject: RE: [WISPA] Training questio

RE: [WISPA] Training questions

2005-08-10 Thread Rick Smith
Atlas is a beta project for trango. It's only been available for what, 8 months ? Still too early to use it. How many customers on your largest trango 900 ap ? I'm past 40 on one of ours (we've got 5 trango 900 pops), and it's plain unreliable. I put canopy 900 up above it by 20 feet, a

RE: [WISPA] Training questions

2005-08-10 Thread Rick Smith
Ah that explains it. Go past 15 / 20 - that's when you start seeing problems. I used to see the same problems using Symbol gear way back in 1995 in warehouses for barcode apps... Get more than 5 connections going to an AP and the AP would crap out - turned out firmware was only ever tested wi

RE: [WISPA] 6 foot 6ghz antenna rule

2005-08-05 Thread Rick Smith
I agree with you, Lonnie. So does JohnnyO, but he won't admit it publicly because of the Canadian factor :) The 400mw cards will help in the areas of sectors - more coverage in a wider area over a shorter distance, which will help, believe me. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [WISPA] 6 foot 6ghz antenna rule

2005-08-04 Thread Rick Smith
I'm in favor of that How about just requiring tighter beam control on 6ghz stuff ? I'm sure a 2 foot dish could be restricted down to a tighter beam... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 Sent: Thursday, Aug

RE: [WISPA] Looking fora new system

2005-08-01 Thread Rick Smith
Gee, there's that "low price" of $475 again for a trango product. I swear someone broke the 1,2,3 keys on their keyboards! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Wu Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 3:03 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject

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