Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth

2009-10-09 Thread Travis Johnson
I've never understood this thinking... who cares if the dollar is "worth less" to the rest of the world? If it will still buy groceries, or pay my power bill, why does it matter? Travis Microserv RickG wrote: "put some money in the bank" The question is: which currency? With the dollar

Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth

2009-10-09 Thread Josh Luthman
Where does the processed goods get the material from? China, then US, then you. The US has to pay more for the China products which means you do too. It's a global economy, not a national. On 10/9/09, Travis Johnson t...@ida.net wrote: I've never understood this thinking... who cares if the

Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth

2009-10-09 Thread Randy Cosby
Foreign goods (such as chips in our radios) will go up in dollar price. Even food, natural gas, etc. can go up as those are priced on a global market basis. If one Chinese yuan (or whatever they use) can buy two bushels of wheat where it used to buy one, they can bid the price up on wheat

Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth

2009-10-09 Thread Jeff Ehman
to individual consumers. It creates inflation. -Jeff Ehman From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 8:26 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth I've never

Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth

2009-10-09 Thread Jeff Ehman
Yes. What he said -Jeff Ehman -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Randy Cosby Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 8:37 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth

Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth

2009-10-09 Thread jp
If the dollar is worth less, all the equipment we get from China, Israel, Phillipines, Latvia, Thailand, etc.., will go up in price, making our job harder. It will help US manufacturers, but we probably don't use many of them. A weaker dollar could help make us more self sufficient, but it's

Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth

2009-10-09 Thread Robert West
. Now, if I go to say, Spain, YIKES! It's where you live, not where you don't live. From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 9:26 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re

Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth

2009-10-09 Thread Randy Cosby
: Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth Foreign goods (such as chips in our radios) will go up in dollar price. Even food, natural gas, etc. can go up as those are priced on a global market basis. If one Chinese yuan (or whatever they use) can buy two bushels of wheat

Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth

2009-10-09 Thread Travis Johnson
It doesn't matter where it comes from. If I can use a $5 bill to buy two loaves of bread at Walmart, who cares what it will buy in China? Travis Microserv Josh Luthman wrote: Where does the processed goods get the material from? China, then US, then you. The US has to pay more for the

Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth

2009-10-09 Thread Travis Johnson
Ehman From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 8:26 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth I've never understood this thinking... who cares

Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth

2009-10-09 Thread Josh Luthman
, October 09, 2009 8:26 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth I've never understood this thinking... who cares if the dollar is worth less to the rest of the world? If it will still buy groceries, or pay my power bill, why does

Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth

2009-10-09 Thread Faisal Imtiaz
General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth 5% increase of costs don't stop at just bread. It costs 5% more to ship. Your WISP gear. Gas and truck. Payroll. If it costs more to get into the US it costs more to get to you. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340

Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth

2009-10-09 Thread Jeff Broadwick
[mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 10:37 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth I understand that so instead of bread costing $2.00 per loaf, it goes up to $2.10. So because

Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth

2009-10-09 Thread Jeff Broadwick
Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 10:37 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth I understand that so instead of bread costing $2.00

Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth

2009-10-09 Thread Travis Johnson
It creates inflation. -Jeff Ehman From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 8:26 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers

Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth

2009-10-09 Thread Travis Johnson
Inc. /SnappyDSL.net Ph: (305) 663-5518 x 232 -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 10:39 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth

Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth

2009-10-09 Thread Josh Luthman
-boun...@wispa.org wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 10:39 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth 5% increase of costs don't stop at just bread. It costs 5% more to ship. Your WISP

Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth

2009-10-09 Thread Robert West
[mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 10:39 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth 5% increase of costs don't stop at just bread. It costs 5% more to ship. Your WISP gear. Gas and truck

Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth

2009-10-09 Thread Chuck Bartosch
. It creates inflation. -Jeff Ehman From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 8:26 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth I've never understood

Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth

2009-10-09 Thread Chuck Bartosch
On Oct 9, 2009, at 9:39 AM, jp wrote: If the dollar is worth less, all the equipment we get from China, Israel, Phillipines, Latvia, Thailand, etc.., will go up in price, That isn't really true since the biggest of those is China and they peg to the dollar in a very narrow band. There is a

Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth

2009-10-09 Thread Chuck Bartosch
Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 10:39 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth 5% increase of costs don't stop at just bread

Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth

2009-10-09 Thread Randy Cosby
. -Jeff Ehman From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless- boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 8:26 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth I've never understood

Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth

2009-10-09 Thread Chuck Bartosch
] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 10:39 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth 5% increase of costs don't stop at just bread. It costs 5% more to ship. Your WISP gear. Gas and truck. Payroll. If it costs more

Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth

2009-10-09 Thread Brian Webster
Subject: Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth I've never understood this thinking... who cares if the dollar is worth less to the rest of the world? If it will still buy groceries, or pay my power bill, why does it matter? Travis Microserv RickG wrote: put some money

Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth

2009-10-09 Thread Josh Luthman
[mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]on Behalf Of Robert West Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 10:06 AM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth I'm with you on that. If I'm not traveling to Europe I don't much care what the exchange rate

Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth

2009-10-09 Thread Robert West
Subject: Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth Brian, Oil is priced on the USD today. It will not be in a few months judging by the news. Then we're boned. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 When you have eliminated

Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth

2009-10-09 Thread Andy Trimmell
, 2009 1:32 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth They should price it based on the Hungarian Pengo. I'd be happy with that. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf

Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth

2009-10-09 Thread Daniel Mullen
I just cannot keep quiet on this any more. Gold, in US Dollars, was $1045 and change this morning. That sounds high, but it was higher, in constant currency terms when you look at a basket of currencies. Yes, oil still is priced in nice U.S. Dollars, and everyone is glad to have them. So

Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth

2009-10-09 Thread Josh Luthman
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Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth

2009-10-09 Thread Chuck Bartosch
That brings up an interesting factor. China is completely stuck with us as long as the dollar is cheap. They bought them when the dollar was dear (over time of course, and with a sliding range of values) but if they even started to unload now, not only would they take a huge hit compared to

[WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth

2009-10-08 Thread RickG
put some money in the bank The question is: which currency? With the dollar falling (or failing) what good is it going to do in the bank? I guess I'll just keep pouring it back into the company because its gonna be worthless soon. Any other ideas guys? -RickG On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 11:57 AM,

Re: [WISPA] American Dollar. Was: Re: Barriers to WISP growth

2009-10-08 Thread Jack Unger
Au, Ag RickG wrote: "put some money in the bank" The question is: which currency? With the dollar falling (or failing) what good is it going to do in the bank? I guess I'll just keep pouring it back into the company because its gonna be worthless soon. Any other ideas guys? -RickG On Thu,